Issue
I have a new HP Pavilion running Fedora 20. Wired internet is full speed, but there are several problems with my WiFi connection.
- When running best, the speed is a fraction of wired speed.
- The connection frequently cuts out completely.
- When loading a webpage, errors are thrown
- I would like to run 5G connection, but it does not look like it's available
Below I have listed the WiFi driver specs and an error log. Any help is greatly appreciated.
WiFi Driver Specs:
lspci
08:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8188EE Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
Error Log:
journalctl -lf
Aug 19 19:13:03 localhost.localdomain gnome-session[2072]: [3025:3325:0819/191303:ERROR:get_updates_processor.cc(240)] PostClientToServerMessage() failed during GetUpdates
Aug 19 19:19:24 localhost.localdomain kernel: perf interrupt took too long (2528 > 2500), lowering kernel.perf_event_max_sample_rate to 50000
[3025:3132:0819/192237:ERROR:raw_channel_posix.cc(139)] recvmsg: Connection reset by peer
Aug 19 19:22:37 localhost.localdomain gnome-session[2072]: [3025:3132:0819/192237:ERROR:channel.cc(297)] RawChannel fatal error (type 1)
Solution
Looks like this is a known bug.
The only way round it at the moment is to download and compile the new version of the Realtek driver:
git clone http://github.com/lwfinger/rtlwifi_new.git
cd rtlwifi_new
make
sudo modprobe -rv rtl8188ee
sudo make install
sudo modprobe -v rtl8188ee
The last three commands can be run either with sudo as above, or else by running su after the first three, and then typing in the root password to become root.
(You'll need to experiment to see what dependencies you need installed to build the driver.)
Answered By - chiastic-security
