netdev - Re: Realtek driver issue in Ubuntu 12.01

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Date:	Sun, 7 Jul 2013 23:44:35 +0200
From:	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>
To:	Curtis West <curtiswest@...w.ca>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, curtiswest@...ers.blackberry.net
Subject: Re: Realtek driver issue in Ubuntu 12.01

Curtis West <curtiswest@...w.ca> :
[...]
> I have the Realtek RTL8723AE wireless Lan 802.11(n) card according
> to the specs posted by Toshiba for this model.  The drivers that are
> installed according to the software I have used is the Realtek
> RTL-8169 Gigabit Ethernet Driver.
> 
> What do I need to do to get this wifi issue solved?

The r8169 driver supports wired ethernet chipsets only. 

You need the rtlwifi module and you may check the linux-wireless mailing
list archive.

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