realtek 8723 problem

[haxyq]

Hi. I installed kali and had some problems with realtek 8723 wifi.
I tried this http://askubuntu.com/questions/139632/wireless-card-realtek-rtl8723ae-bt-is-not-recognized.
And had make error:
make -C /lib/modules/3.7-trunk-686-pae/build M=/root/rtl_92ce_92se_92de_8723ae_linux_mac80211_0006.0514 .2012 modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.7-trunk-686-pae'
CC [M] /root/rtl_92ce_92se_92de_8723ae_linux_mac80211_0006.0514 .2012/base.o
/root/rtl_92ce_92se_92de_8723ae_linux_mac80211_0006.0514 .2012/base.c: In function ‘_rtl_init_mac80211’:
/root/rtl_92ce_92se_92de_8723ae_linux_mac80211_0006.0514 .2012/base.c:320:6: error: ‘IEEE80211_HW_BEACON_FILTER’ undeclared (first use in this function)
/root/rtl_92ce_92se_92de_8723ae_linux_mac80211_0006.0514 .2012/base.c:320:6: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in
/root/rtl_92ce_92se_92de_8723ae_linux_mac80211_0006.0514 .2012/base.c: In function ‘rtl_send_smps_action’:
/root/rtl_92ce_92se_92de_8723ae_linux_mac80211_0006.0514 .2012/base.c:1432:16: error: ‘struct <anonymous>’ has no member named ‘sta’

Any ideas?

[hanemay]

i have subcribe to this problem as well its a pain in the *** getting this card working

[ajiljalal]

Try downloading compat-drivers(I used compat-drivers-3.8-1.tar.bz2)

Download rtl8723ae_master_patch:
wget http://www.lwfinger.com/realtek_drivers/rtl8723ae_master_patch

Download and install the firmware for this card, you will need to install git as well if you don't have it.
apt-get install git
git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dwmw2/linux-firmware.git
mkdir /lib/firmware/rtlwifi
cp -v linux-firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8723* /lib/firmware/rtlwifi/

Make and install
cd Downloads/compat-drivers-3.8-1/ (wherever you extracted the compat-drivers folder)
patch -p1 < ../rtl8723ae_master_patch (or wherever you downloaded the patch)
./scripts/driver-select rtlwifi
make
make install
modprobe -v rtl8732ae

Now it should be working, but if not then just reboot (that's what I did)
reboot

And now I can see all the wireless networks around me and connect (though it does take some time to connect and doesn't allwyas connect and just gives me the popup window to enter the encryption key again and again untill I moved closer to the router (which I don't have to on any other computer/phone in the home)

[engle2192]

Try downloading compat-drivers(I used compat-drivers-3.8-1.tar.bz2)

Download rtl8723ae_master_patch:
wget http://www.lwfinger.com/realtek_drivers/rtl8723ae_master_patch

Download and install the firmware for this card, you will need to install git as well if you don't have it.
apt-get install git
git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dwmw2/linux-firmware.git
mkdir /lib/firmware/rtlwifi
cp -v linux-firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8723* /lib/firmware/rtlwifi/

Make and install
cd Downloads/compat-drivers-3.8-1/ (wherever you extracted the compat-drivers folder)
patch -p1 < ../rtl8723ae_master_patch (or wherever you downloaded the patch)
./scripts/driver-select rtlwifi
make
make install
modprobe -v rtl8732ae

Now it should be working, but if not then just reboot (that's what I did)
reboot

And now I can see all the wireless networks around me and connect (though it does take some time to connect and doesn't allwyas connect and just gives me the popup window to enter the encryption key again and again untill I moved closer to the router (which I don't have to on any other computer/phone in the home)

Everything works great until i get to the "make section. When i try to do it i get this error

"
root@kali:~/Desktop/compat-wireless-3.6.8-1# make
make -C /lib/modules/3.7-trunk-amd64/build M=/root/Desktop/compat-wireless-3.6.8-1 modules
make: *** /lib/modules/3.7-trunk-amd64/build: No such file or directory. Stop.
make: *** [modules] Error 2
root@kali:~/Desktop/compat-wireless-3.6.8-1#
"
Any ideas or help would be appreciated. Sorry still new to all this stuff

[big.smoke420]

Please make this work in next update,i have a lot of friends using this card. We can't make it work without internet.
In other distros works very well, but we prefer Kali :) So please be kind and make this work.
Thanks

[ajiljalal]

Try using compat-drivers-3.8-1.tar.bz2 ? I initially tried 3.6.8-1, didn't work out.

[ajiljalal]

Sounds like you don't have build essentials.

Try
sudo apt-get install build-essentials

Then continue where you left off

[p4wn]

Hello,
I am a new linux user and im trying to install this very same driver. At first I was able to install without the master_patch, the address given http://www.lwfinger.com/realtek_drivers/rtl8723ae_master_patch returns a 404 error... and Im guessing the driver does not work properly without this patch (issues about range and disconnections), is there any other web address that I could get a patch?

Regards,