Try downloading compat-drivers(I used compat-drivers-3.8-1.tar.bz2)
Download rtl8723ae_master_patch:
wget
http://www.lwfinger.com/realtek_driv...e_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)