Return-path: Received: from mail-oa0-f53.google.com ([209.85.219.53]:57228 "EHLO mail-oa0-f53.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1759397Ab3HNDpf (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Aug 2013 23:45:35 -0400 Received: by mail-oa0-f53.google.com with SMTP id k18so12291536oag.26 for ; Tue, 13 Aug 2013 20:45:34 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <520AFD5C.3010905@lwfinger.net> (sfid-20130814_060908_803308_6DCDEB7A) Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 22:45:32 -0500 From: Larry Finger MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Phillip Moss CC: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Signal loss rtl8723ae wifi driver References: <1376411031.31841.YahooMailBasic@web171406.mail.ir2.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <1376411031.31841.YahooMailBasic@web171406.mail.ir2.yahoo.com> Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------060306060109010703060809" Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------060306060109010703060809 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 08/13/2013 11:23 AM, Phillip Moss wrote: > Hi all, > I have a rtl8723ae wifi card on my laptop. When connecting to any wifi Access Point > the wifi signal fluctuates from full strength to very low. In order to connect and > stay connected I must be no farther than two meters from my router otherwise I get > disconnected. I have tried the kernel driver on multiple distros as well as the > vendor drivers for older kernel versions. All seem to have the same problem. The card > works ok on Windows 7 with vendor drivers. I have also tried compiling > backports-3.10-rc1-2 with no luck. During a signal loss period I get no logs but if I > take the laptop too far from the AP dmesg reports: Philip, Could you try the attached patch? Larry --------------060306060109010703060809 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; name="rtl8723ae_increase_gain" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="rtl8723ae_increase_gain" ZGlmZiAtLWdpdCBhL2RyaXZlcnMvbmV0L3dpcmVsZXNzL3J0bHdpZmkvcnRsODcyM2FlL3Ry eC5jIGIvZHJpdmVycy9uZXQvd2lyZWxlc3MvcnRsd2lmaS9ydGw4NzIzYWUvdHJ4LmMKaW5k ZXggYzcyNzU4ZC4uNzVjZjZmZSAxMDA2NDQKLS0tIGEvZHJpdmVycy9uZXQvd2lyZWxlc3Mv cnRsd2lmaS9ydGw4NzIzYWUvdHJ4LmMKKysrIGIvZHJpdmVycy9uZXQvd2lyZWxlc3MvcnRs d2lmaS9ydGw4NzIzYWUvdHJ4LmMKQEAgLTEzMCw3ICsxMzAsNyBAQCBzdGF0aWMgdm9pZCBf cnRsODcyM2FlX3F1ZXJ5X3J4cGh5c3RhdHVzKHN0cnVjdCBpZWVlODAyMTFfaHcgKmh3LAog CQkvKiBDQ0sgZ2FpbiBpcyBzbWFsbGVyIHRoYW4gT0ZETS9NQ1MgZ2FpbiwKIAkJICogc28g d2UgYWRkIGdhaW4gZGlmZi4gRnJvbSBleHBlcmllbmNlLCB0aGUgdmFsIGlzIDYKIAkJICov Ci0JCXB3ZGJfYWxsICs9IDY7CisJCXB3ZGJfYWxsICs9IDEwOwogCQlpZiAocHdkYl9hbGwg PiAxMDApCiAJCQlwd2RiX2FsbCA9IDEwMDsKIAkJLyogbW9kaWZ5IHRoZSBvZmZzZXQgdG8g bWFrZSB0aGUgc2FtZQo= --------------060306060109010703060809--