the behaviour seems different from a machine to another. However, disabling the sleep feature of the driver seems to correct the problem on a Gigabyte Brix here :
So you could try : echo "options rtl8723be fwlps=0" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8723be.conf And report the results. Obviously using the very latest main kernel which is 3.13.0-32 today. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1320070 Title: Realtek Wifi card RTL8723BE drops connection with MSI enabled Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “linux” source package in Trusty: Fix Released Status in “linux” source package in Utopic: Fix Released Bug description: As my testing result with ThinkPad E540 and other users' report[1], RTL8723BE drops connection with MSI enabled, need to backport 329d6e299f92a591acb3a80f6d597a5f9dce7e6d "rtlwifi: rtl8723be: disable MSI interrupts mode" [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1240940 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1320070/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
