Hi, I can confirm that changing the kernel to 4.15.0.32 (instead of 4.15.0.33) resolved the issue on my HP laptop.
Note: I have to use modprob option ant_sel=2 on my HP 17-by055ng.
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Wifi weak signals with RTL8723BE since kernel 4.15.0-33
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Wifi weak signals with RTL8723BE since kernel 4.15.0-33
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Re: Wifi issues with RTL8723BE in linux mint 19
You could take my word for it. You could look at the bug report, see my comment #18 and see comment #21 about what was changed for the test kernel that worked for people. An alternative to not updating kernels is to use https://github.com/lwfinger/rtlwifi_new as that doesn't have the issue but you will need to disable Secure Boot
Re: Wifi issues with RTL8723BE in linux mint 19
I'm confused. Did this fall out of another thread?
Also my rtl8723be works fine with the 4.18 series and every other kernel I used it with so far. /shrug
Also my rtl8723be works fine with the 4.18 series and every other kernel I used it with so far. /shrug
Re: Wifi issues with RTL8723BE in linux mint 19
Oh, forgot, split from viewtopic.php?f=53&t=277764
gm10, I would guess you don't have a newer HP laptop
gm10, I would guess you don't have a newer HP laptop
Re: Wifi issues with RTL8723BE in linux mint 19
Nope. Mine's an Asus from last year.
I'm not sure why you split this off but if this is supposed to be a guide or PSA post for HP laptops maybe indicate that in the subject line so nobody else gets confused.
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Re: Wifi issues with RTL8723BE in linux mint 19
About 3 years ago HP started using just one antenna wire on the rtl8723be wifi cards, and now they are doing the same with the rtl8723de cards