Noob question - Upgrade RTLwifi to RTLwifi_new on 12.1

Hello Everyone, and happy Friday.

Since installing Zorin 12.1, my wifi will not function properly. It will work for approximately 3-4 minutes, and then it quits working and i have to turn it off and on to get it working. then it will drop again in another 3-5 minutes.

I've read online this has caused many problems with different linux distros.

So i have been hardwired in for the last month, and that works 100%.

My wireless adaptor is a RTL8821AE as per lshw:

*-network DISABLED
description: Wireless interface
product: RTL8821AE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
logical name: wlp1s0
version: 00
serial: b0:c0:90:c7:1f:32
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rtl8821ae driverversion=4.8.0-39-generic firmware=N/A latency=0 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11

I've notice d that there is now a newer driver available called RTLwifi_new

I'm really confused how to update this driver. Any help would be appreciated, or a link to a good guide . i'm a bit overwhelmed on this on.

I've looked on github and i don't understand the 'makefile' etc.

thank you

Hi, I take it that this is a Notebook (misnomer = Laptop)? Can you provide us with make of Notebook - here is the reason why:

https://askubuntu.com/questions/706557/ ... 513#709513

It is an ASUS X555B with AMD A9

8GB RAM
1TB HDD

Thank You

Hi, can you check this thread to see if you can get any further?

https://askubuntu.com/questions/525703/ ... lternative

I previously viewed that thread too. I didn't think i'd have to resort to replacing the wifi card, but maybe that's worth considering if it is only $30 and get a intel card that will work properly with linux.

thanks!

Just be aware that that post related to a mini PC I think so see if it is possible by checking with Asus support first.