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model: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8723BE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter(model id: 1725)
possible other names of the device:
RTL8723BE
vendor:
Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
VendorID:ProductID code of the device:
10ec:b723
year of commercialization:
not-specified
tested on:
Parabola GNU/Linux
Trisquel 7.0 Belenos
tested with the following kernel libre:
does it work with free software?
yes
free driver used:
rtl8723be
Description:
Worked on Parabola/Linux-libre, module was loaded without the firmware blob and it just worked. In the module source the path to firmware binary can be dummy. It only takes a bit longer to connect/search. Needs adaptation in source.
Previous description about Trisquel:
Non-free firmware is required.
More info:
https://wiki.debian.org/rtl819x
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RTL8723AE
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