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Realtek 8821ae driver config for linux. This avoids the connection drops for the 8821ae driver. Tested against debian jessie

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rtl8821ae.conf

options rtl8821ae  debug=0 disable_watchdog=N fwlps=N swlps=Y swenc=Y ips=N msi=0

danuker commented Jul 19, 2017 •

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I plopped it into /etc/modprobe.d as a file. Looks like it's working much better.
I only get dropped once every few hours or so, instead of every 15 mins or so. Thanks a bunch!

Note for newbies (and self): you can check what the module parameters are right now:
head /sys/module/rtl8821ae/parameters/*

You can also check their meaning, to make sure you're not turning off something dumb:
sudo modinfo rtl8821ae

To restart the wifi:

sudo nmcli radio wifi off
sudo nmcli radio wifi on

amaxi commented Jul 28, 2017

Hello
The issues were fixed 10 days ago. You can find more information about it in
https://github.com/lwfinger/rtlwifi_new/issues/250
and
https://github.com/lwfinger/rtlwifi_new/commits/master (-> commit a24cb56)
Regards

danuker commented Aug 8, 2017

@amaxi Thanks a lot!

In case people don't want to update their driver, another workaround I found is using a different networkmanager: wicd (and its GUI, wicd-client). This seems to be faster, and reconnects by itself much faster.

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