Wifi speed on my laptop is a bit slow and its range is also very low what to do?

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My wifi connection seems to be very weak and the range is very low. It drops by two bars if I just move to the next room and by two if just step outside.



The speed is also not fast as compared to what I get from the router on my desktop .



My laptop is a HP laptop with RTL8723de module. Can anyone help me in bumping up my wifi speed?



Result of lspci -nnk | grep 0280 -A3:



03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device [10ec:d723]
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:8319]
Kernel driver in use: rtl8723de
Kernel modules: rtl8723de






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  • Please edit your question to add the result of the terminal command: lspci -nnk | grep 0280 -A3
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  • @chili555 i have posted the results, if you can help me out on this one it would be highly appreciated
    – Kenneth Toppo
    May 18 at 6:36














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My wifi connection seems to be very weak and the range is very low. It drops by two bars if I just move to the next room and by two if just step outside.



The speed is also not fast as compared to what I get from the router on my desktop .



My laptop is a HP laptop with RTL8723de module. Can anyone help me in bumping up my wifi speed?



Result of lspci -nnk | grep 0280 -A3:



03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device [10ec:d723]
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:8319]
Kernel driver in use: rtl8723de
Kernel modules: rtl8723de






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  • Please edit your question to add the result of the terminal command: lspci -nnk | grep 0280 -A3
    – chili555
    May 17 at 13:28










  • @chili555 i have posted the results, if you can help me out on this one it would be highly appreciated
    – Kenneth Toppo
    May 18 at 6:36












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My wifi connection seems to be very weak and the range is very low. It drops by two bars if I just move to the next room and by two if just step outside.



The speed is also not fast as compared to what I get from the router on my desktop .



My laptop is a HP laptop with RTL8723de module. Can anyone help me in bumping up my wifi speed?



Result of lspci -nnk | grep 0280 -A3:



03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device [10ec:d723]
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:8319]
Kernel driver in use: rtl8723de
Kernel modules: rtl8723de






share|improve this question














My wifi connection seems to be very weak and the range is very low. It drops by two bars if I just move to the next room and by two if just step outside.



The speed is also not fast as compared to what I get from the router on my desktop .



My laptop is a HP laptop with RTL8723de module. Can anyone help me in bumping up my wifi speed?



Result of lspci -nnk | grep 0280 -A3:



03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device [10ec:d723]
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:8319]
Kernel driver in use: rtl8723de
Kernel modules: rtl8723de








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  • Please edit your question to add the result of the terminal command: lspci -nnk | grep 0280 -A3
    – chili555
    May 17 at 13:28










  • @chili555 i have posted the results, if you can help me out on this one it would be highly appreciated
    – Kenneth Toppo
    May 18 at 6:36
















  • Please edit your question to add the result of the terminal command: lspci -nnk | grep 0280 -A3
    – chili555
    May 17 at 13:28










  • @chili555 i have posted the results, if you can help me out on this one it would be highly appreciated
    – Kenneth Toppo
    May 18 at 6:36















Please edit your question to add the result of the terminal command: lspci -nnk | grep 0280 -A3
– chili555
May 17 at 13:28




Please edit your question to add the result of the terminal command: lspci -nnk | grep 0280 -A3
– chili555
May 17 at 13:28












@chili555 i have posted the results, if you can help me out on this one it would be highly appreciated
– Kenneth Toppo
May 18 at 6:36




@chili555 i have posted the results, if you can help me out on this one it would be highly appreciated
– Kenneth Toppo
May 18 at 6:36










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Quite often, the weak signal is a symptom of the antenna wire being connected to connection #1 on the card when the default driver is expecting to see the signal at connection #2. Of course, you could open the laptop and switch the wire or you could try a driver parameter that permits antenna selection at the driver level.



From the terminal:



sudo modprobe -r rtl8723de
sudo modprobe rtl8723de ant_sel=2


Any improvement? If so, we'll write one conf file and make it permanent.



If there is no improvement, try the sequence again with ant_sel=1and report the result.



EDIT: Since you have determined that 2 is helpful, create a file that will make the parameter permanent:



sudo -i
echo "options rtl8723de ant_sel=2" > /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8723de.conf
exit


You should be all set.






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  • Yeah dude its better now and the range has also increased. Will the above setting be lost as soon as i switch off my laptop??@chili555
    – Kenneth Toppo
    May 18 at 16:07











  • It will be lost unless we write a quick one line conf file. Is it better with 2 or 1? I shall edit my answer to give the procedure once we know which it is.
    – chili555
    May 18 at 16:17










  • When i typed this command: sudo modprobe -r rtl8723de sudo modprobe rtl8723de ant_sel=2 . It became better.
    – Kenneth Toppo
    May 18 at 16:38











  • See my edit above in a few moments.
    – chili555
    May 18 at 17:35










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Quite often, the weak signal is a symptom of the antenna wire being connected to connection #1 on the card when the default driver is expecting to see the signal at connection #2. Of course, you could open the laptop and switch the wire or you could try a driver parameter that permits antenna selection at the driver level.



From the terminal:



sudo modprobe -r rtl8723de
sudo modprobe rtl8723de ant_sel=2


Any improvement? If so, we'll write one conf file and make it permanent.



If there is no improvement, try the sequence again with ant_sel=1and report the result.



EDIT: Since you have determined that 2 is helpful, create a file that will make the parameter permanent:



sudo -i
echo "options rtl8723de ant_sel=2" > /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8723de.conf
exit


You should be all set.






share|improve this answer






















  • Yeah dude its better now and the range has also increased. Will the above setting be lost as soon as i switch off my laptop??@chili555
    – Kenneth Toppo
    May 18 at 16:07











  • It will be lost unless we write a quick one line conf file. Is it better with 2 or 1? I shall edit my answer to give the procedure once we know which it is.
    – chili555
    May 18 at 16:17










  • When i typed this command: sudo modprobe -r rtl8723de sudo modprobe rtl8723de ant_sel=2 . It became better.
    – Kenneth Toppo
    May 18 at 16:38











  • See my edit above in a few moments.
    – chili555
    May 18 at 17:35














up vote
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Quite often, the weak signal is a symptom of the antenna wire being connected to connection #1 on the card when the default driver is expecting to see the signal at connection #2. Of course, you could open the laptop and switch the wire or you could try a driver parameter that permits antenna selection at the driver level.



From the terminal:



sudo modprobe -r rtl8723de
sudo modprobe rtl8723de ant_sel=2


Any improvement? If so, we'll write one conf file and make it permanent.



If there is no improvement, try the sequence again with ant_sel=1and report the result.



EDIT: Since you have determined that 2 is helpful, create a file that will make the parameter permanent:



sudo -i
echo "options rtl8723de ant_sel=2" > /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8723de.conf
exit


You should be all set.






share|improve this answer






















  • Yeah dude its better now and the range has also increased. Will the above setting be lost as soon as i switch off my laptop??@chili555
    – Kenneth Toppo
    May 18 at 16:07











  • It will be lost unless we write a quick one line conf file. Is it better with 2 or 1? I shall edit my answer to give the procedure once we know which it is.
    – chili555
    May 18 at 16:17










  • When i typed this command: sudo modprobe -r rtl8723de sudo modprobe rtl8723de ant_sel=2 . It became better.
    – Kenneth Toppo
    May 18 at 16:38











  • See my edit above in a few moments.
    – chili555
    May 18 at 17:35












up vote
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up vote
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Quite often, the weak signal is a symptom of the antenna wire being connected to connection #1 on the card when the default driver is expecting to see the signal at connection #2. Of course, you could open the laptop and switch the wire or you could try a driver parameter that permits antenna selection at the driver level.



From the terminal:



sudo modprobe -r rtl8723de
sudo modprobe rtl8723de ant_sel=2


Any improvement? If so, we'll write one conf file and make it permanent.



If there is no improvement, try the sequence again with ant_sel=1and report the result.



EDIT: Since you have determined that 2 is helpful, create a file that will make the parameter permanent:



sudo -i
echo "options rtl8723de ant_sel=2" > /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8723de.conf
exit


You should be all set.






share|improve this answer














Quite often, the weak signal is a symptom of the antenna wire being connected to connection #1 on the card when the default driver is expecting to see the signal at connection #2. Of course, you could open the laptop and switch the wire or you could try a driver parameter that permits antenna selection at the driver level.



From the terminal:



sudo modprobe -r rtl8723de
sudo modprobe rtl8723de ant_sel=2


Any improvement? If so, we'll write one conf file and make it permanent.



If there is no improvement, try the sequence again with ant_sel=1and report the result.



EDIT: Since you have determined that 2 is helpful, create a file that will make the parameter permanent:



sudo -i
echo "options rtl8723de ant_sel=2" > /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8723de.conf
exit


You should be all set.







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  • Yeah dude its better now and the range has also increased. Will the above setting be lost as soon as i switch off my laptop??@chili555
    – Kenneth Toppo
    May 18 at 16:07











  • It will be lost unless we write a quick one line conf file. Is it better with 2 or 1? I shall edit my answer to give the procedure once we know which it is.
    – chili555
    May 18 at 16:17










  • When i typed this command: sudo modprobe -r rtl8723de sudo modprobe rtl8723de ant_sel=2 . It became better.
    – Kenneth Toppo
    May 18 at 16:38











  • See my edit above in a few moments.
    – chili555
    May 18 at 17:35
















  • Yeah dude its better now and the range has also increased. Will the above setting be lost as soon as i switch off my laptop??@chili555
    – Kenneth Toppo
    May 18 at 16:07











  • It will be lost unless we write a quick one line conf file. Is it better with 2 or 1? I shall edit my answer to give the procedure once we know which it is.
    – chili555
    May 18 at 16:17










  • When i typed this command: sudo modprobe -r rtl8723de sudo modprobe rtl8723de ant_sel=2 . It became better.
    – Kenneth Toppo
    May 18 at 16:38











  • See my edit above in a few moments.
    – chili555
    May 18 at 17:35















Yeah dude its better now and the range has also increased. Will the above setting be lost as soon as i switch off my laptop??@chili555
– Kenneth Toppo
May 18 at 16:07





Yeah dude its better now and the range has also increased. Will the above setting be lost as soon as i switch off my laptop??@chili555
– Kenneth Toppo
May 18 at 16:07













It will be lost unless we write a quick one line conf file. Is it better with 2 or 1? I shall edit my answer to give the procedure once we know which it is.
– chili555
May 18 at 16:17




It will be lost unless we write a quick one line conf file. Is it better with 2 or 1? I shall edit my answer to give the procedure once we know which it is.
– chili555
May 18 at 16:17












When i typed this command: sudo modprobe -r rtl8723de sudo modprobe rtl8723de ant_sel=2 . It became better.
– Kenneth Toppo
May 18 at 16:38





When i typed this command: sudo modprobe -r rtl8723de sudo modprobe rtl8723de ant_sel=2 . It became better.
– Kenneth Toppo
May 18 at 16:38













See my edit above in a few moments.
– chili555
May 18 at 17:35




See my edit above in a few moments.
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