WiFi problem with hp probook

Question

I have a hp probook 470 G2 on which I have Windows and Ubuntu installed.
WiFi works on Windows but not on Ubuntu. At start up I get this message :

rtlwifi: Firmware rtlwifirtl8723befw.bin not available.

Could you please help me fix this problem?

The output of lspci -knn | grep Net -A2 is :

09:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device [10ec:b723]
    Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:2231]
    Kernel driver in use: rtl8723be

Please [edit] your question and add output of lspci -knn | grep Net -A2 terminal command. And please specify the Ubuntu version. — Pilot6, Sep 18 '15 at 12:23
You could not install the driver from my ppa, because I did not make it for 12.04. It is available there for 14.04 and 15.04. Why did not you install 14.04? It is possible to install a driver for 12.04, but I did not test it. — Pilot6, Sep 18 '15 at 12:46
I am more comfortable with ubuntu 12.04, and also i am using pytthon 2.7 and don't want to use python 3 because most all my codes don't work with. Is there no way to activate the wifi for 12.04? — s_o_king, Sep 18 '15 at 12:50

Pilot6 · Accepted Answer · 2015-09-18T12:59:15.160

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Connect to internet by wire and run

sudo apt-get install dkms
wget https://launchpad.net/~hanipouspilot/+archive/ubuntu/rtlwifi/+files/rtlwifi-new-dkms_0.5_all.deb
wget https://launchpad.net/~hanipouspilot/+archive/ubuntu/rtlwifi/+files/linux-firmware_1.144%2Bar3012_all.deb
sudo dpkg -i rtlwifi-new-dkms_0.5_all.deb
sudo dpkg -i linux-firmware*.deb

and reboot.

edited Sep 18 '15 at 12:59

answered Sep 18 '15 at 12:53

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I have runned the commands and my wifi is back. Thanks a lot – s_o_king Sep 18 '15 at 13:36

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