Wifi on HP Stream doesn't recognise any networks

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Alright, so I just got an HP Stream 13 for Christmas, and windows 10 was being very slow, so I decided to install Ubuntu. However Wifi doesn't recognise any networks, what do I do, I am freaking out, I am a Linux noob.

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Device 2280 (rev 21)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Device 22b1 (rev 21)
00:0b.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Device 22dc (rev 21)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Device 22b5 (rev 21)
00:1a.0 Encryption controller: Intel Corporation Device 2298 (rev 21)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Device 2284 (rev 21)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 22c8 (rev 21)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 22ce (rev 21)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Device 229c (rev 21)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation Device 2292 (rev 21)
01:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS5229 PCI Express Card Reader (rev 01)
02:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8723BE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter

UPDATE: Okay, I installed the driver using this tutorial here and I saw my networks for a few seconds, but when I tried to connect I got an error. I don't remember what the message was.

02:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8723BE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter - Its the driver for your wireless adapter. — Raphael, Dec 26 '15 at 07:38
Here - http://askubuntu.com/questions/590414/wifi-problems-with-rtl8723be-in-ubuntu-14-04 — Raphael, Dec 26 '15 at 08:11
I have no way to get a temporary connection, can I download something on my windows pc? — DoctorRaichu, Dec 26 '15 at 08:18
Download this - https://github.com/lwfinger/rtlwifi_new/archive/master.zip — Raphael, Dec 26 '15 at 08:20
Then I just put it on my computer, run the command, and it works? — DoctorRaichu, Dec 26 '15 at 08:21
Download build essential as per your architecture - http://packages.ubuntu.com/trusty/build-essential — Raphael, Dec 26 '15 at 08:25
Browse - packages.ubuntu.com/trusty and download the following packages - dpkg-dev fakeroot g++ g++-4.8 gcc gcc-4.8 libalgorithm-diff-perl libalgorithm-diff-xs-perl libalgorithm-merge-perl libc-dev-bin libc6-dev libdpkg-perl libfile-fcntllock-perl libitm1 libstdc++6-4.7-dev libtimedate-perl linux-libc-dev make manpages-dev — Raphael, Dec 26 '15 at 08:30
Goto here: http://packages.ubuntu.com/trusty/allpackages and download all the above packages into one folder and then run cd /path/to/the/folder && sudo dpkg -i *.deb — Raphael, Dec 26 '15 at 18:25
After you have installed everything, folkow the link i posted before — Raphael, Dec 27 '15 at 06:26
@DoctorRaichu - you need to edit your question with what you are being asked and what information you have found out. Remember to delete your old comments - or just flag and we can do a mass delete after you've incorporated all the information into your question. — fossfreedom, Dec 29 '15 at 11:28
See How can I install software or packages without Internet (offline)? for methods to install the necessary packages for Wifi problems with rtl8723be in Ubuntu 14.04 without a working network connection. — David Foerster, Dec 29 '15 at 20:59

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 02 '16 at 13:02

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HP has started to use only one antenna on some of their laptops as found in this post by Jerry Gorland who has a Stream 11 and a picture from here by modev32

Larry Finger stated that Realtek is working on code that will detect what connector the antenna is connected to but no timeline has been released

answered Jan 02 '16 at 13:02

Jeremy31

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so what do I do? – DoctorRaichu Jan 02 '16 at 23:41
You can either disassemble the laptop to change the antenna to the other connector or wait for Realtek to come up with a software solution – Jeremy31 Jan 02 '16 at 23:54
When I was running windows it worked fine – DoctorRaichu Jan 03 '16 at 00:07
The Windows driver might be using both connectors or have the correct coding to use the one with the better reception. Jerry Gorland also stated in the Ubuntuforums post that it worked fine in Windows. I wanted to have a better answer but that is it for now – Jeremy31 Jan 03 '16 at 00:13

Wifi on HP Stream doesn't recognise any networks

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