rtl8192ce driver installation

Before you install a driver from a site.. lets see why the pre-installed module.. the native Ubuntu driver not works ..

Open a terminal and post here the results of the commands below

$ lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net

$ lsmod

$ nm-tool

$ nmcli nm status

$ iwconfig

$ rfkill list all

Thank you

paul@paul-W240EU-W250EUQ-W270EUQ:~$ lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net
02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device [10ec:8723]
 Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device [10ec:0726]
03:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device [10ec:5289] (rev 01)
--
03:00.2 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller [10ec:8168] (rev 0a)
 Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer Device [1558:0240]
 Kernel driver in use: r8169

paul@paul-W240EU-W250EUQ-W270EUQ:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
uas 17844 0
usb_storage 48838 0
nls_utf8 12557 1
isofs 39842 1
snd_hrtimer 12744 1
bnep 18140 2
rfcomm 46619 12
parport_pc 32688 0
ppdev 17073 0
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 32007 1
uvcvideo 76749 0
snd_hda_codec_via 46599 1
videobuf2_core 32851 1 uvcvideo
videodev 120309 2 uvcvideo,videobuf2_core
joydev 17457 0
videobuf2_vmalloc 12860 1 uvcvideo
videobuf2_memops 13368 1 videobuf2_vmalloc
snd_hda_intel 33491 3
coretemp 13400 0
snd_hda_codec 134212 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_via,snd_hda_intel
btusb 22474 0
snd_hwdep 13602 1 snd_hda_codec
bluetooth 209199 22 bnep,rfcomm,btusb
mac_hid 13205 0
snd_pcm 96580 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
microcode 22803 0
lpc_ich 17061 0
mei 40690 0
snd_seq_midi 13324 0
snd_rawmidi 30512 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 14899 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 61521 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
psmouse 95552 0
snd_timer 29425 3 snd_hrtimer,snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14497 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
snd 78734 17 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_via,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
serio_raw 13215 0
soundcore 15047 1 snd
lp 17759 0
snd_page_alloc 18484 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
parport 46345 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
ext2 72880 1
xts 12880 2
gf128mul 14951 1 xts
dm_crypt 23011 1
ghash_clmulni_intel 13180 0
cryptd 20403 1 ghash_clmulni_intel
i915 520539 3
r8169 61650 0
drm_kms_helper 49112 1 i915
drm 288670 4 i915,drm_kms_helper
i2c_algo_bit 13413 1 i915
wmi 19070 0
video 19335 1 i915

paul@paul-W240EU-W250EUQ-W270EUQ:~$ nm-tool

NetworkManager Tool

State: connected (global)

- Device: eth0 [Wired connection 1] -------------------------------------------
  Type: Wired
  Driver: r8169
  State: connected
  Default: yes
  HW Address: 00:90:F5:D8:3C:C6

  Capabilities:
    Carrier Detect: yes
    Speed: 100 Mb/s

  Wired Properties
    Carrier: on

  IPv4 Settings:
    Address: 192.168.0.12
    Prefix: 24 (255.255.255.0)
    Gateway: 192.168.0.1

    DNS: 192.168.0.1

Think it can't see the wirless at all only showing wired

OK, here is the answer to your problem. Same network controller (same ID : 8723).
http://askubuntu.com/questions/139632/wireless-card-realtek-rtl8723ae-bt-is-not-recognized

Follow the answer with green mark. The correct answer.

Thank you.

still getting an error, here is where i get up to, cheers sanders

paul@paul-W240EU-W250EUQ-W270EUQ:~$ sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-generic linux-headers-`uname -r`
[sudo] password for paul:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
build-essential is already the newest version.
linux-headers-3.5.0-21-generic is already the newest version.
linux-headers-generic is already the newest version.
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
  linux-headers-3.5.0-17
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove it.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
paul@paul-W240EU-W250EUQ-W270EUQ:~$ wget -O- http://dl.dropbox.com/u/57056576/DRIVERS/REALTEK/rtl_92ce_92se_92de_8723ae_linux_mac80211_0006.0514.2012.tar.gz | tar -xz
--2012-12-23 10:16:57-- http://dl.dropbox.com/u/57056576/DRIVERS/REALTEK/rtl_92ce_92se_92de_8723ae_linux_mac80211_0006.0514.2012.tar.gz
Resolving dl.dropbox.com (dl.dropbox.com)... 107.20.159.63, 107.20.174.220, 107.20.198.68, ...
Connecting to dl.dropbox.com (dl.dropbox.com)|107.20.159.63|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 8997390 (8.6M) [application/x-tar]
Saving to: `STDOUT'

100%[======================================>] 8,997,390 266K/s in 33s

2012-12-23 10:17:32 (265 KB/s) - written to stdout [8997390/8997390]

paul@paul-W240EU-W250EUQ-W270EUQ:~$ cd rtl_92ce_92se_92de_8723ae_linux_mac80211_0006.0514.2012
paul@paul-W240EU-W250EUQ-W270EUQ:~/rtl_92ce_92se_92de_8723ae_linux_mac80211_0006.0514.2012$
paul@paul-W240EU-W250EUQ-W270EUQ:~/rtl_92ce_92se_92de_8723ae_linux_mac80211_0006.0514.2012$ make
make -C /lib/modules/3.5.0-21-generic/build M=/home/paul/rtl_92ce_92se_92de_8723ae_linux_mac80211_0006.0514.2012 modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.5.0-21-generic'
  CC [M] /home/paul/rtl_92ce_92se_92de_8723ae_linux_mac80211_0006.0514.2012/base.o
/home/paul/rtl_92ce_92se_92de_8723ae_linux_mac80211_0006.0514.2012/base.c: In function ‘_rtl_init_mac80211’:
/home/paul/rtl_92ce_92se_92de_8723ae_linux_mac80211_0006.0514.2012/base.c:320:6: error: ‘IEEE80211_HW_BEACON_FILTER’ undeclared (first use in this function)
/home/paul/rtl_92ce_92se_92de_8723ae_linux_mac80211_0006.0514.2012/base.c:320:6: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in
make[2]: *** [/home/paul/rtl_92ce_92se_92de_8723ae_linux_mac80211_0006.0514.2012/base.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/paul/rtl_92ce_92se_92de_8723ae_linux_mac80211_0006.0514.2012] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.5.0-21-generic'
make: *** [all] Error 2
paul@paul-W240EU-W250EUQ-W270EUQ:~/rtl_92ce_92se_92de_8723ae_linux_mac80211_0006.0514.2012$

I have found another post on this driver and commented out the line //IEEE80211_HW_BEACON_FILTER and it compiled and installed, but my wireless light is still amber, looks like I am out of luck.

I have now got this working after a 2nd attempt with the commented out line, thank you for your help & time.