Newb install realtek driver updates

Hi all, ok so im a complete noob with ubuntu and learning as a I go but thought I’d share this for potential ref and help to others

installed lunar on an older laptop I have and all appeared to be aok but the wifi kept dropping out and I couldnt restart it without a reboot, quite a bit of googling later and I think the issue was around the realtek driver for my RTL8188EE, a bunch of guides required some command line fault finding options that I had to install which was ok when the connection was up but frustrating when down

this has been a learning curve though and used commands I’ve never come across in any linux type usage to date so all good but this link https://tutorialforlinux.com/2023/05/28/realtek-rtl8188ce-driver-ubuntu-23-04-installation-step-by-step/ helped so sharing for future refs

Darn it, issues persists :frowning:

using nmcli con show and nmcli con up ‘netname’ I can try to re-initialise the wifi but the activation fails as the SSID cannot be found

down the rabbit hole I go :slight_smile: