No wireless after 12.10 installation

[chili555]

No firmware? Let's get some. Please download the attached to your desktop. Right-click it and select Extract Here. Now open a terminal and do:

sudo mkdir /lib/firmware/rtlwifi

The file may already exist. Please proceed.

sudo cp Desktop/rtlwifi/*.bin /lib/firmware/rtlwifi/

Now, we unload and reload the driver so it sees the needed firmware:

sudo modprobe -r rtl8723ae
sudo modprobe rtl8723ae

Now we check for any improvement:

iwconfig 
sudo iwlist wlan0 scan

Now let's do some housekeeping:

sudo rm /etc/modprobe.d/iwlwifi.conf

And let's check:

cat /etc/modules | tail -n5

[chili555]

Try to install from additional drivers. Settings> Software Sources > Additional drivers

There is no additional driver available for his device.

[colmeweb]

YESSSSS! Chili you are the driver guru. I am doing this over the wireless. I am going to mark as solved and Thank You. Am I going to need to redo this when the kernel updates?

Here is the output just in case.

colin@Satellite-C850D:~$ sudo mkdir /lib/firmware/rtlwifi
mkdir: cannot create directory `/lib/firmware/rtlwifi': File exists
colin@Satellite-C850D:~$ sudo cp Downloads/rtlwifi/*.bin /lib/firmware/rtlwifi/
colin@Satellite-C850D:~$ sudo modprobe -r rtl8723ae
colin@Satellite-C850D:~$ sudo modprobe rtl8723ae
colin@Satellite-C850D:~$ iwconfig
eth0      no wireless extensions.

lo        no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11bgn  ESSID:off/any  
          Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=20 dBm   
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr=2347 B   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off
          
colin@Satellite-C850D:~$ sudo iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0     Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: 00:23:69:B8:CA:08
                    Channel:6
                    Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
                    Quality=36/70  Signal level=-74 dBm  
                    Encryption key:on
                    ESSID:"toshiba200"
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
                              24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
                    Mode:Master
                    Extra:tsf=000001558fb50916
                    Extra: Last beacon: 16ms ago
                    IE: Unknown: 000A746F7368696261323030
                    IE: Unknown: 010882848B962430486C
                    IE: Unknown: 030106
                    IE: Unknown: 2A0104
                    IE: Unknown: 2F0104
                    IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: Unknown: 32040C121860
                    IE: Unknown: DD7E0050F204104A0001101044000102103B00010310470010138140001DD211B29FFFC67E816B4BFB102100074C696E6B73797310230006526F7574657210240007575254353447321042000C43535630314A3537383830371054000800060050F204000110110011576972656C6573732D4720526F75746572100800020084
                    IE: Unknown: DD090010180201F4000000
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
          Cell 02 - Address: 08:86:3B:64:58:64
                    Channel:6
                    Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
                    Quality=70/70  Signal level=-30 dBm  
                    Encryption key:on
                    ESSID:"toshiba200_xt"
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
                              24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
                    Mode:Master
                    Extra:tsf=0000004831f712dc
                    Extra: Last beacon: 16ms ago
                    IE: Unknown: 000D746F73686962613230305F7874
                    IE: Unknown: 010882840B162430486C
                    IE: Unknown: 030106
                    IE: Unknown: 2A0104
                    IE: Unknown: 2F0104
                    IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: Unknown: 32040C121860
                    IE: Unknown: 2D1AFC181BFFFF000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
                    IE: Unknown: 3D1606080400000000000000000000000000000000000000
                    IE: Unknown: DD9C0050F204104A0001101044000102103B00010310470010B57BDDDEFEAA5A232877A6E9E245C1671021001442656C6B696E20496E7465726E6174696F6E616C1023000A46394B3131303620763110240007312E30302E31301042000E31323131333642463130303139341054000800060050F204000110110017576972656C6573732052616E676520457874656E646572100800020084103C000101
                    IE: Unknown: DD090010180202F0040000
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101800003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00

colin@Satellite-C850D:~$ sudo rm /etc/modprobe.d/iwlwifi.conf
colin@Satellite-C850D:~$ cat /etc/modules | tail -n5
# at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored.

loop
lp
rtc
colin@Satellite-C850D:~$

[chili555]

Awesome! You have a wireless interface and it scans. Can you click the Network Manager icon and connect?!?!

[chili555]

Am I going to need to redo this when the kernel updates?

Yes, indeed.

cd Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04
sudo su
./scripts/driver-select rtlwifi
make clean
make
make install
modprobe rtl8723ae
exit

[colmeweb]

Yes I can access wireless networks through the top panel and the network settings. It even autoconnects on startup.

Thank you again for all the effort.

[karnival8]

Hi,
On post #21, I am getting this error:

 sudo modprobe rtl8723ae
FATAL: Error inserting rtl8723ae (/lib/modules/3.5.0-21-generic/updates/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8723ae/rtl8723ae.ko): Invalid argument

[karnival8]

aye!
been toying with this all morning... can't get it workin. wlan0 doesn'g show up in iwconfig, dmesg |grep rtl shows nothing...

commence ripping hair out.

r

[chili555]

aye!
been toying with this all morning... can't get it workin. wlan0 doesn'g show up in iwconfig, dmesg |grep rtl shows nothing...

commence ripping hair out.

r

We can fix it. No need losing hair; it's pretty hard to get back once it's gone.

Please repeat the sequence in post #25 and post any errors here. We'll get it.

[karnival8]

it's almost all gone anyways.
here, top got cut off by the buffer but should be good.

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  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192se/trx.o
  LD [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192se/rtl8192se.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8723ae/dm.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8723ae/fw.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8723ae/hal_btc.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8723ae/hal_bt_coexist.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8723ae/hw.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8723ae/led.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8723ae/phy.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8723ae/pwrseq.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8723ae/pwrseqcmd.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8723ae/rf.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8723ae/sw.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8723ae/table.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8723ae/trx.o
  LD [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8723ae/rtl8723ae.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/mac80211/main.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/mac80211/status.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/mac80211/sta_info.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/mac80211/wep.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/mac80211/wpa.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/mac80211/scan.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/mac80211/offchannel.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/mac80211/ht.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/mac80211/agg-tx.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/mac80211/agg-rx.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/mac80211/vht.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/mac80211/ibss.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/mac80211/iface.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/mac80211/rate.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/mac80211/michael.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/mac80211/tkip.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/mac80211/aes_ccm.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/mac80211/aes_cmac.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/mac80211/cfg.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/mac80211/rx.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/mac80211/spectmgmt.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/mac80211/tx.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/mac80211/key.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/mac80211/util.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/mac80211/wme.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/mac80211/event.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/mac80211/chan.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/mac80211/mlme.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/mac80211/trace.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/mac80211/led.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/mac80211/debugfs.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/mac80211/debugfs_sta.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/mac80211/debugfs_netdev.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/mac80211/debugfs_key.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/mac80211/mesh.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/mac80211/mesh_pathtbl.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/mac80211/mesh_plink.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/mac80211/mesh_sync.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/mac80211/pm.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/mac80211/rc80211_pid_algo.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/mac80211/rc80211_pid_debugfs.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_debugfs.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht_debugfs.o
  LD [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/mac80211/mac80211.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/rfkill/rfkill-regulator.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/wireless/core.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/wireless/sysfs.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/wireless/radiotap.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/wireless/util.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/wireless/reg.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/wireless/scan.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/wireless/nl80211.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/wireless/mlme.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/wireless/ibss.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/wireless/sme.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/wireless/chan.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/wireless/ethtool.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/wireless/mesh.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/wireless/ap.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/wireless/trace.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/wireless/debugfs.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/wireless/wext-compat.o
  CC [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/wireless/wext-sme.o
  LD [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/wireless/cfg80211.o
  Building modules, stage 2.
  MODPOST 17 modules
  CC      /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/compat/compat.mod.o
  LD [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/compat/compat.ko
  CC      /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/drivers/gpu/drm/drm.mod.o
  LD [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/drivers/gpu/drm/drm.ko
  CC      /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_kms_helper.mod.o
  LD [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_kms_helper.ko
  CC      /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915.mod.o
  LD [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915.ko
  CC      /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau.mod.o
  LD [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau.ko
  CC      /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon.mod.o
  LD [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon.ko
  CC      /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm.mod.o
  LD [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm.ko
  CC      /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192c/rtl8192c-common.mod.o
  LD [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192c/rtl8192c-common.ko
  CC      /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192ce/rtl8192ce.mod.o
  LD [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192ce/rtl8192ce.ko
  CC      /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/rtl8192cu.mod.o
  LD [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/rtl8192cu.ko
  CC      /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192de/rtl8192de.mod.o
  LD [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192de/rtl8192de.ko
  CC      /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192se/rtl8192se.mod.o
  LD [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192se/rtl8192se.ko
  CC      /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8723ae/rtl8723ae.mod.o
  LD [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8723ae/rtl8723ae.ko
  CC      /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtlwifi.mod.o
  LD [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtlwifi.ko
  CC      /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/mac80211/mac80211.mod.o
  LD [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/mac80211/mac80211.ko
  CC      /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/rfkill/rfkill-regulator.mod.o
  LD [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/rfkill/rfkill-regulator.ko
  CC      /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/wireless/cfg80211.mod.o
  LD [M]  /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/wireless/cfg80211.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.5.0-21-generic'
root@RyanYoga:/home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04# make install

make -C /lib/modules/3.5.0-21-generic/build M=/home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04 modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.5.0-21-generic'
  Building modules, stage 2.
  MODPOST 17 modules
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.5.0-21-generic'
make -C /lib/modules/3.5.0-21-generic/build M=/home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04 "INSTALL_MOD_DIR=updates"  \
		modules_install
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.5.0-21-generic'
  INSTALL /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/compat/compat.ko
  INSTALL /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/drivers/gpu/drm/drm.ko
  INSTALL /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_kms_helper.ko
  INSTALL /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915.ko
  INSTALL /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau.ko
  INSTALL /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon.ko
  INSTALL /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm.ko
  INSTALL /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192c/rtl8192c-common.ko
  INSTALL /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192ce/rtl8192ce.ko
  INSTALL /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/rtl8192cu.ko
  INSTALL /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192de/rtl8192de.ko
  INSTALL /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192se/rtl8192se.ko
  INSTALL /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8723ae/rtl8723ae.ko
  INSTALL /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtlwifi.ko
  INSTALL /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/mac80211/mac80211.ko
  INSTALL /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/rfkill/rfkill-regulator.ko
  INSTALL /home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04/net/wireless/cfg80211.ko
  DEPMOD  3.5.0-21-generic
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.5.0-21-generic'
depmod will prefer updates/ over kernel/ -- OK!

Now run:

sudo make unload to unload all: wireless, bluetooth and ethernet modules
sudo make wlunload to unload wireless modules
sudo make btunload to unload bluetooth modules

Run sudo modprobe driver-name to load your desired driver.
If unsure reboot.


root@RyanYoga:/home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04# modprobe rtl8723ae
root@RyanYoga:/home/ryan/Desktop/compat-drivers-2012-12-04#