I installed driver for wired networking and lost my WiFi. How can I get it back?

[wildmanne39]

That is what I was going to recommend sorry I did not get back to you sooner.

Glad it is working, would you post the directions here so the everyone will benefit?
Thanks

[alhefner]

Here is how I did it:

1. Go to the dowload location for the Realtek RTL8188CE driver.

2. Choose the most recent version for Linux and download it to your home directory. I had to use Windows to download so I put it in a Windows directory then copied it to my home folder using Ubuntu.

3. Right click on the compressed folder and choose "Extract Here". This will cause a new folder to be created in your home directory named

rtl_92ce_92se_92de_8723ae_88ee_linux_mac80211_0012.0207.2013

4. Use crtl+alt+t to open a terminal

5. in the terminal, do the following (one command line at a time):

cd rtl_92ce_92se_92de_8723ae_88ee_linux_mac80211_0012.0207.2013
sudo su
make
make install
reboot

6. Enjoy using your Realtek 8188CE wireless internet NIC!

If you have some other Realtek Wireless adapter, just go to the Realtek site and using the menu on the left of that page, navigate to it. Wireless adapters are called "Wireless LAN IC's" in that menu system... You may have to experiment with the choices to find the exact one you are looking for.

[wildmanne39]

Thank you those are excellent direction.