Very slow wifi RTL8723DE

neotune · 29 March 2022 18:35

Hello, everyone!

After installing Manjaro xfce, I immediately noticed that internet speed via wifi was a lot slower than on my Windows partition (I’m dual booting).

Running speed tests showed that on Windows it’s ~30-40 Mbit/s, whereas on Manjaro it was ~1-2 Mbit/s.

inxi --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --no-host --width

System:
  Kernel: 5.15.28-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.15-x86_64
    root=UUID=1f82b52e-3ea1-4aa2-b2f7-fd13c2679f47 rw quiet apparmor=1
    security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: Xfce v: 4.16.0 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.29 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm
    v: 4.16.1 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.30.0 Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP Laptop 15-bw0xx v: Type1ProductConfigId
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: HP model: 8333 v: 28.33 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Insyde
    v: F.30 date: 05/17/2018
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT1 charge: 38.5 Wh (100.0%) condition: 38.5/41.6 Wh (92.5%)
    volts: 16.7 min: 14.6 model: Hewlett-Packard PABAS0241231 type: Li-ion
    serial: <filter> status: full
Memory:
  RAM: total: 5.39 GiB used: 1.24 GiB (22.9%)
  RAM Report:
    permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD A12-9720P RADEON R7 12 COMPUTE CORES 4C+8G bits: 64
    type: MT MCP arch: Excavator family: 0x15 (21) model-id: 0x65 (101)
    stepping: 1 microcode: 0x600611A
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 smt: enabled cache: L1: 320 KiB
    desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-2x96 KiB L2: 2 MiB desc: 2x1024 KiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1777 high: 2317 min/max: 1400/2700 boost: enabled
    scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 1438 2: 2317
    3: 1867 4: 1487 bogomips: 21571
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acc_power aes aperfmperf apic arat avic avx avx2
    bmi1 bmi2 bpext clflush cmov cmp_legacy constant_tsc cpb cpuid cr8_legacy
    cx16 cx8 de decodeassists extapic extd_apicid f16c flushbyasid fma fma4
    fpu fsgsbase fxsr fxsr_opt ht hw_pstate ibpb ibs lahf_lm lbrv lm lwp mca
    mce misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor movbe msr mtrr mwaitx nodeid_msr
    nonstop_tsc nopl npt nrip_save nx osvw overflow_recov pae pat pausefilter
    pclmulqdq pdpe1gb perfctr_core perfctr_nb pfthreshold pge pni popcnt pse
    pse36 ptsc rdtscp rep_good sep skinit smep ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2
    sse4a ssse3 svm svm_lock syscall tbm tce topoext tsc tsc_scale vgif
    vmcb_clean vme vmmcall wdt xop xsave xsaveopt
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass
    mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
  Type: spectre_v1
    mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2
    mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Wani [Radeon R5/R6/R7 Graphics] vendor: Hewlett-Packard
    driver: amdgpu v: kernel ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1
    bus-ID: 00:01.0 chip-ID: 1002:9874 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: AMD Topaz XT [Radeon R7 M260/M265 / M340/M360 M440/M445 530/535
    620/625 Mobile]
    vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: amdgpu v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 4 link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 8
    bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:6900 class-ID: 0380
  Device-3: Realtek HP Webcam type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 2-1:2
    chip-ID: 0bda:58ed class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.3 compositor: xfwm v: 4.16.1 driver:
    X: loaded: amdgpu unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa gpu: amdgpu
    display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22")
    s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 mapped: eDP model: BOE Display 0x0687 built: 2015
    res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x193mm (13.54x7.6")
    diag: 394mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
  Message: Unable to show GL data. Required tool glxinfo missing.
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD Kabini HDMI/DP Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:01.1 chip-ID: 1002:9840
    class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD Family 15h Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:09.2 chip-ID: 1022:157a
    class-ID: 0403
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.28-1-MANJARO running: yes
  Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.20 running: no
  Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
  Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 1 port: 4000 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp1s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8723DE 802.11b/g/n PCIe Adapter
    vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: rtw_8723de v: N/A modules: rtw88_8723de
    pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 02:00.0
    chip-ID: 10ec:d723 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
    broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Realtek Bluetooth 4.2 Adapter type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
    bus-ID: 1-1.4:3 chip-ID: 0bda:b009 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: see --recommends
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 465.76 GiB used: 8.59 GiB (1.8%)
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 870 EVO 500GB
    size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 1B6Q scheme: GPT
  Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 265.76 GiB size: 260.53 GiB (98.03%) used: 8.56 GiB (3.3%)
    fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda4 maj-min: 8:4 label: N/A
    uuid: 1f82b52e-3ea1-4aa2-b2f7-fd13c2679f47
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 100 MiB size: 96 MiB (96.00%)
    used: 25.3 MiB (26.4%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: N/A
    uuid: BA5E-79EA
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 size: 16 MiB fs: <superuser required>
    label: N/A uuid: N/A
  ID-2: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3 size: 199.89 GiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
    uuid: A4DE82A6DE826FFA
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-2: 1-1:2 info: Advanced Micro Devices Root Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 0438:7900 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-1.4:3 info: Realtek Bluetooth 4.2 Adapter type: Bluetooth
    driver: btusb interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 500mA
    chip-ID: 0bda:b009 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
  Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 2-1:2 info: Realtek HP Webcam type: Video driver: uvcvideo
    interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 0bda:58ed
    class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
  Device-2: 2-4:3 info: A4Tech USB Device type: Keyboard,Mouse,HID
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
    power: 100mA chip-ID: 09da:5f0f class-ID: 0300
  Hub-4: 3-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 77.0 C mobo: 20.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
  GPU: device: amdgpu temp: 54.0 C device: amdgpu temp: 76.0 C
Info:
  Processes: 221 Uptime: 0m wakeups: 1 Init: systemd v: 250 tool: systemctl
  Compilers: gcc: 11.2.0 clang: 13.0.1 Packages: pacman: 1099 lib: 320
  flatpak: 0 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.3.14

Any help is very appreciated.

EDIT
I’ve found solution here

cat /etc/modprobe.d/rtw_8723de.conf 
options rtw_8723de swcrypto=1 # enables software crypto
options rtw_8723de power_save=0 # disables power management
options rtw_8723de 11n_disable=8 # disables 11n connections
options rtw_8723de disable_11ac=1 # disables 11ac connections
options rtw_8723de disable_11ax=1 # disables 11ax connections

cat /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/wifi-powersave-off.conf 
[connection]
wifi.powersave = 2

Not sure what exactly does the trick, but it works.

andreas85 · 30 March 2022 05:47

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Mirdarthos · 30 March 2022 08:08

Hi @neotune, and welcome!

This, and have you installed/tried the rtl8723de-dkms-git from the AUR?

pamac build rtl8723de-dkms-git

Maybe it works? Hopefully it does.

Note:

I don’t really like suggesting -git packages, because they’re usually development versions and thus more prone to breakage. But that’s all dkms package I could find for this adapter in the AUR. So if you stick with it, remember to check it every update.

neotune · 30 March 2022 20:19

Hi, I tried installing rtl8723de-dkms-git as you suggested. It doesn’t seem to install properly. No change in download speed either.

Also I forgot to mention, the upload speed is fine.

pamac build rtl8723de-dkms-git
Preparing...
Cloning rtl8723de-dkms-git build files...
Generating rtl8723de-dkms-git information...
Checking rtl8723de-dkms-git dependencies...
Warning: rtl8723de-dkms-git-7b7fc22-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
Resolving dependencies...
Checking inter-conflicts...

To build (1):
  rtl8723de-dkms-git  7b7fc22-1               AUR


Edit build files : [e] 
Apply transaction ? [e/y/N] y


Building rtl8723de-dkms-git...
==> Making package: rtl8723de-dkms-git 7b7fc22-1 (Thu 31 Mar 2022 02:14:07 MSK)
==> Checking runtime dependencies...
==> Checking buildtime dependencies...
==> Retrieving sources...
  -> Updating rtl8723de git repo...
Fetching origin
  -> Found dkms.conf
==> Validating source files with md5sums...
    rtl8723de ... Skipped
    dkms.conf ... Passed
==> Removing existing $srcdir/ directory...
==> Extracting sources...
  -> Creating working copy of rtl8723de git repo...
Cloning into 'rtl8723de'...
done.
==> Starting build()...
==> Entering fakeroot environment...
==> Starting package()...
==> Tidying install...
  -> Removing libtool files...
  -> Purging unwanted files...
  -> Removing static library files...
  -> Stripping unneeded symbols from binaries and libraries...
  -> Compressing man and info pages...
==> Checking for packaging issues...
==> Creating package "rtl8723de-dkms-git"...
  -> Generating .PKGINFO file...
  -> Generating .BUILDINFO file...
  -> Generating .MTREE file...
  -> Compressing package...
==> Leaving fakeroot environment.
==> Finished making: rtl8723de-dkms-git 7b7fc22-1 (Thu 31 Mar 2022 02:14:22 MSK)
==> Cleaning up...

Checking keyring...                                                        [1/1]
Checking integrity...                                                      [1/1]
Loading package files...                                                   [1/1]
Checking file conflicts...                                                 [1/1]
Checking available disc space...                                           [1/1]
Running pre-transaction hooks...
Creating Timeshift snapshot before upgrade...                              [1/2]
==> skipping timeshift-autosnap due skipRsyncAutosnap in /etc/timeshift-autosnap.conf set to TRUE.
Remove upgraded DKMS modules                                               [2/2]
==> dkms remove rtl8723de-5.1.1.8_21285.20171026_COEX20170111/1414
Reinstalling rtl8723de-dkms-git (7b7fc22-1)...                             [1/1]
Running post-transaction hooks...
Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate...                                             [1/2]
Install DKMS modules                                                       [2/2]
==> dkms install --no-depmod rtl8723de-5.1.1.8_21285.20171026_COEX20170111/1414 -k 5.15.28-1-MANJARO
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 5.15.28-1-MANJARO (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/rtl8723de-5.1.1.8_21285.20171026_COEX20170111/1414/build/make.log for more information.
==> WARNING: `dkms install --no-depmod rtl8723de-5.1.1.8_21285.20171026_COEX20170111/1414 -k 5.15.28-1-MANJARO' exited 10
Transaction successfully finished.

raguse · 30 March 2022 22:18

Hi @neotune I think you need to install kernel headers first if they weren’t before building the package. Do it for all the kernels you’ve installed.

sudo pacman -S linux515-headers

neotune · 31 March 2022 07:55

Hi, @raguse I have already installed them. No change in speed

Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 1 port: 4000 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8723DE 802.11b/g/n PCIe Adapter
    vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: rtw_8723de v: N/A modules: rtw88_8723de
    pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 02:00.0
    chip-ID: 10ec:d723 class-ID: 0280

Mirdarthos · 31 March 2022 08:02

To install most, if not any package you need the installed kernel’s headers, and this

sort of says they’re missing. Install the headers for all installed kernels using:

pamac install $(pamac list --quiet --installed | grep "^linux[0-9]*[-rt]*$" | awk '{print $1"-headers"}' ORS=' ')

And try building the drivers again:

pamac build rtl8723de-dkms-git

And see what happens.

neotune · 31 March 2022 08:10

I have only one kernel installed

mhwd-kernel -li

Currently running: 5.15.28-1-MANJARO (linux515)
The following kernels are installed in your system:
   * linux515

pamac install $(pamac list --quiet --installed | grep "^linux[0-9]*[-rt]*$" | awk '{print $1"-headers"}' ORS=' ')

Preparing...
Warning: linux515-headers-5.15.28-1 is up to date -- skipping
Nothing to do.
Transaction successfully finished.

pamac build rtl8723de-dkms-git

Preparing...
Cloning rtl8723de-dkms-git build files...
Generating rtl8723de-dkms-git information...
Checking rtl8723de-dkms-git dependencies...
Warning: rtl8723de-dkms-git-7b7fc22-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
Resolving dependencies...
Checking inter-conflicts...

To build (1):
  rtl8723de-dkms-git  7b7fc22-1               AUR


Edit build files : [e] 
Apply transaction ? [e/y/N] y


Building rtl8723de-dkms-git...
==> Making package: rtl8723de-dkms-git 7b7fc22-1 (Thu 31 Mar 2022 14:05:44 MSK)
==> Checking runtime dependencies...
==> Checking buildtime dependencies...
==> Retrieving sources...
  -> Updating rtl8723de git repo...
Fetching origin
  -> Found dkms.conf
==> Validating source files with md5sums...
    rtl8723de ... Skipped
    dkms.conf ... Passed
==> Removing existing $srcdir/ directory...
==> Extracting sources...
  -> Creating working copy of rtl8723de git repo...
Cloning into 'rtl8723de'...
done.
==> Starting build()...
==> Entering fakeroot environment...
==> Starting package()...
==> Tidying install...
  -> Removing libtool files...
  -> Purging unwanted files...
  -> Removing static library files...
  -> Stripping unneeded symbols from binaries and libraries...
  -> Compressing man and info pages...
==> Checking for packaging issues...
==> Creating package "rtl8723de-dkms-git"...
  -> Generating .PKGINFO file...
  -> Generating .BUILDINFO file...
  -> Generating .MTREE file...
  -> Compressing package...
==> Leaving fakeroot environment.
==> Finished making: rtl8723de-dkms-git 7b7fc22-1 (Thu 31 Mar 2022 14:06:00 MSK)
==> Cleaning up...

Checking keyring...                                                                                                                                      [1/1]
Checking integrity...                                                                                                                                    [1/1]
Loading package files...                                                                                                                                 [1/1]
Checking file conflicts...                                                                                                                               [1/1]
Checking available disc space...                                                                                                                         [1/1]
Running pre-transaction hooks...
Creating Timeshift snapshot before upgrade...                                                                                                            [1/2]
==> skipping timeshift-autosnap due skipRsyncAutosnap in /etc/timeshift-autosnap.conf set to TRUE.
Remove upgraded DKMS modules                                                                                                                             [2/2]
==> dkms remove rtl8723de-5.1.1.8_21285.20171026_COEX20170111/1414
Reinstalling rtl8723de-dkms-git (7b7fc22-1)...                                                                                                           [1/1]
Running post-transaction hooks...
Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate...                                                                                                                           [1/2]
Install DKMS modules                                                                                                                                     [2/2]
==> dkms install --no-depmod rtl8723de-5.1.1.8_21285.20171026_COEX20170111/1414 -k 5.15.28-1-MANJARO
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 5.15.28-1-MANJARO (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/rtl8723de-5.1.1.8_21285.20171026_COEX20170111/1414/build/make.log for more information.
==> WARNING: `dkms install --no-depmod rtl8723de-5.1.1.8_21285.20171026_COEX20170111/1414 -k 5.15.28-1-MANJARO' exited 10
Transaction successfully finished.

Mirdarthos · 31 March 2022 08:14

So please provide a new

sudo inxi --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --no-host --width

after a reboot, please.

neotune · 31 March 2022 08:26

Apparently ipx is not supported since kernel 5.15

/var/lib/dkms/rtl8723de-5.1.1.8_21285.20171026_COEX20170111/1414/build/core/rtw_br_ext.c:25:18: fatal error: net/ipx.h: No such file or directory
   25 |         #include <net/ipx.h>
      |                  ^~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:277: /var/lib/dkms/rtl8723de-5.1.1.8_21285.20171026_COEX20170111/1414/build/core/rtw_br_ext.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [Makefile:1868: /var/lib/dkms/rtl8723de-5.1.1.8_21285.20171026_COEX20170111/1414/build] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/lib/modules/5.15.28-1-MANJARO/build'
make: *** [Makefile:1886: modules] Error 2

neotune · 31 March 2022 08:29

I was wondering, since I’ve got similar issues, are there any similar commands/options for my driver like in this post?

Mirdarthos · 31 March 2022 08:30

OK, the way I see it, you could either:

Install and use an older kernel then. 5.10 is also recent as well as LTS; or
buy and use a newer, different dongle and see what happens.

Edit:

I have NO other ideas.

neotune · 31 March 2022 08:35

Thanks for your help, I hope there’s a simpler option)

raguse · 31 March 2022 09:46

@neotune I have no further clue, however, some more info that could help:

Is there a choice 2.4 or 5 GHz on your Wifi and have you tried speed for both?

In AUR there is alternative package RTW88-dkms-git. According to github page it supports (read github and archlinux AUR comments first to see if it could be solution for you):

This repository includes drivers for the following cards:
RTL8822BE, RTL8822CE, RTL8821CE, and RTL8723DE

I might get blacklisted for posting this other forum link ( =:| I hope not) but please also read it.

Another solution after trying above does not help could be to try kernel internally provided driver rtl8xxx . To do so you would need to blacklist the current installed one and enforce rtl8xxx. I can’t help you with that but maybe someone more knowledgeable can help by picking up this thread. Thanks.

neotune · 31 March 2022 09:48

Thanks, for your input. See the first post)

system · 2 April 2022 23:49

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