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I fucked up my HP laptop while adjusting the wifi on Ubuntu.

Not so good at computers, please help

Not so good at computers, please help

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Wi-fi was weak, so I attempted to switch antannaes in the terminal

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What are the commands you used?

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echo "options rtl8723de ant_sel=3" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8723de.conf

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So go into /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8723de.conf and strip out "options rtl8723de ant_sel=3".

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echo "options rtl8723de ant_sel=3" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8723de.conf

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[–] [deleted] • 1 pt

Ok, so delete the line or try another antenna.

If you're having poor signal, are you on 2.4GHz or 5GHz? 2.4 tends to have way, way better range.

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