How to add wifi drivers?

    Hello everyone, I'm new to libreelec, I was given an old Novlex netbook with a celeron n2806 cpu, it had it's screen broken so it was removed by it's previous owner. I have tried libreelec and while all other things seems to work just fine the wifi is not. I've read on other posts that old wifi drivers are not inclueded any more. I'm looking for help on how to install the drivers for the rtl8723be or to build an image from the source that include them if needed. Found the drivers on github https://github.com/silenoth/rtlwi…aster/rtl8723be but not sure how to add them to libreelec. Any guidance will be much apreciated.

    Update to an LE12 nightly or 11.95.1 and run "dmesg | paste" after boot and share the URL so we can see the log. LE12 is still built with "CONFIG_RTL8723BE=m" enabled in the kernel but the image might be missing firmware necessary for the card to work. If yes, that normally shows in the log.

    I was having the same issue with my WiFi USB dongle and was able to fix it, so I'll just add it here if it helps someone. I am using LE 13 for RK3566 (I have a Quartz64 Model A)

    chewitt thanks for the instructions on how to see the log. I was able to do it and found this:

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    [   11.871724] rtw88_8821au 3-1:1.0: Direct firmware load for rtw88/rtw8821a_fw.bin failed with error -2
[   11.871760] rtw88_8821au 3-1:1.0: failed to request firmware
[   11.962647] rtw88_8821au 3-1:1.0: failed to load firmware
[   11.962671] rtw88_8821au 3-1:1.0: failed to setup chip efuse info
[   11.962676] rtw88_8821au 3-1:1.0: failed to setup chip information
[   11.962854] rtw88_8821au 3-1:1.0: probe with driver rtw88_8821au failed with error -22
[   11.962982] usbcore: registered new interface driver rtw88_8821au

    As you said, the firmware file rtw88/rtw8821a_fw.bin was missing, so I just downloaded it from here and then I inserted the file in this location: /storage/.config/firmware/rtw88/rtw8821a_fw.bin.

    In my case the firmware folder didn't exist so I had to create it. And after rebooting, voilà! Now my dongle works as expected.