The title/ synopsis is somewhat misleading. While it may have been a HP problem there's no mention of the specific fault. Indeed it's just a script to download and install the latest rtlwifi drivers. Also given that apt is mentioned in the script I guess this seen on Debian/ Ubuntu distros (unsure of version), but who knows other distros that may ship later drivers may be fine.
"Added March 16, 2016: All branches of this repo now support the ant_sel module option for rtl8723be. In addition, patches to implement this feature have been submitted to the linux-wireless repo. If accepted, they should appear in kernel 4.7; however, they will be backported to kernels 4.0 and newer when they reach mainline."
It's the antenna selection that fixes the problem.
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The title/ synopsis is somewhat misleading. While it may have been a HP problem there's no mention of the specific fault. Indeed it's just a script to download and install the latest rtlwifi drivers. Also given that apt is mentioned in the script I guess this seen on Debian/ Ubuntu distros (unsure of version), but who knows other distros that may ship later drivers may be fine.
TL;DR Vague repo is vague.
It points to another repo[1] that says this:
"Added March 16, 2016: All branches of this repo now support the ant_sel module option for rtl8723be. In addition, patches to implement this feature have been submitted to the linux-wireless repo. If accepted, they should appear in kernel 4.7; however, they will be backported to kernels 4.0 and newer when they reach mainline."
It's the antenna selection that fixes the problem.
[1] https://github.com/lwfinger/rtlwifi_new