Is "RTL8723BE" based Realtek Wireless NIC supported in RHEL7.1?

Solution In Progress - Updated -

Issue

  • I am unable connect to internet using the Realtek Wireless NIC RTL8723BE.
  • In the lspci output, I see the following entry for the NIC which looks to be getting detected:
02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8723BE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter [10ec:b723]
  • But still the device fails to connect and remains unusable.
  • I also searched ELRepo but couldn't find suitable drivers matching with vendor:device ID pairing.
  • How am I going to use my wifi any suggestions?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)7.1.
  • Realtek wireless NIC.

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