Driver for Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8821AU Wireless LAN 802.11ac USB 2.0 Network Adapter - downloading and installing it

Realtek RTL8821AU Wireless LAN 802.11ac USB 2.0 Network Adapter is a Network Adapters hardware device. This driver was developed by Realtek Semiconductor Corp.. The hardware id of this driver is USB/VID_0BDA&PID_0823&MI_02; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Install Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8821AU Wireless LAN 802.11ac USB 2.0 Network Adapter driver manually

1. Download the driver setup file for Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8821AU Wireless LAN 802.11ac USB 2.0 Network Adapter driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 1027.0.0612.2014 released on 2014-09-02.
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3. Start the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (UAC) is enabled then you will have to confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver installation wizard, which should be pretty straightforward. The driver installation wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your computer and enjoy the fresh driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is not digitally signed.
The file size of this driver is 1443814 bytes (1.38 MB)
This driver was rated with an average of 3 stars by 65560 users.
This driver is fully compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 8.1 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 32 bits

2. Installing the Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8821AU Wireless LAN 802.11ac USB 2.0 Network Adapter driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The most important advantage of using DriverMax is that it will setup the driver for you in the easiest possible way and it will keep each driver up to date, not just this one. How easy can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Start DriverMax and press on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and analyze each driver on your computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of detected driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8821AU Wireless LAN 802.11ac USB 2.0 Network Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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