Realtek Semiconductor Corp. 802.11bgn Mini Wireless LAN USB2.0 Adapter driver download and installation

802.11bgn Mini Wireless LAN USB2.0 Adapter is a Network Adapters hardware device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Realtek Semiconductor Corp.. USB/VID_07B8&PID_8179 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Install Realtek Semiconductor Corp. 802.11bgn Mini Wireless LAN USB2.0 Adapter driver manually

1. Download the driver setup file for Realtek Semiconductor Corp. 802.11bgn Mini Wireless LAN USB2.0 Adapter driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 1030.27.0425.2018 released on 2018-05-03.
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3. Start the driver installation file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your UAC (User Access Control) is running then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through 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. Shutdown and restart your computer and enjoy the updated driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed by the manufacturer.
Download size of the driver: 3210805 bytes (3.06 MB)
Driver rating 4 stars out of 67335 votes.
This driver was released for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 10 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 64 bits

2. How to install Realtek Semiconductor Corp. 802.11bgn Mini Wireless LAN USB2.0 Adapter driver using DriverMax

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will setup the driver for you in just a few seconds and it will keep each driver up to date, not just this one. How can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Open DriverMax and click on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to analyze each driver on your PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of detected driver updates. Search the list until you find the Realtek Semiconductor Corp. 802.11bgn Mini Wireless LAN USB2.0 Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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