Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek 8821CU Wireless LAN 802.11ac USB NIC - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Realtek 8821CU Wireless LAN 802.11ac USB NIC 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_C820&MI_02.

1. Manually install Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek 8821CU Wireless LAN 802.11ac USB NIC driver

1. Download the driver setup file for Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek 8821CU Wireless LAN 802.11ac USB NIC driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 1030.24.0601.2017 dated 2017-11-29.
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3. Run the driver setup file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is started 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. Shutdown and restart your computer and enjoy the new driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed.
Download size of the driver: 2496842 bytes (2.38 MB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.1 stars by 99266 users.
This driver will work for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 7 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 32 bits
• 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. How to use DriverMax to install Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek 8821CU Wireless LAN 802.11ac USB NIC driver

The 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 can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Open DriverMax and push 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 driver updates. Search the list until you find the Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek 8821CU Wireless LAN 802.11ac USB NIC driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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