Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8188CUS-VL Wireless LAN 802.11n USB 2.0 Network Adapter - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Realtek RTL8188CUS-VL Wireless LAN 802.11n USB 2.0 Network Adapter is a Network Adapters hardware device. This driver was developed by Realtek Semiconductor Corp.. USB/VID_0BDA&PID_818A is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8188CUS-VL Wireless LAN 802.11n USB 2.0 Network Adapter - install the driver manually

1. Download the driver setup file for Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8188CUS-VL Wireless LAN 802.11n USB 2.0 Network Adapter driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 1018.0.0711.2012 released on 2012-07-11.
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3. Start the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is started then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver setup wizard, which should be quite straightforward. The driver setup wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. 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.
Driver file size: 567929 bytes (554.62 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4 stars out of 16239 votes.
This driver will work for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 7 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 64 bits

2. How to install Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8188CUS-VL Wireless LAN 802.11n USB 2.0 Network Adapter driver using DriverMax

The most important 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. How easy can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Open DriverMax and press 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 locate the Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8188CUS-VL Wireless LAN 802.11n USB 2.0 Network Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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