Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8188RU Wireless LAN 802.11n USB High Power Dongle - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Realtek RTL8188RU Wireless LAN 802.11n USB High Power Dongle 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_817F; this string has to match your hardware.

1. How to manually install Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8188RU Wireless LAN 802.11n USB High Power Dongle driver

1. Download the setup file for Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8188RU Wireless LAN 802.11n USB High Power Dongle driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 1027.0.0611.2014 released on 2014-09-01.
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3. Start the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your UAC (User Access Control) is enabled then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver installation wizard, which should be quite easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your PC and enjoy the updated driver, it is as simple as that.
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This driver is not digitally signed.
Size of this driver: 1445960 bytes (1.38 MB)
Driver rating 3.2 stars out of 7876 votes.
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. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8188RU Wireless LAN 802.11n USB High Power Dongle driver

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

1. Start DriverMax and click on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to analyze each driver on your computer.
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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 RTL8188RU Wireless LAN 802.11n USB High Power Dongle driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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