Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8723AE Wireless LAN 802.11n PCI-E NIC - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Realtek RTL8723AE Wireless LAN 802.11n PCI-E NIC is a Network Adapters hardware device. This Windows driver was developed by Realtek Semiconductor Corp.. In order to make sure you are downloading the exact right driver the hardware id is PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_8723&SUBSYS_072810EC.

1. Install Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8723AE Wireless LAN 802.11n PCI-E NIC driver manually

1. Download the setup file for Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8723AE Wireless LAN 802.11n PCI-E NIC driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 2013.8.0915.2014 released on 2014-10-16.
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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 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 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 computer and enjoy the fresh driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed by the manufacturer.
The file size of this driver is 1685854 bytes (1.61 MB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.1 stars out of 45276 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 RTL8723AE Wireless LAN 802.11n PCI-E NIC driver using DriverMax

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install 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 take a look!

1. Open DriverMax and press on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and 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 locate the Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8723AE Wireless LAN 802.11n PCI-E NIC driver. Click on Update.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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