Intel Corporation Intel R Dual Band Wireless-AC 8260 - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Intel R Dual Band Wireless-AC 8260 is a Network Adapters device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Intel Corporation. In order to make sure you are downloading the exact right driver the hardware id is PCI/VEN_8086&DEV_24F3&SUBSYS_08108086.

1. Install Intel Corporation Intel R Dual Band Wireless-AC 8260 driver manually

1. You can download from the link below the driver installer file for the Intel Corporation Intel R Dual Band Wireless-AC 8260 driver. The archive contains version 18.40.0.9 dated 2016-02-25 of the driver.
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3. Run the driver installer file from a user account with administrative rights. If your UAC (User Access Control) is running please confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver setup wizard, which will guide you; it should be pretty easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will scan your PC and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes restart your computer in order to use the updated driver. It is as simple as that to install a Windows driver!
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This driver is digitally signed by Intel Corporation.
The file size of this driver is 5023184 bytes (4.79 MB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.9 stars by 72793 users.
This driver is fully compatible with 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. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Intel Corporation Intel R Dual Band Wireless-AC 8260 driver

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install 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 scan and analyze each driver on your computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of available driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Intel Corporation Intel R Dual Band Wireless-AC 8260 driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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