Download and install Intel Corporation Intel R Dual Band Wireless-AC 8260 driver

Intel R Dual Band Wireless-AC 8260 is a Network Adapters hardware device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Intel Corporation. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_8086&DEV_24F3&SUBSYS_C0508086; this string has to match your hardware.

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

1. Download the driver setup file for Intel Corporation Intel R Dual Band Wireless-AC 8260 driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 18.33.0.1 dated 2016-01-05.
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3. Start the driver installation 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. Go through 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. Restart your computer and enjoy the new driver, it is as simple as that.
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Intel Corporation applied a digital signature to this driver.
The file size of this driver is 6013420 bytes (5.73 MB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.7 stars out of 20849 votes.
This driver was released 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. Installing the Intel Corporation Intel R Dual Band Wireless-AC 8260 driver using DriverMax: the easy way

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. How easy can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Open DriverMax and push 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. Search the list until you find the Intel Corporation Intel R Dual Band Wireless-AC 8260 driver. Click on Update.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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