Driver for Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek 8188GU Wireless LAN 802.11n USB NIC - downloading and installing it

Realtek 8188GU Wireless LAN 802.11n USB NIC is a Network Adapters hardware device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Realtek Semiconductor Corp.. USB/VID_0BDA&PID_B711 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. How to manually install Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek 8188GU Wireless LAN 802.11n USB NIC driver

1. Download the setup file for Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek 8188GU Wireless LAN 802.11n USB NIC driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 1030.25.0701.2017 dated 2017-12-25.
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3. Run 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 confirm the installation 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 scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and restart your computer and enjoy the updated driver, it is as simple as that.
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Realtek Semiconductor Corp. applied a digital signature to this driver.
File size of the driver: 2788462 bytes (2.66 MB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.5 stars out of 56536 votes.
This driver is compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 10 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 32 bits

2. How to use DriverMax to install Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek 8188GU Wireless LAN 802.11n USB NIC driver

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 easy can you install a driver using 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 computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of detected driver updates. Search the list until you find the Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek 8188GU Wireless LAN 802.11n USB NIC driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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