Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek 8188GU Wireless LAN 802.11n USB NIC - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

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. Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek 8188GU Wireless LAN 802.11n USB NIC driver - how to install it manually

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 1030.30.1201.2017 released on 2018-08-20.
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3. Run the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is started 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. Shutdown and restart your PC 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: 3183479 bytes (3.04 MB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.7 stars out of 99211 votes.
This driver was released for the following versions of Windows:

• 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. Using DriverMax to install Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek 8188GU Wireless LAN 802.11n USB NIC driver

The 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 see!

1. Start 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. Scroll the list down until you locate the Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek 8188GU Wireless LAN 802.11n USB NIC driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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