Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek 8812AE Wireless LAN 802.11ac PCI-E NIC - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Realtek 8812AE Wireless LAN 802.11ac PCI-E NIC is a Network Adapters hardware device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Realtek Semiconductor Corp.. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_8812&SUBSYS_20EF148F.

1. Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek 8812AE Wireless LAN 802.11ac PCI-E NIC driver - how to install it manually

1. Download the setup file for Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek 8812AE Wireless LAN 802.11ac PCI-E NIC driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 2012.6.1218.2013 dated 2013-12-26.
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3. Start 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 pretty straightforward. 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 fresh driver, it is as simple as that.
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This driver is digitally signed.
Driver file size: 1380536 bytes (1.32 MB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.3 stars by 97453 users.
This driver is 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. How to use DriverMax to install Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek 8812AE Wireless LAN 802.11ac PCI-E NIC driver

The most important 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, 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. Scroll the list down until you find the Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek 8812AE Wireless LAN 802.11ac PCI-E NIC driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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