Driver for Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek 8821AE Wireless LAN 802.11ac PCI-E NIC - downloading and installing it

Realtek 8821AE Wireless LAN 802.11ac PCI-E NIC is a Network Adapters device. The developer of this driver was Realtek Semiconductor Corp.. PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_8821&SUBSYS_216C1A3B is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek 8821AE Wireless LAN 802.11ac PCI-E NIC driver - how to install it manually

1. You can download from the link below the driver setup file for the Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek 8821AE Wireless LAN 802.11ac PCI-E NIC driver. The archive contains version 2012.14.0417.2014 dated 2014-04-30 of the driver.
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3. Start the driver installer file from a user account with administrative rights. If your UAC (User Access Control) is running please accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver installation wizard, which will guide you; it should be quite easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will scan your computer and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes shutdown and restart your PC in order to use the updated driver. As you can see it was quite smple to install a Windows driver!
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2. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek 8821AE Wireless LAN 802.11ac PCI-E NIC driver

The most important 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 can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's see!

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 computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek 8821AE Wireless LAN 802.11ac PCI-E NIC driver. Click on Update.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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