Download and install Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek 8821AE Wireless LAN 802.11ac PCI-E NIC driver

Realtek 8821AE Wireless LAN 802.11ac PCI-E NIC is a Network Adapters hardware device. The developer of this driver was Realtek Semiconductor Corp.. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_8821&SUBSYS_819810EC; this string has to match your hardware.

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

1. Download the setup file for Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek 8821AE Wireless LAN 802.11ac PCI-E NIC driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 2023.79.0419.2019 released on 2019-04-22.
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3. Start the driver setup file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (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 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, as you can see it was quite smple.
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Realtek Semiconductor Corp. applied a digital signature to this driver.
Driver file size: 3084351 bytes (2.94 MB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.5 stars by 56306 users.
This driver is fully 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. Installing the Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek 8821AE Wireless LAN 802.11ac PCI-E NIC driver using DriverMax: the easy way

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 follow a few steps!

1. Open DriverMax and press on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to analyze each driver on your PC.
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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 8821AE Wireless LAN 802.11ac PCI-E NIC driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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