Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek 8821CE Wireless LAN 802.11ac PCI-E NIC - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Realtek 8821CE 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_C821&SUBSYS_C02717AA; this string has to match your hardware.

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

1. Download the driver setup file for Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek 8821CE Wireless LAN 802.11ac PCI-E NIC driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 2023.81.0615.2018 released on 2018-06-28.
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3. Start the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your UAC (User Access Control) is enabled 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 easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your computer and enjoy the fresh driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed.
Size of this driver: 3312259 bytes (3.16 MB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.4 stars by 78422 users.
This driver was released for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 10 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 64 bits

2. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek 8821CE Wireless LAN 802.11ac PCI-E 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, not just this one. How easy can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Start DriverMax and press on the yellow button named ~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 locate the Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek 8821CE Wireless LAN 802.11ac PCI-E NIC driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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