Realtek Realtek RTL8180 Wireless LAN Mini- PCI NIC - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Realtek RTL8180 Wireless LAN Mini- PCI NIC is a Network Adapters device. This driver was developed by Realtek. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_1186&DEV_3300&SUBSYS_33001186; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Manually install Realtek Realtek RTL8180 Wireless LAN Mini- PCI NIC driver

1. Download the setup file for Realtek Realtek RTL8180 Wireless LAN Mini- PCI NIC driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 5.173.1007.2004 dated 2004-10-07.
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3. Run 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 accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver installation wizard, which should be quite straightforward. The driver installation wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your PC and enjoy the new driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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There is no digital signature available for this driver.
Download size of the driver: 102290 bytes (99.89 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 3.4 stars out of 22281 votes.
This driver is compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Vista 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 32 bits

2. How to use DriverMax to install Realtek Realtek RTL8180 Wireless LAN Mini- PCI NIC driver

The 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. How easy can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Open 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 driver updates. Search the list until you find the Realtek Realtek RTL8180 Wireless LAN Mini- PCI NIC driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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