Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8188CE Wireless LAN 802.11n COMBO PCI-E NIC - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Realtek RTL8188CE Wireless LAN 802.11n COMBO PCI-E NIC is a Network Adapters hardware device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Realtek Semiconductor Corp.. PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_8176&SUBSYS_920510EC is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Install Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8188CE Wireless LAN 802.11n COMBO PCI-E NIC driver manually

1. Download the setup file for Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8188CE Wireless LAN 802.11n COMBO PCI-E NIC driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 2023.1.1201.2014 released on 2016-10-11.
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3. Start the driver setup 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. Go through the driver installation wizard, which should be pretty easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your computer and enjoy the updated driver, it is as simple as that.
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This driver is digitally signed by Realtek Semiconductor Corp..
Download size of the driver: 1789713 bytes (1.71 MB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.1 stars by 60418 users.
This driver will work for 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 RTL8188CE Wireless LAN 802.11n COMBO PCI-E NIC driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will setup the driver for you in just a few seconds and it will keep each driver up to date, not just this one. How can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Open DriverMax and push on the yellow button named ~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 RTL8188CE Wireless LAN 802.11n COMBO PCI-E NIC driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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