TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. Realtek RTL8188RU Wireless LAN 802.11n USB High Power Dongle - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Realtek RTL8188RU Wireless LAN 802.11n USB High Power Dongle is a Network Adapters hardware device. The developer of this driver was TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.. The hardware id of this driver is USB/VID_0BDA&PID_817F; this string has to match your hardware.

1. How to manually install TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. Realtek RTL8188RU Wireless LAN 802.11n USB High Power Dongle driver

1. You can download from the link below the driver setup file for the TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. Realtek RTL8188RU Wireless LAN 802.11n USB High Power Dongle driver. The archive contains version 1024.12.0314.2014 released on 2014-03-31 of the driver.
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3. Run 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 setup wizard, which will guide you; it should be quite easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will analyze your computer and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes restart your computer in order to use the updated driver. It is as simple as that to install a Windows driver!
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This driver is digitally signed by TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD..
The file size of this driver is 1279561 bytes (1.22 MB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.8 stars out of 58645 votes.
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. The easy way: using DriverMax to install TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. Realtek RTL8188RU Wireless LAN 802.11n USB High Power Dongle driver

The most important 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. How can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Open DriverMax and push on the yellow button named ~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 driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. Realtek RTL8188RU Wireless LAN 802.11n USB High Power Dongle driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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