Driver for D-Link Corporation Realtek RTL8821AU Wireless LAN 802.11ac USB 2.0 Network Adapter - downloading and installing it

Realtek RTL8821AU Wireless LAN 802.11ac USB 2.0 Network Adapter is a Network Adapters hardware device. This Windows driver was developed by D-Link Corporation. The hardware id of this driver is USB/VID_0BDA&PID_0170&MI_02; this string has to match your hardware.

1. How to manually install D-Link Corporation Realtek RTL8821AU Wireless LAN 802.11ac USB 2.0 Network Adapter driver

1. You can download from the link below the driver setup file for the D-Link Corporation Realtek RTL8821AU Wireless LAN 802.11ac USB 2.0 Network Adapter driver. The archive contains version 1030.40.0128.2019 released on 2020-04-30 of the driver.
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3. Run the driver installer file from a user account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (UAC) is enabled please confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver setup wizard, which will guide you; it should be quite easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will analyze your PC and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes shutdown and 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 the manufacturer.
Download size of the driver: 4082175 bytes (3.89 MB)
Driver rating 4.2 stars out of 78718 votes.
This driver was released 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. How to install D-Link Corporation Realtek RTL8821AU Wireless LAN 802.11ac USB 2.0 Network Adapter driver using DriverMax

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 easy can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's take a look!

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 available driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the D-Link Corporation Realtek RTL8821AU Wireless LAN 802.11ac USB 2.0 Network Adapter driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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