TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. Realtek RTL8821AU Wireless LAN 802.11ac USB 2.0 Network Adapter - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Realtek RTL8821AU Wireless LAN 802.11ac USB 2.0 Network Adapter is a Network Adapters hardware device. This Windows driver was developed by TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.. The hardware id of this driver is USB/VID_0BDA&PID_0823&MI_02.

1. TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. Realtek RTL8821AU Wireless LAN 802.11ac USB 2.0 Network Adapter driver - how to install it manually

1. Download the driver setup file for TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. Realtek RTL8821AU Wireless LAN 802.11ac USB 2.0 Network Adapter driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 1024.12.0314.2014 released on 2014-03-31.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (UAC) is running 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 easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and restart your computer and enjoy the new driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. applied a digital signature to this driver.
Size of this driver: 1279561 bytes (1.22 MB)
Driver rating 4.2 stars out of 59167 votes.
This driver is 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. How to use DriverMax to install TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. Realtek RTL8821AU Wireless LAN 802.11ac USB 2.0 Network Adapter driver

The most important 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, not just this one. How easy can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Start DriverMax and push on the yellow button that says ~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 detected driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. Realtek RTL8821AU Wireless LAN 802.11ac USB 2.0 Network Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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