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Get RTL8188EU Wireless driver almost free.
« on: August 22, 2017, 02:36:31 PM »
Almost. It will cost you either y our time or $29.95 and even then you have a poor chance of getting what you want.
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In my collection of things I have a number of Wireless dongles that have Realtek chips. As usual, the USB things are in one place and the CDs are elsewhere.

Short story. Install the driver finder package that you really don't ant, see if it can find the dongle. Write down the actual part number of the chip inside the thing. Most of the time it will not install the driver unless you pay money. But the driver is free. And they did find the thing for you free. Now it is up to you to find how to actually get the driver itself and install it. It is possible. At least it was today.

If you want more info on this, respond to this post.  :)

This also may apply to many of the chips in the Realtek tireless  catalog.

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Re: Get RTL8188EU Wireless driver almost free.
« Reply #1 on: August 22, 2017, 03:31:34 PM »
Drivers can be found on the realtek website.

http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=21&PFid=64&Level=5&Conn=4&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false

The 8188EU is not specifically listed there, however it is supported in the driver installation INF file.

I was trying to dereference Null Pointers before it was cool.

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Re: Get RTL8188EU Wireless driver almost free.
« Reply #2 on: August 22, 2017, 04:43:19 PM »
Thanks, the Real Realtek is hard to find.
I searched for Realtek and was taken to a site that claimed to be Realtek and it gave me a drive snooper thing instead. I so recall, at one time, I was able to download a lot of drivers from Realtek, but somehow I lost the stuff.
After the install, I had to use my backup to go back and recovery my WIndows XP. The driver snooper ruined my system.

Like I said, it can cost time.

BC, ho did you find the right place so fast?    :o



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Re: Get RTL8188EU Wireless driver almost free.
« Reply #3 on: August 22, 2017, 04:59:50 PM »
First link when I google searched "RealTek 8188EU driver" was the realtek website. From there I went to the downloads page and then used the menu to find the Wireless USB Software.
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Re: Get RTL8188EU Wireless driver almost free.
« Reply #4 on: August 22, 2017, 05:38:30 PM »
When I try that way of searching all I get is everything but the right one.
Maybe Google is better where you live.  ;D

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Re: Get RTL8188EU Wireless driver almost free.
« Reply #5 on: August 22, 2017, 07:12:31 PM »
Could be personalization of results, something different with google.ca over google.com, or something like that then I suppose.
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