Drivers for Realtek RTL8192S WLAN Adapter

On Sun, 26 Apr 2015 15:45:41 -0400, Paul wrote:

wrote:
On Sun, 26 Apr 2015 11:53:31 -0500, philo wrote:


The posted link was for an 8191 device

get the one specifically for the 8192EU the Windows version of course


http://www.realtek.com/downloads/dow...ue #RTL8192SE


Really? I see no 8192EU. Maybe I am blind. I have been told so.

Me

I think you're blind on another count. You may have
the identifier wrong ? Maybe it's not 8192EU ?

As I think I said before, when I plug the little WFIF USB adapter in,
Device Manager shows

Realtek RTLK 8192EU Wireless LAN 802.11n USB 2.0 Network Adapter


In the list here, I can see lots of 8192 devices,
but no 8192EU. That's why I have my suspicions...

I think something is awry here.


http://www.linux-usb.org/usb.ids

And don't let the "linux" in that link bother you. The
list is a list of unofficial VID/PID values for hardware,
which applies to any OS attempting to do Plug and Play
identification of hardware. The official lists are
not public knowledge, because some devices are not
released yet, and so the identifiers cannot be
officially displayed. And thus the people out here
have to rely on unofficial lists at a time like this.
Not *every* hardware is in that list, but the lack of
a 8192EU on that list, and a lack of a 8192EU on the
actual RealTek site, makes me suspicious.

What can I say?



Even if you were to give us a web link to where you
bought the device, that might not help. Because hardware
makers sometimes change the chipset inside the device,
without changing the product SKU (Stock Keeping Unit number).

I bought it on EBay.


Paul

On Sun, 26 Apr 2015 15:45:41 -0400, Paul wrote:

wrote:
On Sun, 26 Apr 2015 11:53:31 -0500, philo wrote:


The posted link was for an 8191 device

get the one specifically for the 8192EU the Windows version of course


http://www.realtek.com/downloads/dow...ue #RTL8192SE


Really? I see no 8192EU. Maybe I am blind. I have been told so.

Me

I think you're blind on another count. You may have
the identifier wrong ? Maybe it's not 8192EU ?

I think I need to repeat that The adapter works okay on this W7 PC
(the one that shows what I say in Device Manager). OTOH, when I plug
the thing in to USB on the other W7 PC, Device Manager does not pick
it up under Adapters. Instead it is unidentified.

Also, on this PC, I do not need to install any driver. It comes with
that W7.

Me



In the list here, I can see lots of 8192 devices,
but no 8192EU. That's why I have my suspicions...

http://www.linux-usb.org/usb.ids

And don't let the "linux" in that link bother you. The
list is a list of unofficial VID/PID values for hardware,
which applies to any OS attempting to do Plug and Play
identification of hardware. The official lists are
not public knowledge, because some devices are not
released yet, and so the identifiers cannot be
officially displayed. And thus the people out here
have to rely on unofficial lists at a time like this.
Not *every* hardware is in that list, but the lack of
a 8192EU on that list, and a lack of a 8192EU on the
actual RealTek site, makes me suspicious.

Even if you were to give us a web link to where you
bought the device, that might not help. Because hardware
makers sometimes change the chipset inside the device,
without changing the product SKU (Stock Keeping Unit number).

Paul

On 26 Apr 2015, wrote in alt.windows7.general:

Anyway, when I put the new adapter card into the Inspiron's USB,
its Device Manager does not pick it up ad a wireless adapter at
all. Instead, it shows it as an unidentified device. I tried the
three driver downloads i got, and none worked.

So I guess I really need a suggestion on what I shud do next.

If the "unidentified device" shows persistently even when the USP
adapter is unplugged, delete the un-IDed device from Device Manager and
try again. If the Realtek drivers you now have are in an .EXE form,
install those drivers before you plug in the adapter again.

I see you're doing a bunch of Windows updates. Do that first - maybe
one of the updates includes a batch of newer network and USB adapters,
which might help Windows correctly identify your adapter.

On 04/26/2015 12:07 PM, Stormin' Norman wrote:

?

Me


The posted link was for an 8191 device

You didn't scroll down the page, there were drivers for numerous models.....



get the one specifically for the 8192EU the Windows version of course


http://www.realtek.com/downloads/dow...ue #RTL8192SE




You are right...and the OP evidently did not install the correct
drivers. If he goes back and has a good look, he should find the correct
ones

wrote:


What can I say?

Well, I can tell you what I say.

This search has exhausted my patience.

*Never* buy hardware which does not include
a driver CD.

Paul

On Sun, 26 Apr 2015 18:10:26 -0400, Nil
wrote:

On 26 Apr 2015, wrote in alt.windows7.general:

Anyway, when I put the new adapter card into the Inspiron's USB,
its Device Manager does not pick it up ad a wireless adapter at
all. Instead, it shows it as an unidentified device. I tried the
three driver downloads i got, and none worked.

So I guess I really need a suggestion on what I shud do next.

If the "unidentified device" shows persistently even when the USP
adapter is unplugged, delete the un-IDed device from Device Manager and
try again. If the Realtek drivers you now have are in an .EXE form,
install those drivers before you plug in the adapter again.

I see you're doing a bunch of Windows updates. Do that first - maybe
one of the updates includes a batch of newer network and USB adapters,
which might help Windows correctly identify your adapter.


Will do

me

On Sun, 26 Apr 2015 19:13:57 -0400, wrote:

On Sun, 26 Apr 2015 18:10:26 -0400, Nil
wrote:

On 26 Apr 2015, wrote in alt.windows7.general:

Anyway, when I put the new adapter card into the Inspiron's USB,
its Device Manager does not pick it up ad a wireless adapter at
all. Instead, it shows it as an unidentified device. I tried the
three driver downloads i got, and none worked.

So I guess I really need a suggestion on what I shud do next.

If the "unidentified device" shows persistently even when the USP
adapter is unplugged, delete the un-IDed device from Device Manager and
try again. If the Realtek drivers you now have are in an .EXE form,
install those drivers before you plug in the adapter again.

I see you're doing a bunch of Windows updates. Do that first - maybe
one of the updates includes a batch of newer network and USB adapters,
which might help Windows correctly identify your adapter.


Will do

me

As it happens, the OS that works with this adapter is Home Premium,
whereas the OS that does not is W7 Ultimate. Hmm.

Me

On Sun, 26 Apr 2015 18:11:42 -0500, philo wrote:

On 04/26/2015 12:07 PM, Stormin' Norman wrote:

?

Me


The posted link was for an 8191 device

You didn't scroll down the page, there were drivers for numerous models.....



get the one specifically for the 8192EU the Windows version of course


http://www.realtek.com/downloads/dow...ue #RTL8192SE




You are right...and the OP evidently did not install the correct
drivers. If he goes back and has a good look, he should find the correct
ones


Really?

Me

On Sun, 26 Apr 2015 19:13:29 -0400, Paul wrote:

wrote:


What can I say?

Well, I can tell you what I say.

This search has exhausted my patience.

*Never* buy hardware which does not include
a driver CD.

Paul


Amen

On 04/26/2015 06:28 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 26 Apr 2015 18:11:42 -0500, philo wrote:

On 04/26/2015 12:07 PM, Stormin' Norman wrote:

?

Me


The posted link was for an 8191 device

You didn't scroll down the page, there were drivers for numerous models.....



get the one specifically for the 8192EU the Windows version of course


http://www.realtek.com/downloads/dow...ue #RTL8192SE




You are right...and the OP evidently did not install the correct
drivers. If he goes back and has a good look, he should find the correct
ones


Really?

Me



I saw the correct driver in the link I posted, so you should be able to
find it too if you just scroll down

On 26 Apr 2015, wrote in alt.windows7.general:

As it happens, the OS that works with this adapter is Home
Premium, whereas the OS that does not is W7 Ultimate. Hmm.

That shouldn't make a difference. The discrepancy lies somewhere else.

philo wrote:
On 04/26/2015 06:28 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 26 Apr 2015 18:11:42 -0500, philo wrote:

On 04/26/2015 12:07 PM, Stormin' Norman wrote:

?

Me


The posted link was for an 8191 device

You didn't scroll down the page, there were drivers for numerous
models.....



get the one specifically for the 8192EU the Windows version of
course


http://www.realtek.com/downloads/dow...ue #RTL8192SE





You are right...and the OP evidently did not install the correct
drivers. If he goes back and has a good look, he should find the correct
ones


Really?

Me



I saw the correct driver in the link I posted, so you should be able to
find it too if you just scroll down

The OP claims the identifier is 8192EU. I don't
see that one listed.

And the response I'm getting from search engines, suggests
at some point RealTek may have used a NoRobots, so that
newer information is not getting indexed. As a result,
I can't find any references to 8192EU.

If you hit your search engine, you can find *Linux* references
to that identifier.

As for the hardware itself, some of those stuff uses two
identifiers. The chip itself (MAC/LLC Media Access Controller,
Logical Link Layer) may have its own number. When a "design"
is put together (requiring radio chips or not, having
different numbers of antennas or not), they can use a second
number to describe the entire design. Some of the chips even
come with multiple hardware interfaces, so the same chip does the
PCI Express version as well as a USB version.

I downloaded one file from a "driver site" and it had
absolutely nothing to do with 9182EU. This sorta crap
makes me really angry. I had to take that over and
install it in Ubuntu using WINE, to get the uninstaller
unpacked, to find it was the equivalent of a Wireless
Zero Config type of package.

After 150MB of false leads on the Windows side,
I threw in the towel.

Paul

". . .winston" wrote in message ...

wrote:
I need W7 drivers for my new Realtek RTL8192S WLAN Adapter .

I googled the thing, and every site wants me to download/install/buy a
driver scan utility which I do not want. Can anyone point me to a
site from which I can download both a 32-bit and a 64-bit version of
the drivers?

Thanks

Me

Realtek hardware is commonly found on-board (mobo)
- your mobo, pc provider web sites may provide links for the correct
(and recommended) driver.


Winston,

RealTek site has them he

http://www.realtek.com/downloads/dow...ue #RTL8192SU

Look down thru the listing on that page or do a search on the page.

Bob S.
--
...winston
msft mvp consumer apps

Bob wrote:


". . .winston" wrote in message ...

wrote:
I need W7 drivers for my new Realtek RTL8192S WLAN Adapter .

I googled the thing, and every site wants me to download/install/buy a
driver scan utility which I do not want. Can anyone point me to a
site from which I can download both a 32-bit and a 64-bit version of
the drivers?

Thanks

Me

Realtek hardware is commonly found on-board (mobo)
- your mobo, pc provider web sites may provide links for the correct
(and recommended) driver.


Winston,

RealTek site has them he

http://www.realtek.com/downloads/dow...ue #RTL8192SU


Look down thru the listing on that page or do a search on the page.

Bob S.

The OP claims the chipset is 8192EU, whereas
since it is sold on Ebay, I suspect 8192CU Edimax
clone type dongle (the one that is popular with
Raspberry PI users).

As long as the OP continues to claim the device
is 8192EU, we'll have to look a little harder
for a driver.

I can find references to 8192EU in Linux articles,
but so far, not for Windows. The "driver sites" list
something, but it turned out to be a wireless manager
and not a driver.

Paul

Shotgun approach: install ALL the 8192 drivers and possibly the related
inf's from the other computer since the device works in that machine.