Drivers for Realtek RTL8192S WLAN Adapter

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

On 04/26/2015 09:24 AM, Stormin' Norman wrote:
On Sun, 26 Apr 2015 10:15:23 -0400, 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


How about he Realtek site?

http://www.realtek.com/downloads/dow...wnloads=tr ue




Yep


No matter what driver you want, the absolute best place to get the
driver is directly from the manufacturer.

I've found that if no win7 drivers are avail, the XP driver usually
works fine. Just pay attention to 32/64 bit.

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?

Is the RealTek chip on your motherboard? So why not go get the chipset
driver package from whomever is the manufacturer of your motherboard?
If you buy pre-built computers instead of making them yourself then go
to the manufacturer's site for your pre-built computer and get the
driver package they list for their model that you have.

If "new Realtek" means you bought some daughtercard NIC to put into a
slot in your computer then why didn't it come with a CD with a driver
package? Did you check the NIC manufacturer's site for their driver
package? Just because a NIC uses a particular chip doesn't mean the
manufacturter of the card use only the reference design for that chip.
They may modify the behavior by not implementing some features of the
chip or adding more logic to add features or bring out features from the
chip.

http://www.realtek.com/products/prod...4& ProdID=231
There's a "Software" link at the bottom of that page that goes to:
http://www.realtek.com/downloads/dow...wnloads=t rue
You'll need to know if the chip model ends with E or U.

Those will be the reference design drivers so they may not provide all
functionality of whatever card on which the chip was installed. You
never mentioned the brand and model of the NIC that has that chip.

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

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.

Not every site. Realtek does not sell drivers or any other utility. You
are looking at scam sites that may host viruses and other malware. You
have obviously not looked at Realtek's own site or that of your
motherboard manufacturer.

Can anyone point me to a site from which I can download both a
32-bit and a 64-bit version of the drivers?

Realtek's own site or that of your motherboard manufacturer.

On Sun, 26 Apr 2015 11:35:35 -0400, Nil
wrote:

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

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.

Not every site. Realtek does not sell drivers or any other utility. You
are looking at scam sites that may host viruses and other malware. You
have obviously not looked at Realtek's own site or that of your
motherboard manufacturer.

Can anyone point me to a site from which I can download both a
32-bit and a 64-bit version of the drivers?

Realtek's own site or that of your motherboard manufacturer.


Thanks all of U. And you are right.

I downloaded drivers from the Realtek site, and none of the three I
tried worked. So I will tell U my real problem.

What I have bought (and it did NOT come with drivers) is a WIFI USB
adapter that my main W7 PC picks up immediately and it seems to work.
Device Manager identifies it as a network adapter:

Realtek RTL 8192EU Wireless LAN 802.11n USB2 Network Adapter

My goal is to have the adapter work in a second W7 PC I want to give
my son. It is a DELL Inspiron 530s in which the wireless card that
came with it doesn't seem to want to work. Interestingly a CAT5 hard
wire connection to my router works just fine on the Inspiron.

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.

Anyone?

Me

wrote on 4/26/2015 12:31 PM:
On Sun, 26 Apr 2015 11:35:35 -0400, Nil
wrote:

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

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.

Not every site. Realtek does not sell drivers or any other utility. You
are looking at scam sites that may host viruses and other malware. You
have obviously not looked at Realtek's own site or that of your
motherboard manufacturer.

Can anyone point me to a site from which I can download both a
32-bit and a 64-bit version of the drivers?

Realtek's own site or that of your motherboard manufacturer.


Thanks all of U. And you are right.

I downloaded drivers from the Realtek site, and none of the three I
tried worked. So I will tell U my real problem.

What I have bought (and it did NOT come with drivers) is a WIFI USB
adapter that my main W7 PC picks up immediately and it seems to work.
Device Manager identifies it as a network adapter:

Realtek RTL 8192EU Wireless LAN 802.11n USB2 Network Adapter

My goal is to have the adapter work in a second W7 PC I want to give
my son. It is a DELL Inspiron 530s in which the wireless card that
came with it doesn't seem to want to work. Interestingly a CAT5 hard
wire connection to my router works just fine on the Inspiron.

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.

Anyone?

Me

Stupid question but are you up to date on windows updates?

wrote in message
...
On Sun, 26 Apr 2015 11:35:35 -0400, Nil
wrote:

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

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.

Not every site. Realtek does not sell drivers or any other utility. You
are looking at scam sites that may host viruses and other malware. You
have obviously not looked at Realtek's own site or that of your
motherboard manufacturer.

Can anyone point me to a site from which I can download both a
32-bit and a 64-bit version of the drivers?

Realtek's own site or that of your motherboard manufacturer.


Thanks all of U. And you are right.

I downloaded drivers from the Realtek site, and none of the three I
tried worked. So I will tell U my real problem.

What I have bought (and it did NOT come with drivers) is a WIFI USB
adapter that my main W7 PC picks up immediately and it seems to work.
Device Manager identifies it as a network adapter:

Realtek RTL 8192EU Wireless LAN 802.11n USB2 Network Adapter

My goal is to have the adapter work in a second W7 PC I want to give
my son. It is a DELL Inspiron 530s in which the wireless card that
came with it doesn't seem to want to work. Interestingly a CAT5 hard
wire connection to my router works just fine on the Inspiron.

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.

Anyone?

Me

This site SAYS their drivers are from Realtek....
http://www.usb-drivers.org/realtek-r...ss-driver.html

Chris

On 04/26/2015 11:31 AM, wrote:
On Sun, 26 Apr 2015 11:35:35 -0400, Nil
wrote:

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

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.

Not every site. Realtek does not sell drivers or any other utility. You
are looking at scam sites that may host viruses and other malware. You
have obviously not looked at Realtek's own site or that of your
motherboard manufacturer.

Can anyone point me to a site from which I can download both a
32-bit and a 64-bit version of the drivers?

Realtek's own site or that of your motherboard manufacturer.


Thanks all of U. And you are right.

I downloaded drivers from the Realtek site, and none of the three I
tried worked. So I will tell U my real problem.

What I have bought (and it did NOT come with drivers) is a WIFI USB
adapter that my main W7 PC picks up immediately and it seems to work.
Device Manager identifies it as a network adapter:

Realtek RTL 8192EU Wireless LAN 802.11n USB2 Network Adapter

My goal is to have the adapter work in a second W7 PC I want to give
my son. It is a DELL Inspiron 530s in which the wireless card that
came with it doesn't seem to want to work. Interestingly a CAT5 hard
wire connection to my router works just fine on the Inspiron.

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.

Anyone?

Me


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

On Sun, 26 Apr 2015 12:39:04 -0400, Big_Al wrote:

wrote on 4/26/2015 12:31 PM:
On Sun, 26 Apr 2015 11:35:35 -0400, Nil
wrote:

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

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.

Not every site. Realtek does not sell drivers or any other utility. You
are looking at scam sites that may host viruses and other malware. You
have obviously not looked at Realtek's own site or that of your
motherboard manufacturer.

Can anyone point me to a site from which I can download both a
32-bit and a 64-bit version of the drivers?

Realtek's own site or that of your motherboard manufacturer.


Thanks all of U. And you are right.

I downloaded drivers from the Realtek site, and none of the three I
tried worked. So I will tell U my real problem.

What I have bought (and it did NOT come with drivers) is a WIFI USB
adapter that my main W7 PC picks up immediately and it seems to work.
Device Manager identifies it as a network adapter:

Realtek RTL 8192EU Wireless LAN 802.11n USB2 Network Adapter

My goal is to have the adapter work in a second W7 PC I want to give
my son. It is a DELL Inspiron 530s in which the wireless card that
came with it doesn't seem to want to work. Interestingly a CAT5 hard
wire connection to my router works just fine on the Inspiron.

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.

Anyone?

Me

Stupid question but are you up to date on windows updates?

Hmmm

It is a newly installed OS. It may not be. Have to look.


You are right. I am doing them now. May take a while. Then we shall
see, huh?

Me

On Sun, 26 Apr 2015 12:39:04 -0400, Big_Al wrote:

wrote on 4/26/2015 12:31 PM:
On Sun, 26 Apr 2015 11:35:35 -0400, Nil
wrote:

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

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.

Not every site. Realtek does not sell drivers or any other utility. You
are looking at scam sites that may host viruses and other malware. You
have obviously not looked at Realtek's own site or that of your
motherboard manufacturer.

Can anyone point me to a site from which I can download both a
32-bit and a 64-bit version of the drivers?

Realtek's own site or that of your motherboard manufacturer.


Thanks all of U. And you are right.

I downloaded drivers from the Realtek site, and none of the three I
tried worked. So I will tell U my real problem.

What I have bought (and it did NOT come with drivers) is a WIFI USB
adapter that my main W7 PC picks up immediately and it seems to work.
Device Manager identifies it as a network adapter:

Realtek RTL 8192EU Wireless LAN 802.11n USB2 Network Adapter

My goal is to have the adapter work in a second W7 PC I want to give
my son. It is a DELL Inspiron 530s in which the wireless card that
came with it doesn't seem to want to work. Interestingly a CAT5 hard
wire connection to my router works just fine on the Inspiron.

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.

Anyone?

Me

Stupid question but are you up to date on windows updates?


Since it is a newlt installed OS, you may be right - I'll check.

Yes there are about 150, and I am doing them now. May take a while.

Let ya know if that does any good.

Me

On Sun, 26 Apr 2015 12:42:13 -0400, "Chris S"
wrote:


wrote in message
.. .
On Sun, 26 Apr 2015 11:35:35 -0400, Nil
wrote:

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

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.

Not every site. Realtek does not sell drivers or any other utility. You
are looking at scam sites that may host viruses and other malware. You
have obviously not looked at Realtek's own site or that of your
motherboard manufacturer.

Can anyone point me to a site from which I can download both a
32-bit and a 64-bit version of the drivers?

Realtek's own site or that of your motherboard manufacturer.


Thanks all of U. And you are right.

I downloaded drivers from the Realtek site, and none of the three I
tried worked. So I will tell U my real problem.

What I have bought (and it did NOT come with drivers) is a WIFI USB
adapter that my main W7 PC picks up immediately and it seems to work.
Device Manager identifies it as a network adapter:

Realtek RTL 8192EU Wireless LAN 802.11n USB2 Network Adapter

My goal is to have the adapter work in a second W7 PC I want to give
my son. It is a DELL Inspiron 530s in which the wireless card that
came with it doesn't seem to want to work. Interestingly a CAT5 hard
wire connection to my router works just fine on the Inspiron.

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.

Anyone?

Me

This site SAYS their drivers are from Realtek....
http://www.usb-drivers.org/realtek-r...ss-driver.html

Chris

I agree.

Me

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

"Stormin' Norman" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 26 Apr 2015 12:31:26 -0400, wrote:

On Sun, 26 Apr 2015 11:35:35 -0400, Nil
wrote:

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

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.

Not every site. Realtek does not sell drivers or any other utility. You
are looking at scam sites that may host viruses and other malware. You
have obviously not looked at Realtek's own site or that of your
motherboard manufacturer.

Can anyone point me to a site from which I can download both a
32-bit and a 64-bit version of the drivers?

Realtek's own site or that of your motherboard manufacturer.


Thanks all of U. And you are right.

I downloaded drivers from the Realtek site, and none of the three I
tried worked. So I will tell U my real problem.

What I have bought (and it did NOT come with drivers) is a WIFI USB
adapter that my main W7 PC picks up immediately and it seems to work.
Device Manager identifies it as a network adapter:

Realtek RTL 8192EU Wireless LAN 802.11n USB2 Network Adapter

My goal is to have the adapter work in a second W7 PC I want to give
my son. It is a DELL Inspiron 530s in which the wireless card that
came with it doesn't seem to want to work. Interestingly a CAT5 hard
wire connection to my router works just fine on the Inspiron.

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.

Anyone?

Me


I would boot the machine from a Linux Mint LiveCD just to see if the
internal
WiFi card in his notebook is working under Linux. If it doesn't work
under
linux, the problem is probably a bad card. If it does work under Linux,
you
might have a contamination or configuration issue with Windows 7.

If it is a bad card, you can buy a replacement very inexpensively (if you
want
to know where, just ask) and the replacement process is very easy,
probably no
more than 4 screws.

Pardon me to butt in, please.
I had the same problem with a Ethernet driver. I can't remember the make of
the machine, but it was NOT a Dell. It was also old.
I downloaded the driver from the HP site and it just did not work.
After Googling I eventually found a bit of a forum where one guy had exactly
the same problem. His machine was NOT a Dell. Somebody had solved the
problem and posted the link to a Dell driver which worked for him and the
other guy. It also worked for me.
It did take me a bit of Googling to find the answer.

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 ?

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

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
msft mvp consumer apps