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Realtek 8821AE Wireless LAN 802.11ac PCI-E NIC driver not working with new updates

Anonymous
2018-10-18T10:03:26+00:00

Dear all

My ASUS desktop contains a Realtek WiFi PCI card. Since several updates of the Windows 10 OS I can't see my WiFi network after restart.

I can see networks I never connected to, I can see the network I create with my iPhone, but all the previous ones belonging to my home network are not detected.

The only way out I found so far is to return to the last working driver I have (2023.54.331.2017 dated 03.05.2017). As soon as I re-install this one, all my networks re-appear and can connect without trouble.

Can you help to get back to the new driver?

with best regard

Gerhard

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Devices and drivers

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-10-18T11:09:26+00:00

    Hi!

    The following is a trick from another user;

    “ I wound up finding out the manufacturer of my network adapter, downloaded and ran the complete install software for the adapter, and voila, all working again.”

    https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/for...

    “I've fixed my problem. I thought that everything was lost and decided to make a clean installation of W10. So I went to MS site www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10 and chose the appropriate tool for may laptop (64 bit in my case). This lead me to another page and after reading it thoroughly I decided to create an installation media for another PC using a USB port. I followed the instructions (you need an empty pen drive) and created the installation device.
    In the device I run the setup.exe, and when reached to the part when it asked me if I wanted to "Keep all the files and apps" I chose this option. It was as when W10 installed for first time and at the end - a couple of hours later - My wireless device appeared and connected to my home wireless lan as if nothing ever happened.”

    https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/for...

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-10-18T12:04:43+00:00

    Hi Juan

    Thanks, next time my driver gets unexpectedly updated to fail, I will try out.

    with best regards

    Gerhard

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