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Since wireless adapters are different, they also require different drivers. Before installing drivers for a particular Wi-Fi adapter, you need to find out its model.

The easiest way: The adapter model is often indicated on a sticker on the bottom of the laptop. Often its MAC address is also indicated there.

These stickers look something like this:

Usually this is a small sticker. It sometimes indicates Contains WLAN module[adapter model].

If you didn’t find such a sticker or couldn’t find out which adapter, then there is a more reliable way.

Find out which one wireless adapter can be installed using the utility Everest By this manual Finding and installing drivers on Windows. WiFi the adapter is usually in Device Manager denoted as Network Controller or something like that. Usually located in the section Network adapters. It is important not to confuse it with your network card (LAN).

Your task is to find out the VEN and DEV codes of your Wi-Fi adapter. They indicate the manufacturer and model of the Wi-Fi adapter and contain 4 digits. Using that VEN code, we download the drivers from the links below.

Drivers for Wi-Fi adapters

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Drivers for Wi-Fi adapters from Intel (VEN code of the manufacturer 8086 )

The question of how to find and download a driver for a USB wifi adapter 802.11 n becomes Lately increasingly relevant, since these simple devices are increasingly being ordered on the Internet today. I, too, have recently become addicted to buying network adapters in China, since it costs much more profitably than here, despite the fact that the quality of the goods is absolutely the same.

Devices from little-known Chinese brands - Comfast, Edimax, Ralink, Edup, LB-Link, Kebidu, Elisona and so on - have become especially popular due to their low cost. With all their advantages, there are three big disadvantages that you often encounter:

1. lack of Russification
2. unclear support and updates software
3. It’s not clear how to download drivers

How to download a driver for a USB wifi adapter 802.11 n?

To be honest, I personally rarely encounter the problem of installing a driver for a network wifi adapter - Windows 10 finds them automatically in most cases. For example, having connected a TP-Link adapter, it is immediately found in the list of connected devices.

But even if this does not happen, our Chinese friends always send a disk with drivers complete with a USB adapter, which you just need to insert into the CD drive and install by running the “Setup.exe” program.

It is more difficult for those who do not have this drive. It will be written for them this instruction. So, to start searching for firewood, we need to find out what kind of device is installed in the computer. To do this, go through the “Start” menu to the “Windows” device manager

and look for the “Network adapters” section here. I'm seeing an unknown device for which Windows couldn't find a driver - "802.11n WLAN". Right-click on it and go to “Properties”

Switch to the “Details” tab and select “Equipment ID” from the drop-down list

We see two lines - this is the identifier of our adapter. We can use it to find drivers.

Now let's go to the website DriverPack Solution write the first line from this window.

As a result of the search we find required driver for wifi adapter 802.11 n. As you can see, the site automatically determined that I have Windows 10 (64x) installed on my computer - all that remains is to download it from the link

Run the downloaded file

We check the device in the device manager - yes, the adapter has been identified. Now you can connect with of this computer via wifi to the internet.

As you can see, this method Installing a driver for a USB WiFi 802.11 n adapter is very simple and does not require any special knowledge. It has never let me down, use it too!

I recently bought two Chinese ones on AliExpress USB WiFi adapters, which were described in the article. And in this article, I decided to raise one very important and painful issue for many - finding and installing a driver for a Wi-Fi adapter from China. Which was purchased from some foreign online store, such as AliExpress, eBay, etc.

To begin with, I will try to explain what the general difference is between a Chinese Wi-Fi adapter, which most often does not even have a manufacturer and model, and they are usually called “USB Wi-Fi adapter 150 Mbit/s 802.11N...” (or something so) and a branded adapter, which can be purchased in our stores. I will introduce adapters from ASUS, D-Link, TP-Link, Tenda and other manufacturers represented by us. It is clear that there may be a difference in quality, reliability, etc. But as for the drivers, which are most often necessary for the normal operation of a Wi-Fi adapter, they are easier to find for branded adapters. Since a popular manufacturer has a website where you can download the necessary driver.

And if we have a Chinese wireless adapter that doesn’t even have a normal name, then it’s not entirely clear where to look for these drivers. In my case, the adapters included a disk containing all the necessary drivers. But as far as I understand, such a disk with drivers is not always available, or the drivers that are on this disk are not always suitable.

I don't argue, there is Chinese manufacturers, whose equipment is not represented on our market, but they still have their own websites where you can download the necessary drivers. For example, the manufacturer EDUP. They have a lot of different network devices. Using an adapter from EDUP as an example, we will look at the process of searching and installing software.

There are many more popular manufacturers, for example: Elisona, Chipal, Kebidu, Rocketek, COMFAST, Fenvi. These devices can hardly be found on our market (if we are talking specifically about Wi-Fi receivers), but they are very actively ordered on the same AliExpress. Well, not everyone understands where to get the driver for the adapter, which is usually called “802.11n”, or “Mini PC WiFi adapter 150m USB Wi-Fi Wireless network card 802.11n/g/b LAN" :)

If you have Windows 10 installed on your computer, then most likely there will be no problems with connecting and configuring such a wireless adapter. I've already checked. Windows 10 recognized both of my adapters and started working with them without installing drivers. But in Windows 8, Windows 7, and even more so in Windows XP, you will most likely have to install everything manually.

Using these instructions you can find a driver for almost any USB or PCI Wi-Fi adapter. It doesn't matter whether it's branded or not. Purchased from us or in China.

Here it is also important to understand that any Chinese and “non-Chinese” (even though it is assembled there) the adapter works on a specific chip. This means that the hardware most likely installed inside it is from one of these manufacturers: Ralink, MediaTek, Broadcom, Qualcomm Atheros, Realtek, Intel. The description of the product itself usually indicates which chipset it runs on. And for this chipset there must be a driver developed by the company that actually produces these chipsets. Therefore, in order for the computer to see our nameless adapter, it is enough to find and give it the driver from the chipset on which it is built. It's simple.

Connecting and setting up a Chinese Wi-Fi adapter 802.11n

First, I'll show you how you can bypass the complicated process of finding the right driver. Perhaps we will be lucky and the computer will make friends with adapters without much dancing with a tambourine :)

Let's look at the example of the 802.11n adapter from EDUP. I have one, so everything has been tested from my own experience. There is also "easy idea wifi N", but everything there is identical to EDUP. I checked. And so, we connect the adapter to the computer. Can be directly connected to USB port.

Or via a USB extension cable. With its help, you can move the adapter higher for better reception. Just don't use a long extension cord, there may be problems.

Of course, a lot depends on the installed operating system on your PC. I repeat that in my case both adapters immediately worked in Windows 10. In the device manager they are identified as 802.11n USB Wireless LAN Card.

If the computer does not see the adapter, or rather cannot automatically install a driver for it, then try installing the driver from the disk that should be included. I had a disk with each adapter.

As a rule, the disk contains drivers for Windows, Mac OS and Linux. If there is a Setup.exe file there, then just run it and follow the installation instructions. And if there is just a set of different files in folders, then you need to install it through the device manager. Below in the article I will show you how to do this.

If the adapter appears in Device Manager in the "Network Adapters" section and the computer detects available Wi-Fi networks, then you're done. You can connect to your wireless network. No need to read further :)

How to find a driver for an unknown 802.11n WLAN Wi-Fi adapter?

I connected my Chinese EDUP USB adapter to a computer with Windows 7, and of course I saw the message “The software for the device was not installed.” 802.11n WLAN – The driver could not be found. This can even happen in Windows 10. Ten does not always automatically install the software.

The solution to the problem is to search for the driver by “Hardware ID”. Now I’ll show you everything in detail. If the WLAN receiver came with a disk, you can try installing the software from there. If not, follow the instructions.

I’ll immediately answer the popular question: “how can I download the driver if there is no Internet on the computer? The adapter doesn’t work yet, I can’t connect to the Internet.” This is understandable, and it seems to me that there are no options here. Either connect your computer to the Internet via cable and configure a wireless adapter, or download the necessary drivers on another computer. No other way.

We go to the device manager. You can open it different ways. Through search, through "Properties" in "My Computer", or by command devmgmt.msc, which must be entered into the Run window, which in turn can be opened by pressing the Win + R key combination.

There in the "Other devices" section there should be an unknown device "802.11 n WLAN" with a yellow exclamation mark. This is our adapter. You need to find out the "equipment ID". To do this, open its "Properties".

You need to paste the copied line into the search field. It will also most likely need to be shortened.

I originally had USB\VID_148F&PID_7601&REV_0000

Finds only by USB\VID_148F&PID_7601

We start the search by pressing Enter or the “Search” button.

A list with drivers for our wireless USB receiver Typically, the first one on the list is the newest driver. You can also choose Windows version, which is installed on your computer. So that the driver fits.

My case: I downloaded the first driver but failed to install (most likely because it was for Windows 8). I downloaded the second one - everything worked. Conclusions: if it doesn’t work the first time, try downloading another one (second on the list, third).

Select the required option:

We confirm that “I am not a robot” and click on the link from which you can download the archive with the driver.

Update. Important! At the time of writing, an archive with the necessary drivers was being downloaded on the devid.info website. There now loading DevID Driver Installer. Use it at your own risk. Or use this site to determine the manufacturer (model) of your adapter. After which the driver can be found by searching on other sites. The best way is to visit the official website of the manufacturer of the chipset on which the adapter is built.

Save the archive to your computer. Next we extract the files and folders of their archive. If you're interested, you can open the folder. See what's there. As you can see, in my case, in the root of the folder are drivers for Windows 7. And there is also a folder with drivers for Windows XP.

If there is a Setup.exe file, you can try to install the driver by running this file. If not, now I’ll show you what to do.

Install the driver for 802.11n WLAN Adapter from the folder

Go to the device manager again. Right-click on "802.11n WLAN" and select "Update Drivers".

Click on "Search for drivers on this computer."

If everything is fine, the software installation process will begin and a message will appear that the driver installation for the 802.11n USB Wireless LAN Card device has been completed.

Our Chinese USB Wi-Fi adapter appeared in the device manager.

Wi-Fi on my computer worked immediately. A Wi-Fi network icon appears with a list of wireless networks available for connection.

That's all, the installation and configuration process is complete. I really hope everything worked out for you.

Additional Information

If after connecting the adapter to the computer’s USB port there is no reaction at all (no message, device itself in device manager, sound signal) , then try connecting to a different port. Without extension cord (if you have one). Also check the adapter itself on another computer. Maybe he's just not working.

It often happens that everything seems to be fixed, the driver is installed, but the computer does not see the Wi-Fi network. And a red cross next to the wireless network icon. Based on my own experience, the problem is that the WLAN auto-configuration service is disabled on your PC. You just need to run it according to the instructions. Or the adapter itself cannot catch the Wi-Fi network. Perhaps the antenna is not screwed on properly (if there is one), or you need to raise it higher. You can use a USB extension cable for this.

To summarize, I can say that the process of installing the driver and configuring the Wi-Fi adapter ordered in Chinese online store not much more difficult than installing the same adapter from some popular manufacturer. Especially if Windows 10 is installed on the computer. It’s just that when we have an adapter from TP-Link, for example, then we have a model for which, if necessary, we can find a driver on the company’s website. And with an adapter that doesn’t have a name or model (802.11n is the version Wi-Fi standard networks), you need to tinker a little.

I look forward to your comments with questions and advice.

In our article today we will discuss with you such a thing as drivers for Wi-Fi adapters. As many of you may already know, such devices are mostly located in the form of a built-in module for laptops, but there are also cases when users desktop computers They also install Wi-Fi adapters in their systems. Who wants to fuss with wires, right?

All devices in a PC will not function correctly and perform the work assigned to them by developers without certain software, i.e. drivers. Wi-Fi adapters also require drivers to work properly. But what drivers need to be installed on the system and how to do it? Let's look at these questions and more.

Installing the Wi-Fi adapter driver

So which drivers should you install? Well, the Wi-Fi adapter installed in your laptop or, perhaps, PC requires installation of the very driver that was provided by its developer. You can find these drivers on the official website of the device developer. Among other things, your system may try to automatically find the required driver for the Wi-Fi adapter on the network and install it, but this does not always work correctly.

Now we will look at in detail the steps required to install the Wi-Fi adapter driver on computers running operating systems such as Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10. It is worth noting that these operating systems differ from each other in terms of the user interface, especially Windows 10 and Windows 7, however, the driver installation process is absolutely identical on all of them, which is good news.

Automatic installation of the Wi-Fi adapter driver

Perhaps, let's start with the most basic way to install drivers for any device on the system. So, you don’t have to bother installing the Wi-Fi adapter driver at all - and leave this problem on the shoulders of your operating system. Windows systems. Your OS will try to find the driver needed for your Wi-Fi adapter on the Internet and install it. The disadvantage of this installation method is that the system quite often simply cannot find the necessary driver, as a result of which you have to resort to the manual installation method.

However, sometimes the system still manages to find the driver and install it correctly. As a rule, when accessing the Internet, the operating system will attempt to install the driver on its own, however, often this may not happen. To start it automatic installation drivers for the Wi-Fi adapter, you need to do the following:

• press combination Windows+R;
• enter the command in the line devmgmt.msc;
• press Enter;

The note: your Wi-Fi adapter may be in this section for a very obvious reason - the system did not install drivers for this device or was unable to do so the first time.

• click on device right click;
• select “Automatically search for updated drivers...”;

After selecting the above item, your operating system will perform automatic search and the same installation of the found drivers for the device, which in our case is a Wi-Fi adapter. The OS may or may not install the driver. That's how it will work out. However, don't worry if the OS fails to install automatically, as you can do it yourself...

Manual installation of the Wi-Fi adapter driver

Let's now see how to install the driver for the Wi-Fi adapter manually. So, there is nothing easier than installing a driver for any device: go to the manufacturer’s official website, go to the downloads section, download the required driver on your PC and install it on the system using the most convenient installation package.

If you own a laptop, then you need to go to the official website of the laptop manufacturer for the driver, for example, ASUS, Acer or Lenovo. If you encounter any problems installing the driver through the downloaded installer, then you can use, so to speak, a semi-automatic installation method - through the Device Manager, indicating the driver directory on the PC.

To accomplish this, you will need to do the following:

• go to the download section of the official manufacturer of your Wi-Fi adapter (or laptop);
• download a package of drivers to your computer;
• press combination Windows+R;
• enter the command in the line devmgmt.msc;
• press Enter;
• Find the “Other devices” section in the list;
• find others in the list Wi-Fi devices adapter;
• click on device right click;
• select “Properties” from the context menu;
• go to the “Driver” tab;
• click on the “Update driver...” button;
• click on the item “Search for drivers on this computer”;
• click on the “Browse” button and specify the directory in which the downloaded drivers are located, for example, “Desktop”;
• Click on the “Next” button and wait for the driver installation to complete.

Reinstalling the driver for the Wi-Fi adapter

There is a possibility that after installing the driver for your Wi-Fi adapter, you will encounter a number of not very pleasant problems, for example, the adapter will not work correctly or function at all, despite the fact that it is displayed in Device Manager. A complete reinstallation of the installed driver can help in this situation.

This can be accomplished using the following steps:

• press combination Windows+R;
• enter the command in the line devmgmt.msc;
• press Enter;
• Find the “Network adapters” section in the list;
• find the Wi-Fi adapter in the list of other devices;
• click on device right click;
• select “Remove device”;
• click on the “Action” button in the menu bar;
• select "Update hardware configuration".

The system will try to automatically update the driver for your Wi-Fi adapter when it finds it in the list of computer hardware. If it fails, you will have to download the driver to your computer and then install it using the manufacturer's installer or through Device Manager.

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