Network drivers for wifi windows 7. Installing the driver manually

17.04.2019 news

In our today's article, 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 as a built-in module for laptops, but there are also cases when desktop users also install in their WiFi systems adapters. Who wants to mess around with wires, right?

All devices in the PC will not function correctly and perform the work assigned to them by developers without certain software, i.e. drivers. WiFi adapter m also need drivers for normal operation. 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 do you need to install? Well, the Wi-Fi adapter installed in your laptop or, possibly, PC requires the installation of the same 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 correct driver for the Wi-Fi adapter on the network and install it, but this does not always work correctly.

Now we will go over with you in detail the steps required to install WiFi drivers adapter 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 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 elementary way to install drivers for any device in the system. So, you can not bother with installing the Wi-Fi adapter driver at all - and put this problem on the shoulders of your operating system Windows. Your OS will try to find the correct driver 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 required driver, resulting in the need to resort to manual way installation.

However, sometimes the system still manages to find the driver and install it correctly. Typically, 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 quite obvious reason- the system did not install drivers for this device or could not do it the first time.

click on device right click mice;
select the item "Automatically search for updated drivers ...";

After selecting the above item, your operating system will execute 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. Here's how it works. However, don't worry if the OS fails to auto-install, as you can do it yourself...

Manual installation of the Wi-Fi adapter driver

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

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

To do 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 pack of drivers to your computer;
press combination Windows+R;
enter the command in the line devmgmt.msc;
press Enter;
find the section "Other devices" in the list;
find the Wi-Fi adapter in the list of other devices;
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 where 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 chance that after installing the driver for your Wi-Fi adapter, you will encounter a number of not-so-pleasant problems, for example, the adapter will not work correctly or even function at all, despite the fact that it is displayed in the Device Manager. Can help in this situation complete reinstallation installed driver.

You can do it with 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 "Delete 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 is found in the computer's hardware list. If she fails, you will have to download the driver to your computer, and then install it through the installer from the manufacturer or through the Device Manager.

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Realtek RTL8723BE WiFi Driver - a package of drivers for wireless network cards, assembled on chips of the RTL8723BE, RTL8188EE and RTL8192EE series from Realtek. Drivers are designed to connect via WiFi protocol to devices or wireless networks that support this transmission protocol ( wifi standard) in operating rooms Microsoft systems Windows 7, Windows Blue, Windows 10 for 32 and 64 bits.

Wireless Internet has turned from the ultimate dream for domestic users into a reality, however, without a driver for WiFi laptops, the progressive system simply will not work. For full use wireless internet, which allows you to use a laptop anywhere in the apartment or in the wireless Internet zone (in cafes, airports, parks, etc.), you need to download it for free WiFi drivers for Windows 7, 8 (x32/x64), 10, XP, Vista, depending on the operating system used on the computer or laptop. If you can’t download the driver for free due to the fact that the laptop cannot be connected to the Internet, you can download it at any Internet club to a regular USB flash drive, and then to the laptop itself. After you have started the driver installation, you can go to the "Device Manager" section of the computer. There you will see that the yellow question mark next to such a device has disappeared. This means that your portable PC can connect to wireless internet.

At present wifi time 802.11n is the most advanced standard wireless communication in large and medium cities. Majority modern smartphones and tablets also support access to the Internet via Wi-Fi, not to mention desktop computers and game consoles. Therefore, we suggest you download the driver for the wireless WiFi networks to your computer under Windows control 7, 8, 10.

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Name: Realtek RTL8723BE WiFi Driver (Realtek RTLWLANE PCI-E Wireless LAN Network Interface Cards Driver)
Release version: 2023.18.0814.2015
Driver version: 2023.18.0814.2015, 2023.15.0701.2015
Release date: 10/10/2015
Operating system: Windows 7, Windows Blue, Windows 10 (32 / 64 bits)

Additionally:

Supported Realtek chips: RTL8723BE, RTL8188EE, RTL8192EE
The driver package is suitable for laptops Asus, Dell, Toshiba, Acer, Lenovo and others.

Supported devices:

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"Amped Wireless High Power Wi-Fi PCI-E Adapter"
"Realtek RTL8188EE Wireless LAN 802.11n PCI-E NIC"
"2x2 11bgn Wireless LAN"
"Realtek 8814AE Wireless LAN 802.11ac PCI-E NIC"
"Realtek RTL8192EE Wireless LAN 802.11n PCI-E NIC"
"2x2 11bgn Wireless LAN M.2 Adapter"
"Realtek 8812AE Wireless LAN 802.11ac PCI-E NIC"
"TRENDnet TEW-807ECH AC1200 Dual Band Wireless PCIE Adapter"

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Hello.

One of the most the right drivers for wireless Internet to work, this is, of course, a driver for the Wi-Fi adapter. If it is not there, then it is impossible to connect to the network! And how many questions arise from users who encounter this for the first time ...

In this article, I would like to step by step analyze all the most common questions when updating and installing drivers for wireless adapter WiFi. In general, in most cases, there are no problems with such a setting and everything happens quickly enough. So, let's begin…

1. How do I know if the driver is installed on the Wi-Fi adapter?

If after installing Windows you cannot connect to a Wi-Fi network, then most likely you have not installed the driver for your wireless Wi-Fi adapter (by the way, it can also be called like this: Wireless network adapter). It also happens that Windows 7, 8 can automatically recognize your Wi-Fi adapter and install a driver on it - in this case, the network should work (not the fact that it is stable).

In any case, first we open Control Panel, we drive in the search line "dispatcher ..." and open " device Manager» (you can also go to my computer/this computer, then right-click anywhere and select "properties", then select Device Manager on the left in the menu).

Device Manager - Control Panel.

In the device manager, we will be most interested in the tab " network adapters". If you open it, you can immediately see which drivers you have. In my example (see screenshot below), the driver is installed on the Qualcomm Atheros AR5B95 wireless adapter (sometimes, instead of the Russian name “wireless adapter ...”, there may be a combination of “Wireless Network Adapter ...”).

You now have 2 options:

1) There is no driver for the wireless Wi-Fi adapter in the device manager.

You need to install it. How to find it will be described a little later in the article.

2) There is a driver, but Wi-Fi does not work.

In this case, there may be several reasons: either network hardware just turned off (and you need to turn it on), or the wrong driver is installed, unsuitable for this device(it means you need to remove it and install the one you need, see a little lower in the article).

By the way, pay attention that in the device manager opposite the wireless adapter there are no exclamation marks and red crosses indicating wrong work drivers.

How do I turn on the wireless network (wireless Wi-Fi adapter)?

First, let's go to: Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network Connections

(possible in search line control panel, type the word " connections«, and from the found results select the item view network connections).

Network connections.

If the icon has become colored - it means it's time to move on to setting up the router.

If such an icon wireless network you don’t have it, or it doesn’t turn on (doesn’t turn on in color) - then you need to proceed with installing the driver, or updating it (removing the old one and installing a new one).

By the way, you can try using function buttons on a laptop, for example, on Acer, to enable Wi-Fi, you need to press the combination: Fn + F3.

2. Driver search

The provider of the Wi-Fi (Wireless LAN) adapter is Atheros.

Selecting and downloading a driver.

A few links to popular laptop manufacturers:

Also find and immediately install the driver you can use the Driver Pack Solution package (see about this package).

3. Installing and updating the driver on the Wi-Fi adapter

1) If you used the Driver Pack Solution package (or a similar package / program), then the installation will go unnoticed for you, the program will do everything automatically.

Update drivers in Driver Pack Solution 14.

2) If you found the driver and downloaded it yourself, then in most cases it will be enough to run executable file setup.exe. By the way, if you already have a driver for a wireless Wi-Fi adapter in your system, then you must first remove it before installing a new one.

3) To uninstall the driver for the Wi-Fi adapter, go to device Manager(to do this, go to my computer, then right-click anywhere on the mouse and select "properties", select Device Manager on the left in the menu).

Hello friends! I noticed that for many readers of my blog, the problems that arise with connecting to Wi-Fi networks, or working through Wi-Fi, in many cases arise through problems in the operation of the wireless network adapter. And not always to blame wifi router, which everyone immediately undertakes to reconfigure several times :).

Let's say a few words about what wireless network adapter (in the device manager, or in the description of the drivers, it will most likely be signed as Wireless Network Adapter). This is a device that actually connects your computer, laptop, netbook, etc. to the Internet via Wi-Fi. Well, I explained, but I think you understand what I mean :).

If you have a laptop or netbook, then most likely it already has a built-in wireless network adapter (unless the device is old, or even very old). If this is normal desktop computer, the wireless network adapter (Wi-Fi adapter) is connected separately. It may be, for example, a USB adapter such as, or an internal PCI adapter. You can read more about these devices in the article.

It doesn't matter what Wi-Fi adapter you have and on what device. We need it to work stably and not arise different problems with connection and work with WiFi networks. And in order for everything to work well, you need to immediately install the necessary driver for the wireless adapter, and if there are strange problems in working with wireless networks, and you have determined that the problem is most likely in the device (laptop, computer, etc.), then you need to try updating, or completely reinstalling the driver on the Wireless Network Adapter. What are we going to do now.

How to check if a driver is installed on Wi-Fi?

If after installing the operating system, say Windows 7, Wi-Fi does not work on a laptop or other device, then most likely the operating system simply could not find and install a driver for your network adapter. I don't remember exactly, but it seems to me that I have not yet seen a case where Windows 7 itself installed a driver on the Wireless Network Adapter.

Typically this driver (as well as many others) you need to install from the driver disk that comes with the laptop (netbook, USB adapter, PCI adapter, etc.), or download the driver from the website of the manufacturer of the same laptop.

In order to check if the driver is installed on the wireless adapter, you need to go to the Device Manager and see if it is there.

Right click on My computer (or open My Computer and click on an empty area), select Properties.

Right click on "Device Manager".

If similar devices If you did not find it there, then you need to install the driver. You can install it from the disk that comes with the kit, or download the driver for the Wireless Network Adapter from the manufacturer's website. Just look for a driver for specific model laptop, USB adapter, etc. Below in the article, I will show you in more detail how to install the driver on the Wi-Fi adapter.

So you didn't find the driver? You need to install it.

Driver installed but Wi-Fi not working? Check if the Wi-Fi adapter is enabled available networks to connect, there may be a problem in the router, etc. If everything has been checked, then you need to try reinstalling (updating) the driver.

The driver is installed, but there are problems connecting to Wi-Fi(the device does not always connect, the Internet often cuts out, etc.)? - Trying to remove old driver, and install a new one by downloading it from the device manufacturer's website.

Installing or updating the driver on the Wi-Fi adapter

Where can I get a driver for a wireless network adapter?

As I wrote above, the driver can be found on the disk that came with the device. Only this method has one drawback. The driver on the disk may be out of date. And on the website of the manufacturer of your device, there may already be a new version of the driver and it would be good to download and install it new driver. But if there is no way, or you don’t want to look, then the driver from the disk is also suitable.

Finding a driver for a wireless adapter is not difficult. Here is my model Asus laptop– K56CM. So we ask Google, or Yandex a request ASUS-K56CM. We find the official site in the search results and go to it (we get to the page of our device).

Or you can go to the site of your device and make a squeak on the site by setting the model. If the page opens in English, then squeak the language change button and change to the desired one.

Then, on the description page, in our case of a laptop, we are looking for something like the “Download”, “Downloads”, “Drivers”, etc. button. We go through it.

If necessary, we indicate for which operating system the driver is needed. Then in the list we are looking for a driver for wireless network device (you can refer to the inscription Wireless Network Adapter, Wireless Lan Driver) and download it to your computer (look at the date the driver was updated so that it is the latest version).

If you do not have a laptop, but let's say a USB adapter is connected to regular computer, then formulate a request to search for a driver in the same way. For example, “TP-LINK TL-WN721N”, or search for the device name on the manufacturer's website.

Everything, the driver is on our computer. If you just want to install, and not reinstall (update) the driver, then unpack the archive (if the driver is in the form of an archive) to a folder and run setup file. Follow the instructions. After restart wifi should earn.

If you need to reinstall (update) the driver

If you want to reinstall the driver, then I advise you to first remove the old one.

To do this, go to Device Manager(how to do this is written at the beginning of the article) and right-click on the Wireless Network Adapter device. Select Properties.

Then go to the tab "Driver" and press the button Delete.

A warning will appear, check the box next to “Uninstall the driver programs for this device” and press “OK”.

Everything, the driver is removed. Restart your computer. Go to Device Manager. You should see what has appeared unknown device (Network Controller) . This is our wireless adapter, it's just that there is no driver for it, we'll install it now.

I recommend installing the driver. in the following way: if the driver is in the archive, then unpack it into a folder. Go to this folder and run the setup file, usually called setup.exe. Follow the instructions. After installing the driver, usually even without rebooting Wi-Fi should work. And I hope it will work stably.

Another way to install a driver on a Wi-Fi adapter

Go to Device Manager and right click on unknown device (in our case Network controller). Select “Update Drivers…”.

In the next window, click .

Specify the path to the folder with the drivers and click "Further".

The driver installation should begin. If Windows says that “The most suitable software already installed for this device”, then try to install in the first way (from the installation file).

I think that this is a very relevant article and many will come in handy, it was necessary to prepare it earlier :). If you encounter problems that cannot be solved with the help of this article, you can ask a question in the comments, or on our forum. Good luck!

How to check if the Wi-Fi driver is installed and working

As soon as users have problems connecting a laptop to a wireless network, we recommend that you make sure that the appropriate adapter in the computer is enabled, the driver for it is installed, and the device is working correctly.

To do this, the first step is to try turning on Wi-Fi on the laptop. mechanically. The fact is that in many models running Windows for additional savings laptop battery charge quick shutdown And turn on wifi using a special physical switch on the case or a keyboard shortcut. Some manufacturers use a combination function key Fn and F2 or F3 buttons. You can find this information in the manual for specific model laptop.

When an attempt to turn it on mechanically is made, you need to use the Windows operating system to check the operability of this component in your laptop, and also to clarify whether the system has a driver responsible for the correct operation network board Wi-Fi and whether it works properly. You can get all this information and find out the status of the wireless network adapter in the Manager Windows devices. Find network adapters in this manager and check their properties. If any of them is disabled by software or the corresponding software is not installed for it, you will see Announcement and warning icons.

In any of these situations, you need to proceed to the next step, which will allow you to fix problems with the Wi-Fi connection and install the necessary driver.

How to find the right compatible driver

In order to find the most suitable driver for the Wi-Fi wireless network adapter installed in your laptop, we recommend that you familiarize yourself with the most complete model specifications on the manufacturer's website or use special software.

Notebooks of the same model released in different time, may have a Wi-Fi network adapter from various manufacturers and suppliers, which automatically means that you need to install absolutely different drivers. In order to find out Wi-Fi manufacturer adapter, the easiest and fastest way to use free utility HWVendorDetection for Windows. It does not require installation, and it is quite easy to find it on the web. After the utility shows the manufacturer of the network adapter, you need to go to its website and, by selecting the version of the operating system installed in the laptop, download the latest driver to date.

When finding out the model of equipment, searching for compatible software and automatic installation all sorts of drivers can help you software solutions. They are known more as collections of drivers or driver packs. Most often, they independently offer to search, download, install and update software for various hardware components, but they do it completely automatically. Sometimes this can lead to the fact that an inappropriate driver is installed or it is not found at all. Similar system automatic recognition models and driver downloads are also valid in the OS itself, starting with Windows 7, but the correct software version is not always found, and the operation of the equipment may not be entirely stable.

That is why we recommend that you search for the driver manually and it is most preferable to do this on the manufacturer's website. The largest and most self-respecting manufacturers release software updates quite regularly, improving the operation of equipment, including Wi-Fi adapters.

How to properly install or update the Wi-Fi driver

If you use custom software to install the drivers, you probably won't need any special skills to install the wireless adapter's driver. Such programs do everything on their own and in the future, many of them are able to background check for updates and notify users about them. Unfortunately (or fortunately), such functionality and its reliable proper work only the largest and exclusively paid software products. Free analogues sometimes they can not install completely compatible version Software, do not know how to notify about the availability of updates and are overloaded with advertising.

If you were not too lazy and visited the website of the manufacturer of your laptop or network adapter and downloaded the latest version of software for Windows, installation occurs by running the .exe executable file and strictly following the instructions of the installer. In this case, you can be sure that you install the latest version on your computer, adapted specifically for your Windows builds, which means that the adapter will work with guaranteed quality. The only downside of this method is that you have to monitor new updates yourself by visiting the manufacturer's website at some intervals.

Manual driver installation

If, after downloading the software for your wireless network adapter, you find a zip archive in the downloads with a lot of not entirely clear files, or there is no .exe executable file among the downloads, most likely you will need to manually install the driver. Below we present step by step instructions showing exactly how this can be done.

Extract all the files from the downloaded archive and move them to one folder, signing it with any name that is most convenient and understandable to you.
Launch Windows Device Manager.
Select a network adapter that does not have a driver or does not work correctly.
open context menu (right key mouse) and select Delete. This procedure will remove the existing driver and help avoid conflicts between the old and new software during the manual installation procedure.
Select the target adapter again, click on it (you need to do this with the right mouse button) and select the "Update Drivers" option.
Among the two suggested actions, select "Search for drivers on this computer."
The system will prompt you to specify a specific location in the file Windows system to search for a driver. Specify the folder created a few steps earlier so that the system can install the software on its own.

After installing any such software component update, we recommend that you restart your computer. This will help the system to tune in in an optimal way, activate equipment that has been disabled. At incompatible versions software or wrong work the hardware can be disabled by Windows itself and will only start after a reboot.

Outcome

The main recommendation when downloading and installing software for the network adapter and any other equipment in your laptop is to contact either the manufacturer's website or the most reliable and trusted sources. This will save a lot of time and get the most efficient work PC. The installation process itself can be manual or automatic, but using the instructions given here will make it simple and straightforward.