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dvmdoc
May 18, 2020Aspirant
MK62 Networks not seen by Lenovo with Realtek RTL8188CE NIC
Lenovo IdeaCentre Horizon 27 All-in-One connected to a competitors router yesterday. Set up MK62 mesh last night and 28 of 29 devices came online without problem except for the Lenovo ALl-in_one des...
effdotcom
Mar 05, 2021Initiate
So I recently purchased the Nighthawk RAX45 (AX4300 6 Stream Router) and I ran into the same issues that led me here. I couldn't connect my very old 2011 Asus laptop to the Nighthawk. I have the same model wifi adapter (Realtek RTL 8188CE). I recently got it to work by updating/installing one of the update files that was saved on my computer.
(My apologies for over explaining these steps, I am hoping that I can help those that are less technically inclined)
-Went to my computers network connection (Control Panel > Network and Internet > Network Connections), right clicked on WIFI and went to Properties.
-On the properties screen, I went to "configure".
-Then after that, you select the "Driver" tab. And Click "Update Driver" just below Driver Details.
-Select "Browse my computer for Drivers"
-Select "Let me pick from a list of available drivers..."
You will be greeted with this screen. I'm not sure if these options would be here for you. These files were available to me. From here, I selected the bottom option with "Realtek Semiconductor Corp." and then hit "Next."
(The Microsoft version of this driver update does not work with the router. I went back to try it. It could not find the signal so it's important to use the "REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORP" option if available.)
After I did that, my laptop was able to find the router's connection.
xylon
Mar 10, 2021Aspirant
to my surprise, this actually works! Thanks!