**Unidentified Realtek 300 Mbps Wireless N Adapter**

[xkeyscore89]

A few weeks ago I ordered a cheap wireless N Realtek adapter on eBay and it shipped from China. It came with a Realtek mini- driver disc but my laptop can't play it. I have since lost track of the CD.

I have tried both the RTL8192SE and the RTL8192SU drivers, neither will recognize the device. It shows in the device manager as an unknown Wireless N device, windows can't find a driver. I'm pretty sure I remember the cd saying "RTL8172".

If someone could help me find the correct driver for this device I'd be eternally grateful. I'm running on a laptop w/ Windows 7.

Here's a picture of the device:

Here's the link to the same item on eBay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-300Mbps-USB-Wireless-Adapter-WiFi-Lan-Network-Card-With-External-Antenna-/251624163152

 

[Someone Somewhere]

If you open the 'Details' tab in the Properties panel from Device Manager, there should be a drop-down box. Pick 'Hardware IDs'

Find the line with "VID_XXXX&PID_XXXX". Take the two bits of hex, put a colon between them (you should get something like "046D:C05A"), and google it.

 

[xkeyscore89]

Thanks! That led me to the RTL8192EU driver which finally worked. Much appreciated Someone Somewhere.