Realtek RTL8821CE 802.11ac PCle Adapter is experiencing driver- or hardware-related problems.

[Garth7]

Hi Paul, I've been having issues with this model of adapter (like many others) as well. It seems mostly fine but sporadically my connection will drop for about 1-2 seconds which has been annoying. Does the driver version you linked above work for any model of HP computer? Just as I checked the drivers for my desktop (M01-F0026na) and the latest driver is only 2024.0.10.215. Also wondering where you get the latest driver from as it would be good to see any release notes/fixes as well.

Alternatively, as I don't have much faith that the latest drivers will make too much difference, would buying a USB wifi adapter solve the issues as then I wouldn't need to use the Realtek one? Do you have any recommendations if that's the case?

Thank you for your time.

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

Hi:

The driver I posted will work on any PC with that model wifi adapter...desktop or notebook.

Here is the full description of the driver with the release notes.

2024.0.10.217   Aug 10, 2020

https://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp107501-108000/sp107515.exe

Description:

This package contains the DCHU driver installation package for the Realtek RTL8188EE, RTL8723BE, RTL8723DE, RTL8821CE, RTL8822BE and RTL8822CE wireless LAN Controller in the supported notebook and desktop models running a supported Windows 10 or Windows 10 Cloud operating system.

Fix and enhancements:

- Optimizes the Wireless LAN scanning mechanism.
- Provides support for Windows 10 v1803 and later versions.

- Provides the following drivers:
Realtek RTL8188EE/RTL8723BE, v2024.0.4.208
Realtek RTL8821CE/RTL8723DE/RTL8822BE/RTL8822CE, v2024.0.10.217

This dual band USB AC wifi adapter looks pretty good.  It has a faster throughput than the RTL8821CE adapter has.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/VIVIOO-Adapter-1300Mbps-Wireless-10-9-10-15/dp/B08HRH8N4Z/ref=sr_1_1?crid=J...

Then you can still use the Bluetooth on the Realtek wifi card and use the USB for wifi.

[Garth7]

Thanks for your quick reply! I will try that driver out and see how it goes, but otherwise I might just buy that usb adapter you recommended. Thank you very much.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.

Hopefully the driver update will work.  It has for a few other forum members.

[Garth7]

I installed the 2024.0.10.217 version and then later that evening, HP Support Assistant popped up and said there was a 2024.0.10.218 version so I installed that as well. It does appear to be fixed thankfully.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Thanks for letting us know the driver fixed the problem, and that there is an even newer driver out there.