Where to download network adapter for windows. Setting up the Internet after reinstalling Windows. Ways to update drivers when there is no Internet access
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Updated on 08-31-2011 14:38:25 PM
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Note: This section uses the TL-WN620G adapter as an example. The installation process described below applies to other TP-Link wireless adapters as well.
Step 1 Download the necessary driver for your adapter from our website, then unzip the downloaded file or insert the installation CD into your computer's CD ROM drive.
Step 2 Click right click mouse icon My computer on your desktop and select from the drop-down menu Properties;
Press device Manager on the left side of the window that opens.
Step 3 Find and select your adapter. It can be located under Network adapters or Other devices. Right click on it and select Update driver...
Note: This section uses the TL-WN620G adapter as an example. Please use your adapter model when installing.
Step 4 Select Search for drivers on this computer;
Step 5 Locate the folder that matches your adapter model and contains the necessary driver files for your operating system. Select this folder and click OK.
Note:
1. This section uses the TL-WN620G adapter as an example. When installing, you must use the folder that matches your adapter model.
2. You should select the X86 folder if you are using Windows Vista 32-bit, and the X64 folder if you are using Windows Vista 64-bit.
Step 6 Click Install this driver anyway.
Quite often after reinstalling windows users are faced with what does not work for them the local network and the Internet. Obviously, you need to install drivers, but for which network card it is not clear. In such cases, users ask a completely natural question, how to find out what kind of network card I have.
How to find out what network card I have on Windows 7, 8 or 10
If you are using the Windows 7, 8 or 10 operating system, then in order to find out what network card you have, you need to open " device Manager". The easiest way to open device Manager"is to execute the command" mmc devmgmt.msc".
To do this, press the key combination Windows + R and in the window that opens, enter the command " mmc devmgmt.msc"(without quotes, of course).
After that, a window will appear in front of you device Manager". Here you need to open the section " Network adapters". This section will display the name of your network card.
Please note that some programs can create virtual network adapters, which are then displayed in the list of network adapters in " Device Manager". Distinguishing such virtual adapters is quite simple. Because they have the same name as the program. For example, in the screenshot above there is a virtual adapter from the VirtualBox program.
How to find out what network card I have on Windows XP
In the Windows XP operating system, everything is exactly the same as described above. You need to open device Manager"Using the command" mmc devmgmt.msc"And look at the name of the network card. The only difference is that in Windows XP, the section with network cards is not called “Network adapters”, but “Network cards”.
How to find out what network card I have using the command line
You can also find out the name of the network card using the command line. To do this, open the Command Windows string" and enter the command "ipconfig / all".
After that in command line information about all network connections will appear on this computer. On the contrary, the “Description” item, for each of the network connections, the name of the network card will be indicated.
Other Ways to View Network Card Information
All the methods described above for obtaining information about a network card use the tools built into the operating system. But, you can ask for help third party programs. For example, you can use the AIDA64 program. In this program, you need to open the section " Devices - Windows Devices - Network Adapters».
This section will indicate the name of the network card, as well as other information about it.
The Internet is a public thing, but without preliminary settings and manipulations it is inaccessible. The fact is that in order to activate the Internet on a computer (no matter what operating system you are dealing with), you need to have the appropriate drivers, which, as a rule, are not available in Windows that was just installed. Now we will talk about what drivers are and how to properly install network drivers so that the Internet works on a PC.
A bit of theory
To begin with, let's figure out why drivers for an Internet connection are so important?
A driver is a set of firmware that provides communication between the hardware component of a computer (the details of what's inside system block) and software (everything related to programs, applications, utilities, etc.).
For an active Internet connection, you must have network drivers that must be "sharpened" for your network card and with which the computer can recognize the appropriate commands, lines of network code, for the interaction of the PC and the global Internet.
How do I know which drivers to download?
Today, there are a considerable number of network card developers who release specific network drivers for their products. Of course, as you might have guessed, drivers for one board will not work for a board of another brand.
To do this, in order not to download everything and do something stupid, let's figure out how to find out which network card is installed on your computer?
Method 1
- Click on My computer right click and select Properties.
- Click on the list on the left device Manager.
- Find the tab Network adapters and open it.
- After expanding this tab, you will see the name of the network card used.
Method 2
- Press the key combination Win+R on keyboard.
- A line will open in front of you Run, in which you need to enter the following command: cmd. Click OK.
- In the command prompt that opens, enter the following: ipconfig/all. Click Enter.
- Look for an item Description. This will be the name of your network card.
Downloading the required drivers from the Internet
Now that you know the name of the network card, you can proceed to install the drivers. To do this, enter this name in the search engine, and then go to the official website of the developer of this board. On this site you can get current version network drivers.
- Intel
- Realtek
- Marvell
Question from user
Hello.
Tell me, how can I update the drivers if I do not have the Internet? I lost my old relatives on the disk that came with the purchase of a PC ...
Hello.
Unfortunately, not all corners of our country have normal and fast (relatively) access to the Internet. Not so long ago, I was visiting relatives in one regional center (and, it seems, not the smallest one) - I was surprised that you don’t have to rely on something else besides a Megaphone modem (with several Mbps) ... Wired Internet is not pulled - because. apparently the payback is small, and does not promise profits for companies.
In general, be that as it may, in this article I will try to consider several options for updating drivers when there are problems with the network (low-speed access, lack of a driver for a network card, limited traffic, etc.).
Note: although, of course, now I’m thinking, but how can people without a network be able to read my article? On the other hand, perhaps there is no network only on the PC, but on the phone, for example, there is access to the network (or you can read it from acquaintances / friends / relatives). There are also books, but I have not seen such recommendations in them ☺...
By the way, you might be interested in an article about best programs to work with drivers (update, backup, etc.) -
Ways to update drivers when there is no Internet access
Various cases...
Option number 1: After reinstalling Windows - there was no driver for the network card. A vicious circle - to have the Internet, you need a driver, to have a driver - you need to download it from the Internet.
You can also include here failures in the provider's network (or a kitten gnawed through the wire, as in the first preview picture ☺). In general, temporary problems ...
Probably the most common option that many users (with experience) fell into. Most people, I think, have a smartphone where it should be easy to download a hundred or two megabytes (MB) (I hope ☺). So there are a couple of options:
- find the driver itself and download it (and then transfer it from your phone to a PC). This option is somewhat dreary, so I don’t describe it in detail (because you need to know the exact adapter model, it’s rather inconvenient to search for a driver on the phone, and even download it);
- use a specialized program 3DP Net(which can be downloaded from a smartphone and transferred to a PC without any problems).
3DP Net
3 DP Net - this program is designed specifically for updating network card drivers. It will automatically detect your card model and install the driver for it. The program supports almost all models of network adapters that are found on computers and laptops.
By the way, the INTERNET is not needed for its operation! Those. it is enough to download once, and then you can run it from a flash drive / disk (or from the phone's memory).
Actually, after downloading the utility, run it and install the driver. Then, when the network card starts working, I recommend downloading and installing it, and pressing the single "Update Driver" button.
Option number 2: you simply do not have the Internet, or low-speed and wait a very long time for downloads, even programs of 10-15 MB (besides, the connection is constantly breaking). Perhaps a serious breakdown at the provider (there will be no network for several days).
This option is also found, and especially in district centers, villages, villages. In this case, you can do it in several ways.
Method number 1
It happens that some central streets in district centers are connected to high-speed Internet access, while the rest are not. Ask acquaintances, friends, relatives - perhaps one of them has access to the network. You will need to download something around 10-15 GB of information. We are talking about packages for updating drivers, such as DriverPack Solution and Snappy Driver Installer.
Snappy Driver Installer
The full package weighs about 14-15 GB. Allows you to find and install drivers automatically for most equipment (most likely, all drivers will be installed on your PC. Problems most often arise with less popular and rare equipment). An Internet connection is not required for the full package to work: just run the executable file. I highly recommend to have this package on a separate emergency flash drive (more than once helped me out ☺).
Driver Pack Solution
In general, by choosing any of these packages and downloading it to your USB flash drive, you can come to your place and install all the necessary drivers from it. Everything is simple and fast ☺.
Method number 2
I think that if you have a repair service for equipment (computers, laptops) in your locality, they probably have similar software packages. You can ask them to write to you on a USB flash drive, I don’t think they will refuse (if you ask nicely ☺) ...
If you can’t get such software packages (DriverPack Solution and Snappy Driver Installer) on your own in your locality, then you can use services that download the files you need, then burn them on CD / DVD discs (flash drives) and send them to you by mail . Of course, you will have to fork out a little, but there will be a disk with drivers ...
One of these services: http://filepost.ru/
Naturally, not free ☺ (I think there is a cash on delivery, so you don't risk anything)
Method number 3
You can also buy a driver disk. For example, one of the convenient options is to use Avito (the most popular bulletin board, the best site for those who want to buy or sell something unnecessary ☺).
In the menu, select the desired heading "Games, consoles, programs ...", set a search query and search all over Russia. The choice of discs is very diverse. Sellers also send discs (flash drives) by mail (however, what and how you will have to negotiate on your own).
Carefully! Please note that there are enough scammers on the Avito website, and do not rush to transfer all the money for disks immediately to the first person you meet
That's all I have, I hope I gave at least some hint ...
One of the problems that a user may encounter after reinstalling Windows is the lack of a driver for the network adapter (network driver) for a wired or wireless network.
And if there is no driver disk at hand, you will have to look for the driver and download it using another device that has Internet access.
In this article, we will consider an algorithm that will avoid the troubles that may arise after installing the OS.
What is a driver? This is the program by which the computer's operating system communicates with the device's hardware ( motherboard, video card, network card, printer, scanner, MFP, etc.).
Drivers are developed by companies that produce computer components and peripherals that interact with a PC (for example, office equipment).
Often, modern operating systems (including Windows 7) already have a certain set of drivers that allow you to work with the main components of the computer, we will consider the case when such programs are not available.
A feature of the situation when the network driver is not installed is the inability to use programs for automatic installation drivers, since they all use the Internet connection for their work, and since the network driver is not installed, there is no access to the Internet.
The user, as a rule, encounters the installation of network adapter drivers in the following cases:
1. After buying a new computer and the absence of an installed OS on it.
2. After installing the operating system.
3. After the failure of the network adapter drivers.
To solve the problems that arise in the first case, you need to look for the disks that come with the computer. On the disk with the drivers for the motherboard is what we need.
In the past few years, a trend has clearly formed that involves the rejection of the use of drives optical discs not only among manufacturers of laptops, but also desktop PCs.
Users who independently choose the components from which their computer will be assembled also refuse to install a DVD drive.
Advice! We recommend that you download all the necessary drivers (not just network drivers) to a separate directory on your hard drive and/or flash drive. This will avoid situations when, after installing the operating system, you will need to look for a drive or PC (tablet, phone) to download drivers from a disk or the Internet.
Installing the network driver
The driver installation procedure can be conditionally divided into 2 stages: hardware identification and driver installation.
In order to identify manufacturers and specific models of equipment, a coding system for models and brands of computer components was developed.
As a rule, the code for the network adapter is as follows: PCI/VEN_xxxx&DEV_xxxx&SUBSYS_xxxxxx, where VEN_xxxx is the equipment manufacturer's identifier (Vendor ID), DEV_xxxx is the equipment model code (Device ID).
Step 1. Hardware identification
In order to find out the code, click Start, enter "Device Manager" in the search field and go to the appropriate menu.
Next, you need to find the "Network adapters" or "Other devices" submenu and right-click on one of the submenu items, for example, in our case it will be "Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller".
Step 2: Install/Update Network Adapter Driver
After we have learned the equipment identifier, we should copy its name (right-click - copy) and enter it in the browser search field. Downloading necessary program, you can start installing it.
Similar actions will be in case of updating the network driver.
To install / update the network adapter driver, you need to go to the "Device Manager" as described earlier. Select the required item and in the context menu, which is available by clicking the right mouse button, select the item "Update drivers ...".
Select "Search for driver software on this computer".
We go to the directory in which we recently downloaded everything we need, using the "Browse" button, click "Next" and wait for the end of the driver installation process.
There is also an opinion that if you update (reinstall) the network driver, you must first uninstall the old one, after which you should install the new one.
Important! To delete already installed driver you need to go to the "Device Manager", select the network adapter, right-click and select "Delete" in the context menu. After that, the system will warn that the device driver will be removed, agree by clicking "OK".
Driver Updater by Carambis
If you have a need to search for universal programs that can function on different operating systems: we mean utilities for creating group policies, programs for cleaning the system from viruses and, of course, software for working with OS drivers - the best solution would be to use the Carambis Driver Updater program.
Thanks to Driver Updater, you can not only get the necessary software but good savings too. After all, one purchase of a subscription allows you to connect two computers at once.
As for the process of work, the utility does an excellent job with the tasks. Now you do not need to fix the errors of the connected hardware components on each computer.
Configuring automatic search and installation of updates now independently updates all devices.
But, if you need to speed up your computer, we recommend using another utility from the same manufacturer - Carambis Cleaner.
Its capabilities:
- Comprehensive optimization of the operating system;
- The ability to delete components and temporary files that are no longer used and are not needed for the OS to work;
- Remove all OS error reports;
- Quick registry cleaning;
- Ability to delete files that the user selects;
- Removal installed programs in the main window of the program with a few clicks.
Remember, files that have been deleted by the program cannot be recovered (unlike the usual deletion procedure using the built-in OS functions). Run diagnostics on your computer several times a month to keep your system in good working order.
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