Download Wifi Adapter Windows 10

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by Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

This download installs base drivers, Intel® PROSet for Windows Device Manager*, for Intel® Network Adapters with Windows 10. Which file should you download? Note: 10-Gb adapters are only supported by 64-bit drivers.

AMD is one of the largest semiconductor companies in the world. They manufacture a line of very popular computer processors including microprocessors and graphic processing units (GPUs) at a variety of price points. The AMD Ryzen 3 2200G is highly rated by those on a budget, while the AMD Ryzen 7 2700X is a very popular high-end processor. AMD offers processors suitable for the everyday PC user, as well as for hardcore gamers, who favor AMD’s line of GPUs, such as the Radeon RX Vega and RX 500 series of graphics cards.

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How to Update Device Drivers Quickly & Easily

Tech Tip: Updating drivers manually requires some computer skills and patience. A faster and easier option is to use the Driver Update Utility for AMD to scan your system for free. The utility tells you which specific drivers are out-of-date for all of your devices.

Step 1 - Download Your Driver

To get the latest driver, including Windows 10 drivers, you can choose from a list of most popular AMD downloads. Click the download button next to the matching model name. After you complete your download, move on to Step 2.

If your driver is not listed and you know the model name or number of your AMD device, you can use it to search our driver archive for your AMD device model. Simply type the model name and/or number into the search box and click the Search button. You may see different versions in the results. Choose the best match for your PC and operating system.

If you don’t know the model name or number, you can start to narrow your search down by choosing which category of AMD device you have (such as Printer, Scanner, Video, Network, etc.). Start by selecting the correct category from our list of AMD Device Drivers by Category.

Need more help finding the right driver? You can request a driver and we will find it for you. We employ a team from around the world. They add hundreds of new drivers to our site every day.

Tech Tip: If you are having trouble deciding which is the right driver, try the Driver Update Utility for AMD. It is a software utility that will find the right driver for you - automatically.

AMD updates their drivers regularly. To get the latest Windows 10 driver, you may need to go to AMD website to find the driver for to your specific Windows version and device model.

Step 2 - Install Your Driver

After you download your new driver, then you have to install it. To install a driver in Windows, you will need to use a built-in utility called Device Manager. It allows you to see all of the devices recognized by your system, and the drivers associated with them.

How to Open Device Manager

  • In Windows 8.1 & Windows 10, right-click the Start menu and select Device Manager

  • In Windows 8, swipe up from the bottom, or right-click anywhere on the desktop and choose 'All Apps' -> swipe or scroll right and choose 'Control Panel' (under Windows System section) -> Hardware and Sound -> Device Manager

  • In Windows 7, click Start -> Control Panel -> Hardware and Sound -> Device Manager

  • In Windows Vista, click Start -> Control Panel -> System and Maintenance -> Device Manager

  • In Windows XP, click Start -> Control Panel -> Performance and Maintenance -> System -> Hardware tab -> Device Manager button

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How to Install drivers using Device Manager

  1. Locate the device and model that is having the issue and double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.

  2. Select the Driver tab.

  3. Click the Update Driver button and follow the instructions.

In most cases, you will need to reboot your computer in order for the driver update to take effect.

Tech Tip: Driver downloads and updates come in a variety of file formats with different file extensions. For example, you may have downloaded an EXE, INF, ZIP, or SYS file. Each file type has a slighty different installation procedure to follow.

If you are having trouble installing your driver, you should use the Driver Update Utility for AMD. It is a software utility that automatically finds, downloads and installs the right driver for your system. You can even backup your drivers before making any changes, and revert back in case there were any problems.

Try it now to safely update all of your drivers in just a few clicks. Once you download and run the utiliy, it will scan for out-of-date or missing drivers:

When the scan is complete, the driver update utility will display a results page showing which drivers are missing or out-of-date. You can update individual drivers, or all of the necessary drivers with one click.

For more help, visit our Driver Support Page for step-by-step videos on how to install drivers for every file type.

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WiFi Direct is supported on Windows 10 IoT Core devices through the use of a WiFi Direct enabled USB WiFi adapter. To make sure that WiFi Direct is enabled two things need to be true:

  • the hardware of the USB WiFi adapter needs to support WiFi Direct,
  • the corresponding driver of the USB WiFi adapter needs to support WiFi Direct.

WiFi Direct provides a solution for WiFi device-to-device connectivity without the need for either a Wireless Access Point (wireless AP) to setup the connection. Take a look at the UWP APIs available in the Windows.Devices.WiFiDirect namespace to see what you can do with WiFiDirect.

Supported Adapters

A list of WiFi adapters that have been tested on Windows 10 IoT Core can be found on our Supported Hardware page.

Basic sample for WiFi Direct

You can easily test the WiFi Direct functionality with the WiFi Direct UWP sample. We will use the C# version and run the sample of two devices.

Set up the two devices

  • MinnowBoardMax (MBM) running Windows 10 IoT Core (see instructions here), with a CanaKit WiFi dongle
  • Connect monitor, keyboard and mouse to the MBM
  • A Windows 10 PC running the latest Windows 10 Anniversary Update. The PC (or laptop) will need to have WiFi Direct support (e.g. a Microsoft Surface)
  • Install Visual Studio 2017 on your Windows 10 PC
  • Clone or download the WiFi Direct UWP sample(root of the GitHub repo is here).
  • Load the C# version of the WiFi Direct UWP sample in Visual Studio 2017

Run the sample on the two devices

  • Compile the sample and deploy/run it on the MBM:

    • Set the 'Solution Platforms' combobox to 'x86'
    • Select 'Remote Machine' from the 'Run' dropdown
    • Start the sample on the MBM without debugging (either by pressing Ctrl-F5 or by selecting 'Start Without Debugging' from the 'Debug' menu)
    • You should see the WiFi Direct sample running on the monitor connected to the MBM

  • Compile the sample and deploy/run it on the Windows 10 PC:

    • Set the 'Solution Platforms' combobox to 'x86'
    • Select 'Local' from the 'Run' dropdown
    • Start the sample (either F5 or Ctrl-F5)
    • You should see the WiFi Direct sample running on your Windows 10 PC

Set up Advertiser and Connector

  • On the MBM, select (1) 'Advertiser' and press the 'Start Advertisement' button

    • The MBM will start advertising itself on the WiFi Direct channel

      Notice the 'Advertisement Status' banner at the bottom of the app.

  • On the Windows 10 PC, select (2) 'Connector' and press the 'Start Watcher' button

    • The Windows 10 PC will start scanning for available WiFi Direct connections

    • When the scanning is complete, you should see the name of your MBM in the 'Discovered Devices' list

      You can see two devices listed (we're interested in 'ale-mbm01'), and the 'DeviceWatcher enumeration completed' message.

Pair the devices

  • On the Windows 10 PC, select the MBM ('ale-mbm01' in our example) from the 'Discovered Devices' list and press the 'Connect' button

  • On the Windows 10 PC, press 'Yes' to initiate the pairing process

  • On the MBM monitor you should a message with the PIN

  • On the Windows 10 PC, you should see a dialog where you need to enter the PIN

Talk on the channel

  • The two devices should be connected. You should see a randomly generated device id ('hqffpzhz.ggg' in our example) on both screens in the 'Connected Devices' list

  • You now have a full-duplex channel (or socket) set up

    • on the MBM, select the device ('hqffpzhz.ggg') from the 'Connected Devices' list
    • type a message in the 'Enter a message' textbox
    • press the 'Send' button
    • you should see the message being received from the Windows 10 PC
    • try sending a message from the Windows 10 PC to the MBM