Realtek Semiconductor RTL8821AE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter

Device 'Realtek Semiconductor RTL8821AE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter'

ID	PCI 10ec:8821:1a3b:2161
Class	02-80 »
Type	net/wireless »
Vendor	Realtek Semiconductor »
Name	RTL8821AE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
Subsystem	AzureWave / 8821AE Wireless LAN 802.11ac PCIe NIC [ASUS NB AZU]

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Kernel Drivers

The device is supported by kernel versions 3.14 and newer according to the LKDDb:

Ver	Source	Config	By ID	By Class
3.14 - 3.17	drivers/staging/rtl8821ae/rtl8821ae/sw.c	-	10ec:8821	*
3.18 - 4.3	drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8821ae/sw.c	CONFIG_RTL8821AE CONFIG_RTLWIFI CONFIG_WLAN	10ec:8821	*
4.4 - 6.12	drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8821ae/sw.c	CONFIG_RTL8821AE CONFIG_RTLWIFI CONFIG_WLAN	10ec:8821	*

Other Drivers

The device is supported by the following additional drivers:

lwfinger/rtlwifi_new

Status (299)

The device is a part of the following computers:

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HWid	Type	Vendor / Model	Probes	System	Last Status
6DB2A »	desktop	ASUSTek / K30AD_M31AD_...	5	Ubuntu 22.04	failed
6779C »	notebook	ASUSTek / X550JX	2	Ubuntu 16.04	failed
D4640 »	notebook	ASUSTek / X555QA	1	Fedora 34	failed
273DD »	notebook	Acer / Aspire E1-571	1	Debian 11	works
22DB2 »	notebook	Acer / Aspire R7-571G	1	ROSA R9-R11	works
174B4 »	desktop	ASUSTek / A4110	1	Xubuntu 20.04	works
81679 »	all in one	ASUSTek / A4110	2	Zorin 16	works
EE2E1 »	desktop	ASUSTek / A_F_K20BF	2	Debian 13	works
E88CA »	desktop	ASUSTek / A_F_K20BF	1	Ubuntu Unit...	works
51BAC »	desktop	ASUSTek / A_F_K20CE	1	Pop!_OS 21.04	works
51BAC »	desktop	ASUSTek / A_F_K20CE	1	Pop!_OS 21.10	works
51BAC »	desktop	ASUSTek / A_F_K20CE	1	Pop!_OS 22.04	works
9051E »	desktop	ASUSTek / A_F_K31ADE	1	Mageia 9	works
A1EC6 »	desktop	ASUSTek / A_F_K31DA_K3...	1	Ubuntu 19.04	works
0BBC6 »	desktop	ASUSTek / CM6330_CM663...	1	Ubuntu 20.10	works
0767B »	desktop	ASUSTek / CM6330_CM663...	2	Ubuntu 23.04	works
0767B »	desktop	ASUSTek / CM6330_CM663...	1	Ubuntu 24.04	works
0767B »	desktop	ASUSTek / CM6330_CM663...	1	Ubuntu 25.04	works
B524D »	desktop	ASUSTek / ET2032I	2	Ubuntu 18.04	works
597A5 »	desktop	ASUSTek / ET2230I	1	ROSA 12.2	works
B5A10 »	desktop	ASUSTek / G10AJ	1	CachyOS	works
8CFD6 »	desktop	ASUSTek / G11CD	1	Mint 20.2	works
7A436 »	desktop	ASUSTek / G11CD	1	Endless 3.7.3	works
E7B66 »	desktop	ASUSTek / G11CD	2	Oracle Linu...	works
AE969 »	notebook	ASUSTek / G11CD	1	Ubuntu 22.04	works
D8411 »	desktop	ASUSTek / G11CD	4	Artix Rolling	works
B4F98 »	desktop	ASUSTek / G20AJ	1	Bazzite 40	works
324E2 »	desktop	ASUSTek / G20AJ	4	Fedora 39	works
324E2 »	desktop	ASUSTek / G20AJ	3	Fedora 41	works
324E2 »	desktop	ASUSTek / G20AJ	2	Nobara 36	works
324E2 »	desktop	ASUSTek / G20AJ	4	Pop!_OS 21.10	works
324E2 »	desktop	ASUSTek / G20AJ	1	Sparky 7	works
8C622 »	desktop	ASUSTek / G20AJ	1	Ubuntu 22.04	works
3C391 »	desktop	ASUSTek / G20AJ	1	Manjaro 20.2.1	works
23F4E »	desktop	ASUSTek / G20AJ	2	Ubuntu 22.04	works
CD72D »	desktop	ASUSTek / G20CB	1	Ubuntu 20.04	works
247BE »	desktop	ASUSTek / G20CB	1	Fedora 40	works
E6212 »	desktop	ASUSTek / K30AD_M31AD_...	1	Fedora 29	works
E6212 »	desktop	ASUSTek / K30AD_M31AD_...	1	Fedora 33	works
74039 »	desktop	ASUSTek / K30AD_M31AD_...	4	Kubuntu 22.10	works
74039 »	desktop	ASUSTek / K30AD_M31AD_...	1	Manjaro 22.0	works
C07B7 »	desktop	ASUSTek / K30AD_M31AD_...	1	Zorin 15	works
F4DE6 »	desktop	ASUSTek / K30AD_M31AD_...	2	Zorin 16	works
5B868 »	desktop	ASUSTek / K30AD_M31AD_...	1	OpenMandriv...	works
B7150 »	desktop	ASUSTek / K30AD_M31AD_...	2	Mint 20.3	works
83E1E »	desktop	ASUSTek / K30AD_M31AD_...	4	Mint 21	works
83E1E »	desktop	ASUSTek / K30AD_M31AD_...	1	OpenMandriv...	works
83E1E »	desktop	ASUSTek / K30AD_M31AD_...	3	Ubuntu 20.10	works
83E1E »	desktop	ASUSTek / K30AD_M31AD_...	1	Ubuntu 22.04	works

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