[Realtek 8822CE] Modded Wireless Drivers with Enabled Advanced Features

[THEBOSS619]

Just to be clear for everyone use it at your own risk
Let me say it again... use it at your own risk​

The drivers that I will be providing it to you today are only made for Realtek 8822CE Wi-Fi module chip that is present to almost all OEM/Vendor laptops [Mostly on AMD based laptops]. Unfortunately stock drivers locks down any advanced features available to the user and doesn't allow you to have full control to your Wi-Fi chip capabilities.

Only compatible with PCI\VEN_10EC&DEV_C822&SUBSYS_081011AD and PCI\VEN_10EC&DEV_C822&SUBSYS_42111A3B but I will try to add more on the future if the time allows.

Today I present you my so called "Unlocked" or "Unhidden" drivers by editing .inf files to be able to makes those options visible to the user. Alright here we start... I have the confidence to share my modded driver for Realtek 8822CE which enables advanced options and might provide extra networking performance as well.

Let me show you the options that the stock drivers provides...

And now my modded drivers which provides unlocked or unhidden options

The changes that is made are renaming the Wi-Fi display name (to distinguish between official drivers and modded ones) and added/edited lines on .inf file drivers to unlock Realtek Advanced features*.

Installation:-

Since modifying drivers will cause the drivers to be unsigned and hence you need to disable Driver Signature enforcement on Windows. How to do that? Follow this link... https://www.thewindowsclub.com/disable-driver-signature-enforcement-windows

• After you disable Driver Signature enforcement.. Download the file.. extract it's content and then go to "Device Manager" and navigate to "Network Adapters".
• By then on Device Manager you should find your Wi-Fi driver named something like "Realtek 8822CE...." double click on it and choose "Drivers" Tab and click on "Update Driver".
• A new windows will pop out … choose "Browse my computer for drivers" and then choose "Let me pick from a list...." by then click on "Have Disk..." and click "Browse" and navigate to the extracted content that you downloaded.
• Click on "netrtwlane.inf" and then press "Ok" after that press "Next".
• During the process of installing the driver it will pop up a warning... choose "Install this driver software anyway".
• Reboot your computer after all above step is done. And you are Done

You can enable back Driver Signature enforcement without any issues by following the same link that I provided above.

*I can't guarantee every single feature will work but I can say that it did provide increased network performance and slightly lower latency according to my testings.

Download link [MediaFire]:-
RTK Killer Wi-Fi 5 8822CE Xtreme 802.11ac

 

[THEBOSS619]

The download link have been changed to a folder for easier management for the future updates

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[THEBOSS619]

I have updated the drivers with additional features unlocked/unhidden with new version that was around + I also added more support to different Wi-Fi chips. Those are the hardware ID's that is supported on the new driver.

PCI\VEN_10EC&DEV_B822&SUBSYS_29501A3B
PCI\VEN_10EC&DEV_B822&SUBSYS_29521A3B
PCI\VEN_10EC&DEV_B822&SUBSYS_080811AD

 

[THEBOSS619]

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New driver release have been updated including full feature releases on the same download link.... enjoy

 

[THEBOSS619]

Bump...

New driver release have been updated including full feature releases on the same download link.... enjoy

 

[THEBOSS619]

Bump...

New driver release have been updated including full feature releases on the same download link.... enjoy

 

[bonehead123]

Pretty cool Boss, can you do the same or similar for bluetooth drivers ?

Reason I am asking is that I am having some issues on my machine with the (Intel) bluetooth card only able to connect 2 or 3 devices at once, and my mouse (Logi MX Master 2) routinely stutters for a few seconds if I am not constantly moving it around. I have applied all of the most recent updates/firmware etc on all devices, but nothing seems to help...

 

[jeremyshaw]

Thanks for your work. Hopefully the AMD+Mediatek collaboration will produce better stock drivers.

 

[THEBOSS619]

Pretty cool Boss, can you do the same or similar for bluetooth drivers ?

Reason I am asking is that I am having some issues on my machine with the (Intel) bluetooth card only able to connect 2 or 3 devices at once, and my mouse (Logi MX Master 2) routinely stutters for a few seconds if I am not constantly moving it around. I have applied all of the most recent updates/firmware etc on all devices, but nothing seems to help...

Can you lead me to the drivers that you are using currently? I might take a look into it if it is even possible

Thanks for your work. Hopefully the AMD+Mediatek collaboration will produce better stock drivers.

Yea let's hope they do

Thank you for the nice words also just to add on top of the changes I made... those drivers are Mesh WiFi compatible drivers since I recently got my Mesh WiFi setup on my home I realized that stock drivers are completely horrible dealing with Mesh WiFi's [Unusable at all] so I made the required adjustments to make switching between the Mesh WiFi nodes more smoothly and without any kind of performance loss either ping or throughput along with other fixes and optimization for Mesh WiFi

 

[bonehead123]

Can you lead me to the drivers that you are using currently? I might take a look into it if it is even possible

Like this ?

Thinking perhaps it is a power-plan related issue, I've also changed the power plan settings to make everything NOT be allowed to sleep/hibernate/power down... ie the network interfaces, the pcie subsystems, the displays, the cpu & iGpu etc, but that did not fix anything

I've also updated the firmware on all periphs again, but notta...and today I tried using a USB BT adapter & everything worked great, even with 5 devices all in use at once !

Fortunately my mouse & KB can also use 2.4Ghz wireless transceivers, so I have resorted to that for now, but that sucks cause it uses up 2 USB ports that I would really rather have available for other things.....

I'm tempted to think that the BT card is at least partially defective or just not powerful enough to use with more than 2 peripherals at once, but in all my years of building/using computers, this is the 1st time I've come across anything like this..

So if there is anything else you can think of that might help, I'd really appreciate the effort

 

[THEBOSS619]

Like this ?

Thinking perhaps it is a power-plan related issue, I've also changed the power plan settings to make everything NOT be allowed to sleep/hibernate/power down... ie the network interfaces, the pcie subsystems, the displays, the cpu & iGpu etc, but that did not fix anything

I've also updated the firmware on all periphs again, but notta...and today I tried using a USB BT adapter & everything worked great, even with 5 devices all in use at once !

Fortunately my mouse & KB can also use 2.4Ghz wireless transceivers, so I have resorted to that for now, but that sucks cause it uses up 2 USB ports that I would really rather have available for other things.....

I'm tempted to think that the BT card is at least partially defective or just not powerful enough to use with more than 2 peripherals at once, but in all my years of building/using computers, this is the 1st time I've come across anything like this..

So if there is anything else you can think of that might help, I'd really appreciate the effort

I believe that it has some kind of a driver problem or rather be a limitation to the driver itself from the Vendor/OEM/Manufacturer but not a hardware thing... I am optimistic so I will look into it as soon as I have free time to spare I promise

Bump...

New driver release have been updated including full feature releases on the same download link.... enjoy

 

[AAF Optimus]

Maybe I can help you with a digital signature if that's your preference.

 

[THEBOSS619]

Maybe I can help you with a digital signature if that's your preference.

I would love that! sorry for the late reply.. I wasn't available that much due to multiple reasons I have sent you PM about it and hopefully I wasn't too late or something

 

[THEBOSS619]

Installation:-

Since modifying drivers will cause the drivers to be unsigned and hence you need to disable Driver Signature enforcement on Windows. How to do that? Follow this link... https://www.thewindowsclub.com/disable-driver-signature-enforcement-windows

• After you disable Driver Signature enforcement.. Download the file.. extract it's content and then go to "Device Manager" and navigate to "Network Adapters".
• By then on Device Manager you should find your Wi-Fi driver named something like "Realtek 8822CE...." double click on it and choose "Drivers" Tab and click on "Update Driver".
• A new windows will pop out … choose "Browse my computer for drivers" and then choose "Let me pick from a list...." by then click on "Have Disk..." and click "Browse" and navigate to the extracted content that you downloaded.
• Click on "netrtwlane.inf" and then press "Ok" after that press "Next".
• During the process of installing the driver it will pop up a warning... choose "Install this driver software anyway".
• Reboot your computer after all above step is done. And you are Done

You can enable back Driver Signature enforcement without any issues by following the same link that I provided above.

Thanks to @AAF Optimus the new release driver is signed! so the procedure above is not needed any more! the new way of installing it is so much simpler now

Installation:-

- Uninstall your current Realtek driver with checkbox selected
- Then simply open Setup.bat file
- Reboot or Restart Your PC/Laptop
- Done!

New driver release have been updated including full feature releases on the same download link + It is Signed! All thanks to @AAF Optimus

Enjoy

 

[THEBOSS619]

Bump...

New driver release have been updated including full feature releases on the same download link + It is Signed! All thanks to AAF Optimus

Now it supports all Realtek 8822CE models.. rather from Acer, Asus, Lenovo, MSI, HP and others... as long as they are 8822CE model.. it is completely fine.

Installation:-
- Uninstall your current Realtek driver with checkbox selected
- Then simply open Setup.bat file
- Reboot or Restart Your PC/Laptop
- Done!

enjoy

 

[THEBOSS619]

Bump...

New driver release have been updated including full feature releases on the same download link + It is Signed! All thanks to AAF Optimus

Now it supports all Realtek 8822CE models.. rather from Acer, Asus, Lenovo, MSI, HP and others... as long as they are 8822CE model.. it is completely fine.

Enjoy

 

[THEBOSS619]

Bump...

Please redownload the latest Realtek driver version as I fixed some advanced features that wasn't functioning properly and decreased overhead for wifi scanning & performance which should improve ping stability and lower latency thanks to the patches and fixes from Lenovo's driver. Thank you.

It's been tested...

 

[THEBOSS619]

Bump...

New version has been uploaded with latest realtek driver version available.

Enjoy

 

[Octopuss]

This looks nice.
There's something about 8822 though, it's not even listed on Realtek's website, what's up with that? Only 8821.

 

[THEBOSS619]

This looks nice.
There's something about 8822 though, it's not even listed on Realtek's website, what's up with that? Only 8821.

I think because it is never made for public release or made it to the consumer markets. It is only sold to OEM/Vendors. I think that is why you see different custom version drivers from different OEM/Vendors from Lenovo, ASUS, HP, Dell, and others. Don't take my words for it as I am not very sure about it but that's what I think

Although if you checked the .inf you will see there is the official version generic for 8822Cx but it never changed through out the history of drivers updates.. only the OEM/Vendors provides updates and fixes for there own specific HW ID model on there own current laptop line up specifically.

My driver combines them all those customs changes/updates/fixes and applies and use it to all kind of 8822CE models. Let's not mention that every OEM/Vendors applies there own settings what advanced feature to be displayed to the users or not. With my drivers... I simply unlocks them all and let the user have full control of there WiFi chip capabilities.

 

[PoolBrews]

It appears the link for this driver is no longer valid - where can I get it?

Thanks!

 

[THEBOSS619]

It appears the link for this driver is no longer valid - where can I get it?

Thanks!

It's already at the second post. This forum doesn't allow me to edit the main post.

Download Link after the main post.

 

[PoolBrews]

Got it! Thanks so much! Is there a guide for recommended settings on the advanced section? I have a Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro, and it seems to take a while to re-connect when waking up.

 

[MachineLearning]

It's already at the second post. This forum doesn't allow me to edit the main post.

Download Link after the main post.

@phill @Solaris17 @Mussels , can you unlock this for them?

 

[Solaris17]

@phill @Solaris17 @Mussels , can you unlock this for them?

sure. OP and second post unlocked.