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

[THEBOSS619]

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.

The default is usually sufficient for everything You have the options to tinker with it and test since not everyone got the same router or WiFi capabilities. You might get increased bandwidth or increase connection stability or even both All you have to do is test if you got the free time to do it

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

sure. OP and second post unlocked.

Am I am thankful for you guys. I really appreciate it and thank you for your time to even consider helping me.

I can now edit my second post but just a small problem...the main post I still don't have the option to edit. I am thankful anyways.

 

[PoolBrews]

FYI - I've had the driver installed for several days now, and I have a recurring issue with the driver. I have a Lenovo IdeaPad Pro. Several times a day, after the PC comes up from hibernation, the wifi is completely unavailable and the driver is not loaded. Looking at device manager, I see "Device PCI\VEN_10EC&DEV_C822&SUBSYS_C12317AA&REV_00\00E04CFFFEC8220100 requires further installation.", but I also see this for the standard driver.

If I restart, or remove the driver and re-install, wifi becomes available again. If I remove the driver and use the stock driver, the issue goes away.

 

[THEBOSS619]

FYI - I've had the driver installed for several days now, and I have a recurring issue with the driver. I have a Lenovo IdeaPad Pro. Several times a day, after the PC comes up from hibernation, the wifi is completely unavailable and the driver is not loaded. Looking at device manager, I see "Device PCI\VEN_10EC&DEV_C822&SUBSYS_C12317AA&REV_00\00E04CFFFEC8220100 requires further installation.", but I also see this for the standard driver.

If I restart, or remove the driver and re-install, wifi becomes available again. If I remove the driver and use the stock driver, the issue goes away.

I would like you to test this one for me.. does this one fixes your issue? Please let me know and report. Thank you for your time and for spending the time to report the issue. Please make sure to remove any previous realtek drivers you installed before installing this fix driver.

 

[PoolBrews]

It's installed - I'll let you know how it works over the next couple of days. What did you change in this one?

I had the original driver installed from Lenovo since yesterday, and not one hiccup. Setting power management to not allow the computer to turn it off resolved a number of other issues in both drivers on my laptop. By default, the power management tab is now hidden in Windows 11, so you need to enable it.

 

[THEBOSS619]

It's installed - I'll let you know how it works over the next couple of days. What did you change in this one?

I had the original driver installed from Lenovo since yesterday, and not one hiccup. Setting power management to not allow the computer to turn it off resolved a number of other issues in both drivers on my laptop. By default, the power management tab is now hidden in Windows 11, so you need to enable it.

Used the ASPM [Active-State Power Management] patches from Microsoft and merged them to Realtek 8822CE driver while replacing/merging all OEM/Vendors patches. If you faced any kind of issue let me know since I will be using this fix on the next drivers.

According to my testing this fix tested it on my 4 laptops that I have.. All of them got 8822CE WiFi and all went without any kind of issue. Thank you for your time!

 

[PoolBrews]

So far, zero issues! It's working as expected.

 

[PoolBrews]

Went to use my laptop this morning, and no wifi - the driver reported a problem and had stopped.

Tried uninstalling and reinstalling the device, but still couldn't start the service. A reboot fixed it.

 

[THEBOSS619]

Went to use my laptop this morning, and no wifi - the driver reported a problem and had stopped.

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Tried uninstalling and reinstalling the device, but still couldn't start the service. A reboot fixed it.

I will work into a fix today and send it to you. Looks like it is related to standby mechanism.

 

[THEBOSS619]

Went to use my laptop this morning, and no wifi - the driver reported a problem and had stopped.

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Tried uninstalling and reinstalling the device, but still couldn't start the service. A reboot fixed it.

Here is it, This should never happen with you again. I have made adjustments related to standby functions that should make the driver function properly during standby/active sessions. Make sure to uninstall previous driver and install this one on the attachment of this post. Thank you for your time

 

[colby0805]

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...
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And now my modded drivers which provides unlocked or unhidden options
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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]:-
http://www.mediafire.com/file/ghgc0...-Fi_5_8822CE_Xtreme_Driver_v2024.0.10.130.zip

Will this work on desktop with Windows 11 home?

 

[PoolBrews]

Yes - that's what I'm running it on. I did go through the mod to enable the power options for the wifi driver - it's hidden by default.

 

[PoolBrews]

Installed it 2 days ago - driver just crashed. Had to uninstall and reinstall. I think I'm going to go back to the stock driver. It was fun testing it!

 

[THEBOSS619]

New update is available! and I have tested it on my 3 laptops with the same wifi model 8822CE. Tested it for ping stability and driver stability for over a week now. All is good!

I have merged all kind of fixes and patches from all OEM's and Vendors + Disabled all kind of power saving mechanism to guarantee maximum performance and applied optimal settings that is being used by default.

Enjoy

 

[matyugovich]

Thank you so so much @THEBOSS619 !!!
I have struggled for almost two years with wifi performance on my Lenovo Ideapad Gaming 3 15ARH05. It was a big problem for remote work because it includes streaming audio through RDP protocol. With this driver, all my problems went away. Went from ~350Mbps 6-9 ms latency, to ~600 Mbps with 2 ms latency (did not measure packet loss).

 

[THEBOSS619]

New update is available!

As usual I have tested it on my 3 laptops with the same wifi model 8822CE. Tested it for ping stability and driver stability. All is good!

I have made additional changes tuning the power management parameters to provide and insure more connection stability.

Enjoy

 

[LabRat 891]

Any chance this would work on the Steam Deck (with a windows install)?
I read mixed reports whether its a 'C' or 'CE' 8822

 

[THEBOSS619]

Any chance this would work on the Steam Deck (with a windows install)?
I read mixed reports whether its a 'C' or 'CE' 8822

Give me your HW-ID code? That way I can 100% make sure if it works with your Steam Deck or not

You can find it here through Device Manager.. Here is how...

 

[Statistic]

PCI\VEN_10EC&DEV_C822&SUBSYS_42101A3B&REV_00
PCI\VEN_10EC&DEV_C822&SUBSYS_42101A3B
PCI\VEN_10EC&DEV_C822&CC_028000
PCI\VEN_10EC&DEV_C822&CC_0280

Steam Deck 512 Windows 11

 

[hamburgling_you]

Is there a similar driver for the bluetooth controller on this chip? I've been using the wifi with no issues, hoping to unlock some bluetooth options.

 

[THEBOSS619]

PCI\VEN_10EC&DEV_C822&SUBSYS_42101A3B&REV_00
PCI\VEN_10EC&DEV_C822&SUBSYS_42101A3B
PCI\VEN_10EC&DEV_C822&CC_028000
PCI\VEN_10EC&DEV_C822&CC_0280

Steam Deck 512 Windows 11

Officially, the driver doesn't support it but.. I can mod it for you if you are willing to test it for me. It might work or it might not work.

Is there a similar driver for the bluetooth controller on this chip? I've been using the wifi with no issues, hoping to unlock some bluetooth options.

Unfortunately no bec. it doesn't have any kind of option to unlock so... trying to find hidden options to unlock is very hard as I am doing it blindly with no way of knowing if it even works or not.

New update is available!

As usual I have tested it on my 3 laptops with the same wifi model 8822CE. Tested it for ping stability and driver stability. All is good!

 

[1freedude]

Can you mess around with QCA Atheros chips? I have several software licenses for expanded frequency use on dd-wrt rigs, called Superchannel. Now, I use the router in a very convoluted VAP VLAN, or cabled via UTP because I can't change the laptop/USB dongle wireless NIC to the "illegal" freqs. I have a license to use the expanded freqs, granted I follow strict limitations.

It would be really handy to drop the VAP and connect straight into the regular AP.

Back in the day, the driver to allow expanded freq was called ath9k and ath10k. No devs wanted to touch mini pcie lappy chips, though.

Wishful thinking

 

[THEBOSS619]

Can you mess around with QCA Atheros chips? I have several software licenses for expanded frequency use on dd-wrt rigs, called Superchannel. Now, I use the router in a very convoluted VAP VLAN, or cabled via UTP because I can't change the laptop/USB dongle wireless NIC to the "illegal" freqs. I have a license to use the expanded freqs, granted I follow strict limitations.

It would be really handy to drop the VAP and connect straight into the regular AP.

Back in the day, the driver to allow expanded freq was called ath9k and ath10k. No devs wanted to touch mini pcie lappy chips, though.

Wishful thinking

I will look into it! Do you have there drivers maybe? I might as well search for the latest driver available for it and then I look into it if there is any way to modifying it for you also tell me your hardware ID.. It might make it easier for me mod it effectively


You can find it here through Device Manager.. Here is how for example...

 

[1freedude]

Cool. I will gather that stuff up in the coming days.

 

[ryanrudolf]

hi i just wanted to say thank you for this modified drivers! we've been using your work since December last year for the Steam Deck!

i hope you dont mind ive created a github repo with instructions and links to this thread to get the driver.

GitHub - ryanrudolfoba/SteamDeckWindowsFixForWiFi: This repository contains the instructions on how to fix the WiFi issue for Steam Deck running Windows.

gonna test the new driver. thanks again.

 

[dnsnk]

@THEBOSS619 can you please explain all of the options in the advanced settings and what they each mean pleaseee