Driver Realtek Rtl8188ftv Wireless Lan 802.11n Usb 2.0 Network Adapter -

The RTL8188FTV was released after mainstream Windows 7 development ended. Consequently, native support varies wildly.

You will typically need to build the driver from source using dkms . The RTL8188FTV was released after mainstream Windows 7

Windows and Linux do not natively understand how to talk to the RTL8188FTV chipset. The driver acts as a translator. Without it: The RTL8188FTV was released after mainstream Windows 7