No WiFi networks appear. The adapter’s LED blinks slowly — not a good sign.
Ah. Driver signature enforcement. Maxicom’s driver wasn’t properly signed for Windows 11. maxicom wifi adapter driver
The story of Maxicom isn’t unique — it’s the story of thousands of white-label tech products. Good hardware (sometimes), terrible software, and a support website that looks like it was last updated when the CD-ROM was king. No WiFi networks appear
Alex downloads the real driver from a community forum (not the sketchy Maxicom site) — the official Realtek 8812BU driver from 2022, properly signed by Microsoft. He uninstalls the Maxicom driver, installs the Realtek one, and it works instantly — without disabling Secure Boot. installs the Realtek one