Many early laptops used infrared ports for communications and as time went on they started removing them 2010 onward. Adapters have been used to get around this issue for many years now under a bunch of different brands.
USB-IrDA is a fast IrDA infrared port. It can be used to establish wireless serial and network links to other computers.
KC Technology IRXpress USB IrDA Driver
File: irxpress-usb-serial.zip
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USB 2.0 IrDA Bridge x64 Driver
File: usb-2-0-irda-bridge-x64.zip
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USB 2.0 IrDA Bridge x86 Driver
File: usb-2-0-irda-bridge-x86.zip
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IRXON SMH-IR750 IrDA Adapter/IR770: Mini USB FIR adapter Driver
File: 750.zip
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SigmaTel USB-IrDA Adapter Driver
File: U2IrDA-Infineon.zip
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ASIX USB-Infrared Adapter Driver
File: MCS7780_Windows_32bit_Driver_v1.3.1.0_WHCK_Binary.zip
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