Realtek Realtek RTL8101E Family PCI-E FE NIC driver download and installation

Realtek RTL8101E Family PCI-E FE NIC is a Network Adapters device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Realtek. PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_8136&SUBSYS_337C1462&REV_01 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. How to manually install Realtek Realtek RTL8101E Family PCI-E FE NIC driver

1. Download the setup file for Realtek Realtek RTL8101E Family PCI-E FE NIC driver from the link below. This download link is for the driver version 6.216.0120.2009 dated 2009-01-20.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is started then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver setup wizard, which should be pretty straightforward. The driver setup wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and restart your computer and enjoy the new driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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Realtek applied a digital signature to this driver.
Driver file size: 178135 bytes (173.96 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.8 stars out of 32852 votes.
This driver was released for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Vista 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 32 bits

2. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Realtek Realtek RTL8101E Family PCI-E FE NIC driver

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will setup the driver for you in the easiest possible way and it will keep each driver up to date, not just this one. How easy can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Open DriverMax and push on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to analyze each driver on your computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Realtek Realtek RTL8101E Family PCI-E FE NIC driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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