Realtek Realtek RTL8101E Family PCI-E FE NIC - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Realtek RTL8101E Family PCI-E FE NIC is a Network Adapters hardware device. This Windows driver was developed by Realtek. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_8136&SUBSYS_801F1509&REV_01; this string has to match your hardware.

1. 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 is the download link for the driver version 6.222.0504.2009 dated 2009-05-04.
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3. Start 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 confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver installation wizard, which should be pretty easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will analyze 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.
Download size of the driver: 190117 bytes (185.66 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.9 stars out of 34130 votes.
This driver will work 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. How to install Realtek Realtek RTL8101E Family PCI-E FE NIC driver using DriverMax

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 can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Start DriverMax and press 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 locate the Realtek Realtek RTL8101E Family PCI-E FE NIC driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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