Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8101E Family PCI-E FE NIC how to download and install the driver

Realtek RTL8101E Family PCI-E FE NIC is a Network Adapters hardware device. This Windows driver was developed by Realtek Semiconductor Corp.. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_8136&SUBSYS_010C1025&REV_01.

1. Install Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8101E Family PCI-E FE NIC driver manually

1. Download the setup file for Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8101E Family PCI-E FE NIC driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 5.724.0423.2009 released on 2009-04-23.
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3. Start the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your UAC (User Access Control) is running then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver setup wizard, which should be pretty straightforward. The driver setup wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your computer and enjoy the updated driver, it is as simple as that.
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Realtek Semiconductor Corp. applied a digital signature to this driver.
Size of this driver: 181142 bytes (176.90 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4 stars out of 82343 votes.
This driver was released for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Vista 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 64 bits

2. How to use DriverMax to install Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8101E Family PCI-E FE NIC driver

The most important 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. How can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Start DriverMax and press on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and analyze each driver on your PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of available driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8101E Family PCI-E FE NIC driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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