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

Realtek RTL8101E Family PCI-E FE NIC is a Network Adapters device. This driver was developed by Realtek Semiconductor Corp.. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_8136&SUBSYS_C2161631&REV_01; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Manually install Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8101E Family PCI-E FE NIC driver

1. You can download from the link below the driver setup file for the Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8101E Family PCI-E FE NIC driver. The archive contains version 5.718.0323.2009 dated 2009-03-23 of the driver.
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3. Run the driver installer file from a user account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is running please accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver installation wizard, which will guide you; it should be pretty easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will scan your computer and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes restart your PC in order to use the updated driver. As you can see it was quite smple to install a Windows driver!
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This driver is digitally signed.
Driver file size: 166452 bytes (162.55 KB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.2 stars by 65702 users.
This driver is compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• 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 Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8101E Family PCI-E FE NIC driver using DriverMax

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, not just this one. How can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Open DriverMax and press on the yellow button that says ~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 detected driver updates. Search the list until you locate the Realtek Semiconductor Corp. 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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