Download and install Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8101E Family PCI-E FE NIC driver

Realtek RTL8101E Family PCI-E FE NIC is a Network Adapters hardware device. This Windows driver was developed by Realtek Semiconductor Corp.. In order to make sure you are downloading the exact right driver the hardware id is PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_8136&SUBSYS_E03B1631&REV_01.

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

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 5.724.0423.2009 released on 2009-04-23 of the driver.
2.  
3. Run the driver installer file from a user account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is enabled please confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
4.  
5. Follow the driver setup wizard, which will guide you; it should be pretty easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will analyze your PC and will install the right driver.
6.  
7. When the operation finishes shutdown and restart your PC in order to use the updated driver. As you can see it was quite smple to install a Windows driver!
8.  

Realtek Semiconductor Corp. applied a digital signature to this driver.
Driver file size: 181142 bytes (176.90 KB)
Driver rating 4.9 stars out of 97655 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 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 install the driver for you in just a few seconds and it will keep each driver up to date. How can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Open DriverMax and push on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to analyze each driver on your computer.
2.  
3. Take a look at the list of driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8101E Family PCI-E FE NIC driver. Click on Update.
4.  
5. Finished installing the driver!
6.