Realtek Realtek RTL8101E Family PCI-E Fast Ethernet NIC NDIS 6.0 - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Realtek RTL8101E Family PCI-E Fast Ethernet NIC NDIS 6.0 is a Network Adapters device. This Windows driver was developed by Realtek. In order to make sure you are downloading the exact right driver the hardware id is PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_8136&SUBSYS_732B1462&REV_01.

1. Install Realtek Realtek RTL8101E Family PCI-E Fast Ethernet NIC NDIS 6.0 driver manually

1. Download the setup file for Realtek Realtek RTL8101E Family PCI-E Fast Ethernet NIC NDIS 6.0 driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 6.2082.0907.2008 released on 2008-09-07.
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3. Start the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your UAC (User Access Control) 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 setup wizard, which should be quite easy to follow. 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, as you can see it was quite smple.
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Realtek applied a digital signature to this driver.
File size of the driver: 126337 bytes (123.38 KB)
Driver rating 4.6 stars out of 94818 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. Installing the Realtek Realtek RTL8101E Family PCI-E Fast Ethernet NIC NDIS 6.0 driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install 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 push on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and analyze each driver on your computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of detected driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the Realtek Realtek RTL8101E Family PCI-E Fast Ethernet NIC NDIS 6.0 driver. Click on Update.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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