Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8102E Family PCI-E Fast Ethernet NIC how to download and install the driver

Realtek RTL8102E Family PCI-E Fast Ethernet 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_17731854&REV_02; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Manually install Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8102E Family PCI-E Fast Ethernet NIC driver

1. Download the setup file for Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8102E Family PCI-E Fast Ethernet NIC driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 5.702.0806.2008 released on 2008-08-06.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative 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. Go through the driver setup wizard, which should be quite straightforward. The driver setup 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 fresh driver, it is as simple as that.
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This driver is digitally signed.
Size of this driver: 120679 bytes (117.85 KB)
Driver rating 4 stars out of 30378 votes.
This driver was released for 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. Installing the Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8102E Family PCI-E Fast Ethernet NIC driver using DriverMax: the easy way

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. How easy can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's take a look!

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 computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of detected driver updates. Search the list until you find the Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8102E Family PCI-E Fast Ethernet NIC driver. Click on Update.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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