Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8102E Family PCI-E Fast Ethernet NIC driver download and installation

Realtek RTL8102E Family PCI-E Fast Ethernet NIC is a Network Adapters hardware device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Realtek Semiconductor Corp.. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_8136&SUBSYS_C2151631&REV_02; this string has to match your hardware.

1. How to 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 link below. This download link is for the driver version 5.702.0806.2008 dated 2008-08-06.
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3. Run the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (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 pretty easy to follow. 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 PC and enjoy the fresh driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed by Realtek Semiconductor Corp..
Size of this driver: 120679 bytes (117.85 KB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.1 stars out of 32006 votes.
This driver will work 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 most important 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 see!

1. Start DriverMax and click 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 locate the Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8102E Family PCI-E Fast Ethernet NIC driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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