Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8102E/RTL8103E Family PCI-E Fast Ethernet NIC - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Realtek RTL8102E/RTL8103E Family PCI-E Fast Ethernet NIC is a Network Adapters device. This Windows driver was developed by Realtek Semiconductor Corp.. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_8136&SUBSYS_02DF1028&REV_02; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Manually install Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8102E/RTL8103E Family PCI-E Fast Ethernet NIC driver

1. Download the setup file for Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8102E/RTL8103E Family PCI-E Fast Ethernet NIC driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 5.708.1030.2008 released on 2008-10-30.
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3. Start the driver setup file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is enabled then you will have to accept 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 scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your PC and enjoy the fresh driver, it is as simple as that.
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This driver is digitally signed by the manufacturer.
Driver file size: 137531 bytes (134.31 KB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.5 stars out of 35469 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. Installing the Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8102E/RTL8103E 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, not just this one. How can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's take a look!

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 RTL8102E/RTL8103E Family PCI-E Fast Ethernet NIC driver. Click on Update.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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