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 hardware device. This driver was developed by Realtek Semiconductor Corp.. PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_8136&SUBSYS_02E01028&REV_02 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8102E/RTL8103E Family PCI-E Fast Ethernet NIC driver - how to install it manually

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 5.714.0122.2009 released on 2009-01-22.
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3. Start the driver installation 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. Go through the driver installation wizard, which should be quite straightforward. The driver installation wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and restart your PC and enjoy the new driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed.
Driver file size: 167215 bytes (163.30 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.7 stars out of 63971 votes.
This driver will work 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. Using DriverMax to install Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8102E/RTL8103E Family PCI-E Fast Ethernet NIC driver

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will setup the driver for you in just a few seconds and it will keep each driver up to date, not just this one. How easy 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 analyze each driver on your PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of detected driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8102E/RTL8103E Family PCI-E Fast Ethernet NIC driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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