Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8102E/RTL8103E Family PCI-E Fast Ethernet NIC how to download and install the driver

Realtek RTL8102E/RTL8103E Family PCI-E Fast Ethernet NIC is a Network Adapters hardware device. The developer of this driver was Realtek Semiconductor Corp.. PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_8136&SUBSYS_FF401179&REV_02 is the matching hardware id of this device.

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

1. Download the driver setup file for Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8102E/RTL8103E Family PCI-E Fast Ethernet NIC driver from the link 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 setup file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your UAC (User Access Control) is running then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow 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. Restart your PC and enjoy the fresh driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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Driver file size: 167215 bytes (163.30 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.8 stars out of 57451 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. Installing the Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8102E/RTL8103E Family PCI-E Fast Ethernet NIC driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The most important 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 with DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Open DriverMax and press on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to 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 Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8102E/RTL8103E Family PCI-E Fast Ethernet NIC driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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