Realtek Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC is a Network Adapters device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Realtek. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_8139&SUBSYS_0260A0A0; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Manually install Realtek Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC driver

1. Download the setup file for Realtek Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC driver from the link below. This download link is for the driver version 5.505.1004.2002 released on 2002-11-01.
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3. Start the driver installation file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control (UAC) is running 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 analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your computer and enjoy the fresh driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed by Realtek.
The file size of this driver is 51393 bytes (50.19 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.6 stars out of 24508 votes.
This driver is fully compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 32 bits
• 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. Using DriverMax to install Realtek Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC driver

The 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. How can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Start 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 available driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the Realtek Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC driver. Click on Update.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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