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. This driver was developed by Realtek. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_8139&SUBSYS_0A411019; this string has to match your hardware.

1. How to 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 location below. This download link is for the driver version 5.505.1004.2002 released on 2003-04-30.
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3. Start the driver installation file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (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. Follow 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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Realtek applied a digital signature to this driver.
The file size of this driver is 55151 bytes (53.86 KB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.9 stars out of 78210 votes.
This driver was released for 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. Installing the Realtek Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install the driver for you in just a few seconds and it will keep each driver up to date. How easy can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Open DriverMax and click 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. Search the list until you locate the Realtek Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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