Realtek Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC driver download and installation

Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC is a Network Adapters hardware device. This Windows driver was developed by Realtek. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_8139&SUBSYS_596C1462; this string has to match your hardware.

1. How to manually install Realtek Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC driver

1. You can download from the link below the driver installer file for the Realtek Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC driver. The archive contains version 5.504.613.2002 released on 2002-07-02 of the driver.
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3. Start the driver installer file from a user account with the highest privileges (rights). If your UAC (User Access Control) is running please confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver setup wizard, which will guide you; it should be quite easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will scan your PC and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes shutdown and restart your PC in order to use the updated driver. It is as simple as that to install a Windows driver!
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This driver is digitally signed by Realtek.
Driver file size: 50467 bytes (49.28 KB)
Driver rating 4.7 stars out of 97398 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. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Realtek Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC driver

The most important 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 can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Start DriverMax and push on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and analyze each driver on your computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of detected driver updates. Search the list until you find the Realtek Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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