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. The developer of this driver was Realtek. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_8139&SUBSYS_921E1509; this string has to match your hardware.

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

1. Download the driver setup file for Realtek Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC driver from the location below. This is the download link 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 User Access Control (UAC) is enabled 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 setup wizard, which should be pretty easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and restart your computer and enjoy the updated driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed.
Size of this driver: 55151 bytes (53.86 KB)
Driver rating 4.5 stars out of 28173 votes.
This driver will work 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. The easy way: 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 easy can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Start DriverMax and push on the yellow button that says ~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 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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