Realtek Semiconductor Corp. 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 Semiconductor Corp.. PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_8139&SUBSYS_82081071 is the matching hardware id of this device.

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

1. Download the driver setup file for Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC driver from the link below. This download link is for the driver version 5.659.1012.2006 dated 2006-10-12.
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3. Run the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (UAC) is running then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver installation wizard, which should be pretty easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and restart your PC and enjoy the updated driver, it is as simple as that.
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This driver was not digitally signed.

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2. Installing the Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC driver using DriverMax: the easy way

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

1. Start DriverMax and press 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 detected driver updates. Search the list until you locate the Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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