Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8168/8111 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC how to download and install the driver

Realtek RTL8168/8111 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC is a Network Adapters device. The developer of this driver was Realtek Semiconductor Corp.. PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_8168&SUBSYS_01071025&REV_01 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Install Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8168/8111 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC driver manually

1. Download the setup file for Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8168/8111 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 5.714.0122.2009 dated 2009-01-22.
2.  
3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (UAC) is enabled then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
4.  
5. Go through the driver installation wizard, which should be pretty straightforward. The driver installation wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
6.  
7. Shutdown and restart your computer and enjoy the fresh driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
8.  

This driver is digitally signed.
File size of the driver: 158581 bytes (154.86 KB)
Driver rating 4.8 stars out of 71198 votes.
This driver was released for the following versions of Windows:

• 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 Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8168/8111 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The most important 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, not just this one. How can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Open DriverMax and press on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to analyze each driver on your PC.
2.  
3. Take a look at the list of driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8168/8111 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC driver. Click on Update.
4.  
5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
6.