Driver for Realtek Realtek RTL8168B/8111B Family PCI-E GBE NIC - downloading and installing it

Realtek RTL8168B/8111B Family PCI-E GBE NIC is a Network Adapters hardware device. This driver was developed by Realtek. In order to make sure you are downloading the exact right driver the hardware id is PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_8168&SUBSYS_E0001458&REV_01.

1. Install Realtek Realtek RTL8168B/8111B Family PCI-E GBE NIC driver manually

1. You can download from the link below the driver installer file for the Realtek Realtek RTL8168B/8111B Family PCI-E GBE NIC driver. The archive contains version 6.222.0504.2009 dated 2009-05-04 of the driver.
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3. Run the driver installer file from a user account with administrative rights. If your UAC (User Access Control) is started please accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver setup wizard, which will guide you; it should be quite easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will analyze your PC and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes shutdown and restart your computer in order to use the updated driver. As you can see it was quite smple to install a Windows driver!
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This driver is digitally signed.
The file size of this driver is 190117 bytes (185.66 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.7 stars out of 72926 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 RTL8168B/8111B Family PCI-E GBE NIC driver

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, not just this one. How easy can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Start DriverMax and push on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and analyze each driver on your PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of detected driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Realtek Realtek RTL8168B/8111B Family PCI-E GBE NIC driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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