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

Realtek RTL8168B/8111B Family PCI-E GBE NIC is a Network Adapters device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Realtek Semiconductor Corp.. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_8168&SUBSYS_010C1025&REV_01.

1. Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8168B/8111B Family PCI-E GBE NIC driver - how to install it manually

1. Download the setup file for Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8168B/8111B Family PCI-E GBE NIC driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 5.718.0323.2009 released on 2009-03-23.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your UAC (User Access Control) is started 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 installation wizard, which should be quite straightforward. The driver installation wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your computer and enjoy the updated driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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Realtek Semiconductor Corp. applied a digital signature to this driver.
The file size of this driver is 166452 bytes (162.55 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.1 stars out of 39511 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 RTL8168B/8111B Family PCI-E GBE 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 with DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Start DriverMax and press on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to analyze each driver on your computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of detected driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8168B/8111B Family PCI-E GBE NIC driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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