Realtek Realtek RTL8168B/8111B Family PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC NDIS 6.0 - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Realtek RTL8168B/8111B Family PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC NDIS 6.0 is a Network Adapters device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Realtek. PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_8168&SUBSYS_058F17FF&REV_01 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Realtek Realtek RTL8168B/8111B Family PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC NDIS 6.0 driver - how to install it manually

1. Download the driver setup file for Realtek Realtek RTL8168B/8111B Family PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC NDIS 6.0 driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 6.208.0729.2008 dated 2008-07-29.
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3. Start the driver installation 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. Follow the driver installation wizard, which should be pretty straightforward. The driver installation wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your PC and enjoy the updated driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed by Realtek.
Size of this driver: 129953 bytes (126.91 KB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.7 stars out of 27795 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. Installing the Realtek Realtek RTL8168B/8111B Family PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC NDIS 6.0 driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will setup the driver for you in just a few seconds and it will keep each driver up to date, not just this one. How can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Start DriverMax and click on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and analyze each driver on your computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of detected driver updates. Search the list until you locate the Realtek Realtek RTL8168B/8111B Family PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC NDIS 6.0 driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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