Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8168C P /8111C P Family PCI-E GBE NIC - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Realtek RTL8168C P /8111C P Family PCI-E GBE NIC is a Network Adapters hardware device. This driver was developed by Realtek Semiconductor Corp.. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_8168&SUBSYS_60451509&REV_02.

1. How to manually install Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8168C P /8111C P Family PCI-E GBE NIC driver

1. Download the setup file for Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8168C P /8111C P Family PCI-E GBE NIC driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 5.724.0423.2009 released on 2009-04-23.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (UAC) 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. Follow 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. Shutdown and restart your computer and enjoy the updated driver, it is as simple as that.
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Realtek Semiconductor Corp. applied a digital signature to this driver.
Size of this driver: 181142 bytes (176.90 KB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.9 stars by 7199 users.
This driver is compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Vista 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 64 bits

2. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8168C P /8111C P Family PCI-E GBE NIC driver

The most important 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. How easy can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Open 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 RTL8168C P /8111C P 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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