Driver for Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8168C P /8111C P Family PCI-E GBE NIC - downloading and installing it

Realtek RTL8168C P /8111C P Family PCI-E GBE NIC is a Network Adapters device. This Windows driver was developed by Realtek Semiconductor Corp.. PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_8168&SUBSYS_82FF1043&REV_02 is the matching hardware id of this device.

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

1. Download the driver setup file for Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8168C P /8111C P Family PCI-E GBE NIC driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 5.724.0423.2009 dated 2009-04-23.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your UAC (User Access Control) is enabled then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through 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 computer and enjoy the fresh driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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Realtek Semiconductor Corp. applied a digital signature to this driver.
Download size of the driver: 181142 bytes (176.90 KB)
Driver rating 5 stars out of 86600 votes.
This driver was released for 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. How to install Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8168C P /8111C P Family PCI-E GBE NIC driver using DriverMax

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 press 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 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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