Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8168D/8111D/8112L Family PCI-E GBE NIC - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Realtek RTL8168D/8111D/8112L Family PCI-E GBE NIC is a Network Adapters hardware device. This Windows driver was developed by Realtek Semiconductor Corp.. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_8168&SUBSYS_83A31043&REV_03.

1. Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8168D/8111D/8112L Family PCI-E GBE NIC driver - how to install it manually

1. You can download from the link below the driver setup file for the Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8168D/8111D/8112L Family PCI-E GBE NIC driver. The archive contains version 5.718.0323.2009 released on 2009-03-23 of the driver.
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3. Run the driver installer file from a user account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is enabled 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 scan your PC and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes 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 by Realtek Semiconductor Corp..
Download size of the driver: 166452 bytes (162.55 KB)
Driver rating 4.6 stars out of 33496 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. Using DriverMax to install Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8168D/8111D/8112L Family PCI-E GBE NIC driver

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 can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Start DriverMax and push on the yellow button that says ~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 driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8168D/8111D/8112L Family PCI-E GBE NIC driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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