Realtek Realtek RTL8168D/8111D Family PCI-E GBE NIC - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Realtek RTL8168D/8111D Family PCI-E GBE NIC is a Network Adapters hardware device. This driver was developed by Realtek. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_8168&SUBSYS_04011028&REV_03.

1. How to manually install Realtek Realtek RTL8168D/8111D Family PCI-E GBE NIC driver

1. You can download from the link below the driver installer file for the Realtek Realtek RTL8168D/8111D Family PCI-E GBE NIC driver. The archive contains version 6.222.0504.2009 released on 2009-05-04 of the driver.
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3. Start the driver installer file from a user account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is running please confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver installation wizard, which will guide you; it should be pretty easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will scan your PC and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes shutdown and restart your computer in order to use the updated driver. It is as simple as that to install a Windows driver!
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This driver is digitally signed by the manufacturer.
Driver file size: 190117 bytes (185.66 KB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.1 stars out of 25958 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 RTL8168D/8111D Family PCI-E GBE NIC driver using DriverMax: the easy way

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

1. Open DriverMax and press 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 detected driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the Realtek Realtek RTL8168D/8111D Family PCI-E GBE NIC driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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