Realtek Realtek RTL8168D/8111D Family PCI Gigabit Ethernet NIC NDIS 6.0 - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Realtek RTL8168D/8111D Family PCI Gigabit Ethernet NIC NDIS 6.0 is a Network Adapters hardware device. This Windows driver was developed by Realtek. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_8168&SUBSYS_816810EC&REV_03; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Install Realtek Realtek RTL8168D/8111D Family PCI Gigabit Ethernet NIC NDIS 6.0 driver manually

1. Download the driver setup file for Realtek Realtek RTL8168D/8111D Family PCI Gigabit Ethernet NIC NDIS 6.0 driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 6.206.0502.2008 released on 2008-05-02.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (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 setup wizard, which should be quite straightforward. The driver setup wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your computer 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: 131369 bytes (128.29 KB)
This driver received an average rating of 4 stars out of 35698 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. Installing the Realtek Realtek RTL8168D/8111D Family PCI Gigabit Ethernet NIC NDIS 6.0 driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The most important 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. How can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Start DriverMax and click on the yellow button that says ~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 driver updates. Search the list until you find the Realtek Realtek RTL8168D/8111D Family PCI Gigabit Ethernet NIC NDIS 6.0 driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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