Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family Gigabit Ethernet NIC - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family Gigabit Ethernet NIC is a Network Adapters device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Realtek Semiconductor Corp.. In order to make sure you are downloading the exact right driver the hardware id is PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_8169&SUBSYS_05721558.

1. Install Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family Gigabit Ethernet NIC driver manually

1. You can download from the link below the driver setup file for the Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family Gigabit Ethernet NIC driver. The archive contains version 5.719.0325.2009 dated 2009-03-25 of the driver.
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3. Start the driver installer file from a user account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (UAC) is enabled please confirm the installation 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 pretty 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 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 not digitally signed.
Download size of the driver: 166023 bytes (162.13 KB)
This driver was rated with an average of 3.7 stars by 96821 users.
This driver is fully compatible with 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. Installing the Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family Gigabit Ethernet NIC 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, not just this one. How easy can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Start DriverMax and click on the yellow button named ~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 Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family Gigabit Ethernet NIC driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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