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. This driver was developed by Realtek Semiconductor Corp.. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_8169&SUBSYS_602F1509.

1. How to manually install Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family Gigabit Ethernet NIC driver

1. Download the driver setup file for Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family Gigabit Ethernet NIC driver from the link below. This download link is for the driver version 5.719.0325.2009 released on 2009-03-25.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (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 pretty 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 new driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver was not digitally signed.
File size of the driver: 166023 bytes (162.13 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 3.3 stars out of 67424 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. Installing the Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family Gigabit Ethernet NIC driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install the driver for you in the easiest possible way and it will keep each driver up to date. How can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Open DriverMax and click on the yellow button that says ~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. Search the list until you find the Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family Gigabit Ethernet NIC driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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