Driver for Realtek Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family PCI GBE NIC - downloading and installing it

Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family PCI GBE NIC is a Network Adapters device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Realtek. PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_8169&SUBSYS_044AA0A0 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Realtek Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family PCI GBE NIC driver - how to install it manually

1. Download the setup file for Realtek Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family PCI GBE NIC driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 6.216.0120.2009 released on 2009-01-20.
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3. Start the driver setup file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your UAC (User Access Control) is started then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver installation wizard, which should be quite easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your PC and enjoy the updated driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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Realtek applied a digital signature to this driver.
Size of this driver: 178135 bytes (173.96 KB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.8 stars out of 27429 votes.
This driver is 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 RTL8169/8110 Family PCI 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 the easiest possible way and it will keep each driver up to date. How easy can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's take a look!

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 PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the Realtek Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family PCI GBE NIC driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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