Realtek Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family PCI GBE NIC - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family PCI GBE NIC is a Network Adapters hardware device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Realtek. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_8169&SUBSYS_0C5B105B; this string has to match your hardware.

1. How to manually install Realtek Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family PCI GBE NIC driver

1. Download the driver setup file for Realtek Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family PCI GBE NIC driver from the link below. This download link is for the driver version 6.216.0120.2009 dated 2009-01-20.
2.  
3. Start the driver installation file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your UAC (User Access Control) is enabled then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
4.  
5. Go through the driver installation wizard, which should be pretty easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
6.  
7. Shutdown and restart your computer and enjoy the fresh driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
8.  

This driver is digitally signed.
Size of this driver: 178135 bytes (173.96 KB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.7 stars by 17211 users.
This driver will work for 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. How to use DriverMax to install Realtek Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family PCI GBE NIC driver

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 take a look!

1. Start DriverMax and press on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to analyze each driver on your PC.
2.  
3. Take a look at the list of detected driver updates. Search the list until you locate the Realtek Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family PCI GBE NIC driver. Click the Update button.
4.  
5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
6.