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 hardware device. This Windows driver was developed by Realtek. In order to make sure you are downloading the exact right driver the hardware id is PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_8169&SUBSYS_80071509.

1. Realtek Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family PCI GBE NIC - install the driver 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 dated 2009-01-20.
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3. Start the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is started then you will have to confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver installation wizard, which should be pretty straightforward. 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 fresh 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: 176024 bytes (171.90 KB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.4 stars out of 20553 votes.
This driver was released 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. Using DriverMax to install Realtek Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family PCI GBE NIC driver

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 easy can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Open DriverMax and push on the yellow button named ~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 detected driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Realtek Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family PCI GBE NIC driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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