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 device. This Windows driver was developed by Realtek. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_8169&SUBSYS_80201509; this string has to match your hardware.

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

1. You can download from the link below the driver installer file for the Realtek Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family PCI GBE NIC driver. The archive contains version 6.216.0120.2009 dated 2009-01-20 of the driver.
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3. Start the driver installer file from a user account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control (UAC) is running 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 quite easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will analyze your PC and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes restart your PC in order to use the updated driver. It is as simple as that to install a Windows driver!
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Realtek applied a digital signature to this driver.
Download size of the driver: 178135 bytes (173.96 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.4 stars out of 64609 votes.
This driver is fully 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. 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 can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Start DriverMax and press on the yellow button named ~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 available driver updates. Search the list until you locate the Realtek Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family PCI GBE NIC driver. Click on Update.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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