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. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_1186&DEV_4300&SUBSYS_11864300; 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 location below. This is the download link for the driver version 6.222.0504.2009 released on 2009-05-04.
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3. Start the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your UAC (User Access Control) is enabled 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 setup wizard, which should be quite easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your computer 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.
Driver file size: 190117 bytes (185.66 KB)
This driver was rated with an average of 5 stars by 58053 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. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Realtek Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family PCI GBE NIC driver

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will setup the driver for you in just a few seconds and it will keep each driver up to date, not just this one. How can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Open DriverMax and push 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 driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Realtek Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family PCI GBE NIC driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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