Driver for Realtek Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family PCI Gigabit Ethernet NIC NDIS 6.0 - downloading and installing it

Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family PCI Gigabit Ethernet NIC NDIS 6.0 is a Network Adapters hardware device. The Windows version of this 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_0C1B105B.

1. Realtek Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family PCI Gigabit Ethernet NIC NDIS 6.0 driver - how to install it manually

1. Download the driver setup file for Realtek Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family PCI Gigabit Ethernet NIC NDIS 6.0 driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 6.214.1211.2008 dated 2008-12-11.
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3. Start the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (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. Go through the driver setup wizard, which should be quite straightforward. The driver setup wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and restart your PC and enjoy the fresh driver, it is as simple as that.
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Realtek applied a digital signature to this driver.
File size of the driver: 165689 bytes (161.81 KB)
Driver rating 4.1 stars out of 23045 votes.
This driver was released for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Vista 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 64 bits

2. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Realtek Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family PCI Gigabit Ethernet NIC NDIS 6.0 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, not just this one. How can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Start DriverMax and push on the yellow button that says ~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 driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Realtek Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family PCI Gigabit Ethernet NIC NDIS 6.0 driver. Click on Update.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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