Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8102E/RTL8103E Family PCI-E Fast Ethernet NIC - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Realtek RTL8102E/RTL8103E Family PCI-E Fast Ethernet NIC is a Network Adapters hardware device. This driver was developed by Realtek Semiconductor Corp.. PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_8136&SUBSYS_813610EC&REV_02 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. How to manually install Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8102E/RTL8103E Family PCI-E Fast Ethernet NIC driver

1. Download the driver setup file for Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8102E/RTL8103E Family PCI-E Fast Ethernet NIC driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 5.708.1030.2008 dated 2008-10-30.
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3. Start the driver installation file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control (UAC) 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. Go through the driver installation wizard, which should be quite straightforward. The driver installation wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and restart your computer and enjoy the new driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed by Realtek Semiconductor Corp..
Download size of the driver: 129242 bytes (126.21 KB)
Driver rating 4.4 stars out of 73056 votes.
This driver is compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• 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. Installing the Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8102E/RTL8103E Family PCI-E Fast Ethernet NIC driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The most important 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 with DriverMax? Let's see!

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 computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of available driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8102E/RTL8103E Family PCI-E Fast Ethernet NIC driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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