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 device. This driver was developed by Realtek. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_8169&SUBSYS_0CC0105B; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Manually install Realtek Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family PCI GBE NIC driver

1. Download the setup file for Realtek Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family PCI GBE NIC driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 6.222.0504.2009 dated 2009-05-04.
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3. Run the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is enabled then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver setup wizard, which should be pretty straightforward. The driver setup wizard will scan 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.
File size of the driver: 190117 bytes (185.66 KB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.6 stars out of 41798 votes.
This driver is 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. 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 install 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 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 scan and 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 locate the Realtek Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family PCI GBE NIC driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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