How To Download And Install Realtek Ethernet Drivers

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In today's computing device there is almost always an Ethernet port to allow a user to connect to the internet unless the device is retrofitted with a wireless adapter to allow WiFi connectivity. There are a number of brands in the market responsible for making NIC(Network Interface Cards) one of such makers is Realtek Semiconductor Corp. This tutorial will show you how to identify, source and install the necessary drivers for your Realtek powered Ethernet port.

■We'll need to first shortlist the version of Realtek NIC we have onboard our system by looking through the motherboard or product's manual/package/specifications page under the network heading. For the sake of this tutorial we're using an ASRock FM2A85X-ITX motherboard and it has the Realtek RTL8111E NIC onboard.




■Although the drivers necessary for optimal functioning of the Realtek NIC si available off ASRock's website, often times it's either outdated or for most of us we'd like to have the latest drivers there are.




■Open your web browser and type http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/ into the address bar and hit enter.

■On the left hand pane hover over Communications Network ICs.




■Moving further to Network Interface Controllers.




■Moving further on to 10/100/1000M Gigabit Ethernet.




■Then to PCI Express (as was seen in step 1).




■Until you reach Software to click on it.




■The NIC's displayed under the title Software: Drivers & Utilities shows all the supported devices the drivers take care of.




■Beneath which lies a chart with description, version, update time alongside a link to download the support package from.




■Once you've verified the drivers corresponding to the OS version, click on the respective link at the far right hand corner and save it onto a suitable destination




■Locate the zipped file and extract it to a destination of your choosing.




■Locate the executable tagged Setup.exe within the extracted folder and run it in an elevated command, i.e; Right click and Run as Administrator.




■Proceed with installing the drivers by clicking on Next.




■Click Finish to close the installer window.




You have successfully installed drivers meant for your Realtek powered Ethernet port.