One of the problems that the user may encounter after reinstalling Windows- lack of a driver for the network adapter ( network driver) for a wired or wireless network.
And if there is no driver disk at hand, you will have to look for the driver and download it using another device that has Internet access.
In this article, we will consider an algorithm that will avoid the troubles that may arise after installing the OS.
What is a driver? This is the program by which the computer's operating system communicates with the device's hardware ( motherboard, video card, network card, printer, scanner, MFP, etc.).
Drivers are developed by companies that produce computer components and peripherals that interact with a PC (for example, office equipment).
Often, modern operating systems (including Windows 7) already have a certain set of drivers that allow you to work with the main components of the computer, we will consider the case when such programs are not available.
A feature of the situation when the network driver is not installed is the inability to use programs for automatic installation drivers, since they all use the Internet connection for their work, and since the network driver is not installed, there is no access to the Internet.
The user, as a rule, encounters the installation of network adapter drivers in the following cases:
1. After buying a new computer and the absence of an installed OS on it.
2. After installing the operating system.
3. After the failure of the network adapter drivers.
To solve the problems that arise in the first case, you need to look for the disks that come with the computer. On the disk with the drivers for the motherboard is what we need.
In the past few years, a trend has clearly formed that involves the rejection of the use of optical drives not only among laptop manufacturers, but also desktop PCs.
Users who independently choose the components from which their computer will be assembled also refuse to install a DVD drive.
Advice! We recommend downloading all required drivers(not just network) to a separate directory on your hard drive and/or flash drive. This will avoid situations when, after installing the operating system, you will need to look for a drive or PC (tablet, phone) to download drivers from a disk or the Internet.
Installing the network driver
The driver installation procedure can be conditionally divided into 2 stages: hardware identification and driver installation.
In order to identify manufacturers and specific models equipment, a coding system for models and brands of computer components was developed.
As a rule, the code for the network adapter is as follows: PCI/VEN_xxxx&DEV_xxxx&SUBSYS_xxxxxx, where VEN_xxxx is the equipment manufacturer's identifier (Vendor ID), DEV_xxxx is the equipment model code (Device ID).
Step 1. Hardware identification
In order to find out the code, click Start, enter "Device Manager" in the search field and go to the appropriate menu.
Next, you need to find the submenu "Network adapters" or "Other devices" and click right click mouse on one of the submenu items, for example, in our case it will be "Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller".
Step 2: Install/Update Network Adapter Driver
After we have learned the equipment identifier, we should copy its name (right-click - copy) and enter it in the browser search field. Downloading necessary program, you can start installing it.
Similar actions will be in case of updating the network driver.
To install / update the network adapter driver, you need to go to the "Device Manager" as described earlier. Select the required item and context menu, which is available by clicking the right mouse button, select the item "Update drivers ...".
Select "Search for driver software on this computer".
We go to the directory in which we recently downloaded everything we need, using the "Browse" button, click "Next" and wait for the end of the driver installation process.
There is also an opinion that if you update (reinstall) the network driver, you must first uninstall the old one, after which you should install the new one.
Important! To delete already installed driver you need to go to the "Device Manager", select the network adapter, right-click and select "Delete" in the context menu. After that, the system will warn that the device driver will be removed, agree by clicking "OK".
Driver Updater by Carambis
If you need to search universal programs, which are able to function on different operating systems: we mean utilities for creating group policies, programs for cleaning the system from viruses and, of course, software for working with OS drivers - best solution will use the program Carambis Driver updater.
Thanks to Driver Updater, you can not only get the necessary software but good savings too. After all, one purchase of a subscription allows you to connect two computers at once.
As for the process of work, the utility does an excellent job with the tasks. Now you do not need to fix the errors of the connected hardware components on each computer.
Setting automatic search and installing updates now independently updates all devices.
But, if you need to speed up your computer, we recommend using another utility from the same manufacturer - Carambis Cleaner.
Its capabilities:
- Comprehensive optimization of the operating system;
- The ability to delete components and temporary files that are no longer used and are not needed for the OS to work;
- Remove all OS error reports;
- Quick registry cleaning;
- Ability to delete files that the user selects;
- Removal installed programs in the main window of the program with a few clicks.
Remember, files that have been deleted by the program cannot be recovered (unlike the usual deletion procedure using the built-in OS functions). Run diagnostics on your computer several times a month to keep your system in good working order.
How to Install Network Adapter Driver Without Internet Access
Network adapter driver - detailed instructions for installation
Realtek Ethernet Controller Drivers. Driver specifications
Updated 2018 drivers for network Ethernet PCI adapters of the Realtek family embedded in motherboards. Designed for installation on Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10. To automatically install the network card driver, unzip the archive and run the file setup.exe .
Driver versions:
- 5.676.0919.2007 - Windows XP
- 6.112.0123.2014/106.35.1003.2017 - Windows Vista
- 7.116.0119.2018 - Windows 7
- 8.062.0119.2018 - Windows 8/8.1
- 10.025.0119.2018 - Windows 10
Attention! Before Installing the Driver recommended to remove it old version. Uninstalling the driver is especially necessary when replacing hardware or before installing new video card drivers. You can find out more about this in the section
Screenshot of archive files
Screenshots of installing Realtek Ethernet Controller Drivers
Downloads (info)
Supported Devices (Hardware IDs):
| RTL8101/2/6E PCI Express Fast/Gigabit Ethernet controller | |
| Realtek PCIe FE Family Controller | |
| Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8100/8101L/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter | |
| Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller | |
| Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8110SC/8169SC Gigabit Ethernet | |
| Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller | |
One of the problems that a user may encounter after reinstalling Windows is the lack of a driver for the network adapter (network driver) for wired or.
And if there is no driver disk at hand, then you will have to look for the driver and download it using another device that has Internet access.
In this article, we will consider an algorithm that will avoid the troubles that may arise after installing the OS.
What is a driver?
This is a program with which the computer operating system interacts with the hardware of the device (motherboard, video card, network card, printer, scanner, MFP, etc.).
Drivers are developed by companies that produce computer components and peripherals that interact with a PC (for example, office equipment).
Often, modern operating systems (including and) already have a certain set of drivers that allow you to work with the main components of a computer, we will consider the case when such programs are not available.
The peculiarity of the situation when the network driver is not installed is that it is not possible to use programs for automatic driver installation, since all of them use the Internet connection for their work, and since the network driver is not installed, there is no access to the Internet.
The user, as a rule, encounters the installation of network adapter drivers in the following cases:
1. After buying a new computer and the absence of an installed OS on it.
3. After the failure of the network adapter drivers.
To solve the problems that arise in the first case, you need to look for the disks that come with the computer.
In the past few years, a trend has clearly formed that involves the rejection of the use of optical disc drives not only among laptop manufacturers, but also desktop PCs.
Users who independently choose the components from which their computer will be assembled also refuse to install a DVD drive.
Advice! We recommend that you download all the necessary drivers (not just network drivers) to a separate directory on your hard drive and/or flash drive. This will avoid situations when, after installing the operating system, you will need to look for a drive or PC (tablet, phone) to download drivers from a disk or the Internet.
Installing the network driver
After downloading the necessary program, you can proceed to install it.
Similar actions will be in case of updating the network driver.
To install / update the network adapter driver, you need to go to the "Device Manager" as described earlier.
Select the required item and in the context menu, which is available by clicking the right mouse button, select the item "Update drivers ...".
Select "Search for driver software on this computer".
We go to the directory in which we recently downloaded everything we need, using the "Browse" button, click "Next" and wait for the end of the driver installation process.
There is also an opinion that if you update (reinstall) the network driver, you must first uninstall the old one, after which you should install the new one.
Important! To remove an already installed driver, you need to go to the "Device Manager", select the network adapter, right-click and select "Delete" in the context menu. After that, the system will warn that the device driver will be removed, agree by clicking "OK".
Driver Updater by Carambis
If you have a need to search for universal programs that can function on different operating systems: we mean utilities for creating group policies, programs for cleaning the system from viruses and, of course, software for working with OS drivers - the best solution would be to use Carambis programs driver updater.
Thanks to Driver Updater, you can not only get the software you need, but also save a lot of money.
After all, one purchase of a subscription allows you to connect two computers at once.
As for the process of work, the utility does an excellent job with the tasks.
Now you do not need to fix the errors of the connected hardware components on each computer.
Configuring automatic search and installation of updates now independently updates all devices.
But, if you need to speed up your computer, we recommend using another utility from the same manufacturer -.
Its capabilities:
- Comprehensive optimization of the operating system;
- The ability to delete components and temporary files that are no longer used and are not needed for the OS to work;
- Remove all OS error reports;
- Quick registry cleaning;
- Ability to delete files that the user selects;
- Uninstall installed programs in the main program window with a few clicks.
Remember, files that have been deleted by the program cannot be recovered (unlike the usual deletion procedure using the built-in OS functions).
Run diagnostics on your computer several times a month to keep your system in good working order.
How to Install Network Adapter Driver Without Internet Access
Network adapter driver - detailed installation instructions
Hello to all! Accidentally found this universal network drivers Realtek cards ... Well, in general, the most popular network cards ... I updated it works great! I advise you too!
Drivers for Realtek network card
Usually the word universal does not sound serious, but these are original drivers, so everything works great, I checked)
First, we check which company you have a network card. This can be done by going to the device manager (right-click on the computer - control - device manager) If you have realtek, then feel free to download and update! Especially if your network card is not working well!
After downloading, select the name of the archive corresponding to your operating system and run setup.exe. Install following the installer's instructions. You may already have drivers installed, then click fix.
Supported Models:
RTL8111, RTL8111B, RTL8111C, RTL8111CP, RTL8111D, RTL8111DP, RTL8111E, RTL8111F, RTL8168, RTL8168B, RTL8168C, RTL8168E, RTL8411, RTL8110S, RTL8110SB, RTL8110SB (L), RTL8110SC, RTL8110S-32, RTL8169S, RTL8169SB, RTL8169SB (L), RTL8169SC, RTL8100, RTL8100B, RTL8100C, RTL8101L, RTL8130, RTL8139C, RTL8139C +, RTL8139B, RTL8139D, RTL8100E, RTL8101E, RTL8101E, RTL8102E, RTL8102E-GR, RTL8103E, RTL8103T, RTL8105E, RTL8401, RTL8401P, RTL8402, RTL8002, RTL8009,
RTL8012, RTL8019AS, RTL8029AS
Supported devices:
Realtek Family PCI GBE Controller
Realtek GBE Controller Family
Realtek PCIe FE Family Controller
"SMC EZ Card 10/100/1000 (SMC9452TX-1)"
D-Link DGE-528T Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
"D-Link DGE-660TD Gigabit CardBus PC Card"
Sitecom Gigabit Ethernet PCI Adapter LN-027
ZyXEL GN680-T Gigabit PCI Adapter
"IO-DATA ETG Gigabit PCI Ethernet Adapter"
"IO-DATA ETG CB Gigabit Ethernet Adapter"
That's all, download Realtek drivers and enjoy 🙂
The modern world is unthinkable without the Internet, so we recommend downloading a network driver for Windows. This is a set of related libraries that allow your network devices to work correctly.
Sometimes there are situations when you reinstalled operating system, and after starting it, the network card does not work. You don't have internet access system drives. This means that there is no way to install or update drivers.
Or it happens that you have installed a new network adapter in your computer or laptop. To make it work, again, you need "firewood". You will also need them if you want to update the software version for your devices.
The problem is that not all users know what network card or adapter they have installed (usually Realtek, but there are others). And even if they know, it is not always clear which driver to install (and there are many of them).
This task can be easily solved by 3DP Net, which will automatically detect a non-working device and select the necessary software from its catalog. No manual manipulations - everything is fully automatic.
Video instruction for installing a network driver after reinstalling Windows
3DP Net system requirements
OS: Windows 10/8/7/XP/Vista
CPU: Intel or AMD
HDD: 150 MB
Type: drivers
Release date: 2018
Developer: 3dpchip.com
Platform: PC
Edition type: final
Interface language: Russian (RUS)
Medicine: not required
Size: 133 Mb
Installing a driver for a network card on a computer and laptop
- Run setup file
- Install the program according to the instructions
- open her
- The window will display information about your network card to be clicked
- You will be prompted to start the installation, click "Next"
- The network should appear, and the Internet should start working.