Vista - Realtek RTL8101

Veiks · 05-01-2009

I bought a new Fujitsu Siemens Amilo Li3170 with Windows Vista Home Basic, and then upgraded it with Windows Vista Ultimate. Most things seem to run fine, but a fatal element missing is the net connection. Something is wrong with the wireless network adapter, because a notice: The network adapter “Realtek RTL8101 Family PCI-E Fast Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.0)” is experiencing driver or hardware related issues.
Previous version of Vista used to work smoothly?
What should be done?

**AstaLaVista** · 05-01-2009

I would download the latest driver for it from Realtek, uninstall the one you have now, restart and install a fresh copy... never let Windows update drivers on its own via Windows Update.

Veiks · 05-05-2009

Thanks for the idea. I followed the advice - uninstall, RS and install the new drivers, but the machine is still numb. Seems that the drivers on the Realtek homepage
Realtek
Realtek
are just not compatible with it.
Any alternatives?

happyhobby · 05-27-2009

I had the same problem with my dell.
I went onto the Hewlett Packard website and downloaded to disk this update.
Realtek RTL81XX Series LAN Driver Update

I then ran the update & problem gone.

05-01-2009	#1 (permalink)
Veiks Vista Ultimate 2 posts	Realtek RTL8101 I bought a new Fujitsu Siemens Amilo Li3170 with Windows Vista Home Basic, and then upgraded it with Windows Vista Ultimate. Most things seem to run fine, but a fatal element missing is the net connection. Something is wrong with the wireless network adapter, because a notice: The network adapter “Realtek RTL8101 Family PCI-E Fast Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.0)” is experiencing driver or hardware related issues. Previous version of Vista used to work smoothly? What should be done?
My System Specs

05-01-2009	#2 (permalink)
AstaLaVista Vista x64 + Windows 7 x64 (Ultimate) 1,213 posts	Re: Realtek RTL8101 I would download the latest driver for it from Realtek, uninstall the one you have now, restart and install a fresh copy... never let Windows update drivers on its own via Windows Update.
My System Specs

05-05-2009	#3 (permalink)
Veiks Vista Ultimate 2 posts	Re: Realtek RTL8101 Thanks for the idea. I followed the advice - uninstall, RS and install the new drivers, but the machine is still numb. Seems that the drivers on the Realtek homepage Realtek Realtek are just not compatible with it. Any alternatives?
My System Specs

05-27-2009	#4 (permalink)
happyhobby Vista business 32 bit 1 posts	Re: Realtek RTL8101 I had the same problem with my dell. I went onto the Hewlett Packard website and downloaded to disk this update. Realtek RTL81XX Series LAN Driver Update I then ran the update & problem gone.
My System Specs

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