VIA VT86C100A Rhine I Fast Ethernet Adapter Driver Download
The VT86C100A Rhine I Fast Ethernet Adapter is a network device manufactured by VIA. Issues like weak Wi-Fi signal, slow DNS lookup, duplicate IP addresses, slow network and excessive CPU usage can be solved by updating this driver. Visitors have downloaded this file "13538_01.exe" 413 times with an aggregate rating of 5 out of 5 stars based on 14 reviews. It has been installed successfully by our users on PCs running Windows Vista and Windows XP. The total disk space used for this update is 512.0 KB.
Supported Models
Q-tec 590N PCI (#13538)
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VIA VT86C100A Rhine I Fast Ethernet Adapter
Manufacturers
Supported Operating Systems
Windows 2003, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows ME, Windows 98SE, Windows 98
File Name
Versions
1.1 (20-Feb-2004)
3.02.0.0320 (2002-01-14) via .inf
Additional Notes
Q-tec 590N PCI Network Card (#13538)with VIA chipset.
Windows 98/ME/2000/XP supported.
Uploaded By
Jerry K (DG Member) on 15-Dec-2006
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Driver Contents File List
The following files are found inside the driver download file.
| Name | Size | Date |
|---|---|---|
| CLIENT32/FETNWSRV.INF | 7.8 KB | 25 Jan 2002 |
| CLIENT32/FETNWSRV.LAN | 22.7 KB | 25 Jan 2002 |
| CLIENT32/FETNWSRV.LDI | 50.4 KB | 28 Jan 2002 |
| CNT32DOS.TXT | 2.3 KB | 22 May 2002 |
| CNT32W95.TXT | 1.8 KB | 22 May 2002 |
| DIAG.EXE | 418.9 KB | 21 Jan 2002 |
| DIAG.TXT | 3.1 KB | 24 Jan 2002 |
| DOSODI.TXT | 5.4 KB | 22 May 2002 |
| DOSODI/FETODI.COM | 64.7 KB | 8 Apr 2002 |
| DOSODI/FETODI.INS | 461 bytes | 3 Jan 2002 |
| DOSODI/NET.CFG | 504 bytes | 26 Oct 2001 |
| FETND.DOS | 63.0 KB | 1 Feb 2002 |
| FETND3.SYS | 45.9 KB | 14 Jan 2002 |
| FETND4.SYS | 47.1 KB | 14 Jan 2002 |
| FETND5A.SYS | 36.9 KB | 14 Jan 2002 |
| FETNDIS.INF | 24.1 KB | 14 Jan 2002 |
| FETODI.COM | 64.7 KB | 31 Jan 2002 |
| HELP.COM | 17.8 KB | 29 Aug 1997 |
| HELPME.MNU | 833 bytes | 23 May 2002 |
| LINUX.TXT | 10.4 KB | 22 May 2002 |
| NETVT.CAT | 23.8 KB | 7 Feb 2002 |
| NTUTIL.DLL | 147.5 KB | 14 Dec 2001 |
| NW456.TXT | 4.5 KB | 10 Jun 2002 |
| NWCLIENT/DOSODI/FETODI.COM | 64.7 KB | 8 Apr 2002 |
| OEMSETUP.INF | 75.1 KB | 17 Jan 2002 |
| PCIENUM.SYS | 4.2 KB | 9 Oct 2001 |
| SRVRODI.456/FETNWSRV.LAN | 63.9 KB | 15 May 2002 |
| SRVRODI.456/FETNWSRV.LDI | 62.7 KB | 3 Apr 2002 |
| WIN2K.TXT | 1.2 KB | 23 May 2002 |
| WIN95.TXT | 1.4 KB | 23 May 2002 |
| WIN98.TXT | 1.4 KB | 23 May 2002 |
| WINME.TXT | 1.3 KB | 23 May 2002 |
| WINNDI.DLL | 12.7 KB | 26 Oct 2001 |
| WINNT.TXT | 2.5 KB | 23 May 2002 |
| WINXP.TXT | 1.1 KB | 23 May 2002 |
| readme inf.txt | 7.6 KB | 28 Jul 2003 |
| rhinefet.tar | 38.8 KB | 22 May 2002 |
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