The RTL8139 C+ Fast Ethernet NIC is a network device manufactured by RealTek. 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. This update - "AsoundLanrtl8139.zip" - has an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars based on 13 reviews, and has been downloaded 3,129 times. Our users report success installing this driver update on PCs running Windows XP. The total disk space used for this update is 1.1 MB.
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AsoundLanrtl8139.zip (1.1 MB)
5.503.326.2002 (2002-03-26) via .inf
Ver 5.03 from Realtek supports the RTL8139 family, Win95,98,98SE,ME,2000,NT,XP see readme included in this zip file.
I have the ALS-100 R 10/100 card it worked!
Thomas (DG Member) on 4-Dec-2003
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The following files are found inside the driver download file.
| Name | Size | Date |
|---|---|---|
| WIN2000/R8139n5.sys | 47.9 KB | 26 Mar 2002 |
| WIN2000/Netrts2K.cat | 7.4 KB | 11 Apr 2002 |
| WIN2000/Netrts5.INF | 19.2 KB | 29 Mar 2002 |
| WIN95A/NETRTS.INF | 8.4 KB | 23 Jul 2001 |
| WIN95A/RTL8139.SYS | 36.9 KB | 23 Aug 2001 |
| WIN98/R8139n5.sys | 47.9 KB | 26 Mar 2002 |
| WIN98/Netrts.cat | 8.1 KB | 11 Apr 2002 |
| WIN98/Netrts5.INF | 19.2 KB | 29 Mar 2002 |
| WINME/R8139n5.sys | 47.9 KB | 26 Mar 2002 |
| WINME/Netrts.cat | 8.1 KB | 11 Apr 2002 |
| WINME/Netrts5.INF | 19.2 KB | 29 Mar 2002 |
| WINXP/R8139n51.sys | 45.6 KB | 26 Mar 2002 |
| WINXP/NetrtsXP.cat | 7.4 KB | 2 Apr 2002 |
| WINXP/Netrts51.INF | 17.6 KB | 29 Mar 2002 |
| data1.cab | 466.8 KB | 16 May 2002 |
| data2.cab | 32.9 KB | 16 May 2002 |
| ikernel.ex_ | 344.9 KB | 5 Sep 2001 |
| layout.bin | 417 bytes | 16 May 2002 |
| Setup.exe | 56.3 KB | 5 Sep 2001 |
| Setup.ini | 130 bytes | 16 May 2002 |
| W95OSR2/NETRTS.INF | 7.5 KB | 23 Jul 2001 |
| W95OSR2/RTL8139.SYS | 37.4 KB | 23 Aug 2001 |
| SETUP.TXT | 2.5 KB | 11 Oct 2001 |