StarTech Realtek RTL8139 Family CardBus Fast Ethernet NIC Driver Download

Download the latest version of the Realtek RTL8139 Family CardBus Fast Ethernet NIC driver for your computer's operating system. This version of "RTL8139.zip" is rated (5 out of 5 stars) based on 7,695 downloads and 52 reviews. Visitors have successfully installed this driver on PCs running Windows XP. The total disk space used for this update is 543.4 KB.

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7,695 Downloads

Supported Models

ST100S

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Manufacturers

StarTech

RealTek

Microsoft

Novell

Supported Operating Systems

Windows 2003, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT4, Windows ME, Windows 98SE, Windows 98, Windows 95

File Name

Versions

5.395.0423.2001 (2001-04-23) via .inf

Additional Notes

Realtek RTL8139 Family Based Fast Ethernet Adapter

File version 5.395.0423.2001

(File date is 2001)

Drivers for many operating systems, but not Win XP.

See the ReadMe file for installation.

The RTL8139 NIC is manufactured/sold under several brand names.

Uploaded By

Bruce A. Johnson (DG Member) on 3-Dec-2001

Most Helpful Reviews

 
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Tested on Windows 98SE
5 Sep 2006
 

Installation: 4 out of 5
Stability: 5 out of 5
Compatibility: 5 out of 5
 
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Driver Contents File List

The following files are found inside the driver download file.

Name Size Date
BOOTROM/B95.TXT 109 bytes 20 Jun 2000
BOOTROM/BOOT95.ZIP 9.1 KB 20 Jun 2000
BOOTROM/BOOT95.ZIP/BOOT95.TXT 27.6 KB 30 Dec 1998
BOOTROM/BOOTROM.TXT 32 bytes 10 Jul 1996
BOOTROM/NETWARE.TXT 5.2 KB 4 Aug 1997
BOOTROM/PROTOCOL.INI 1.1 KB 23 May 1997
BOOTROM/RTL8139.CNF 504 bytes 7 Nov 1997
BOOTROM/SUBOOT/AUTOEXEC.BAT 86 bytes 2 Jan 2001
BOOTROM/SUBOOT/CONFIG.SYS 65 bytes 2 Jan 2001
BOOTROM/SUBOOT/PROTOCOL.INI 355 bytes 31 Jul 1998
BOOTROM/W95BB.CNF 517 bytes 6 Jun 1998
BOOTROM/WINNT.TXT 5.6 KB 24 Sep 1997
CLIENT32/ODIRTL.INF 14.7 KB 28 Jan 1999
CLIENT32/RTSSRV.LAN 57.1 KB 26 Jun 2000
CLIENT32/RTSSRV.LDI 9.3 KB 29 May 2000
CLIENT32/readme.txt 5.0 KB 19 Jun 1997
CONFIG.EXE 92.2 KB 14 Mar 2000
DOC/CKSUM.DAT 6 bytes 11 Jun 2001
DOC/FILEPATH.LST 563 bytes 16 May 2001
DOC/FILES.TXT 3.9 KB 11 Jun 2001
DOC/GETNUM.COM 22 bytes 2 Jul 1996
DOC/MAINMENU.TXT 835 bytes 11 Jun 2001
DOC/RELEASE.DOC 2.7 KB 11 Jun 2001
INSTODI.BAT 2.6 KB 15 Sep 1999
LANTASTI/OTHER.TXT 46 bytes 16 May 1994
LANTASTI/V60/README.TXT 4.5 KB 15 Oct 1997
LINUX/GUIDE.TXT 2.3 KB 30 Aug 2000
MAC/RTL8139xV300.sit 26.1 KB 27 Jun 2000
MAC/readme.txt 5.3 KB 11 Jun 2001
MANUAL.TXT 9.6 KB 18 Sep 2000
MSLANMAN.DOS/DRIVERS/NIF/RTL8139.NIF 189 bytes 25 Sep 1997
NDIS/DOS/OEMSETUP.INF 641 bytes 1 Jun 1998
NDIS/DOS/PROTOCOL.INI 65 bytes 27 May 1998
NDIS/DOS/RTL8139.NIF 2.1 KB 22 Jun 1999
NDIS/DOS/RTSND.DOS 53.8 KB 28 Jul 1999
NDIS/MS.TXT 44 bytes 31 May 1994
NDIS/MSCLIENT.TXT 4.3 KB 15 Oct 1997
NDIS/README.TXT 2.8 KB 30 Aug 2000
NETWARE/DOSODI/NET.CFG 2.0 KB 4 Nov 1997
NETWARE/DOSODI/README.TXT 4.0 KB 24 Sep 1997
NETWARE/DOSODI/RTSODI.COM 55.4 KB 26 Jun 2000
NETWARE/DOSODI/RTSODI.INS 671 bytes 24 Oct 1997
NETWARE/NETWARE.TXT 41 bytes 31 May 1994
NETWARE/SERVER/31X/ETHERTSM.NLM 9.2 KB 23 Aug 1994
NETWARE/SERVER/31X/LSLENH.NLM 11.6 KB 16 Nov 1992
NETWARE/SERVER/31X/MONITOR.NLM 117.8 KB 26 Oct 1992
NETWARE/SERVER/31X/MSM31X.NLM 21.3 KB 23 Aug 1994
NETWARE/SERVER/31X/PATCHMAN.NLM 9.6 KB 4 Feb 1993
NETWARE/SERVER/31X/README.TXT 5.5 KB 30 Aug 2000
NETWARE/SERVER/31X/RTSSRV.LAN 57.3 KB 26 Jun 2000
NETWARE/SERVER/41X/ETHERTSM.NLM 12.0 KB 30 Apr 1998
NETWARE/SERVER/41X/MSM.NLM 76.4 KB 21 Apr 1998
NETWARE/SERVER/41X/NBI.NLM 20.4 KB 17 Oct 1997
NETWARE/SERVER/41X/README.TXT 3.1 KB 17 May 2001
NETWARE/SERVER/41X/RTSSRV.LAN 57.1 KB 26 Jun 2000
NETWARE/SERVER/41X/Rtssrv.ldi 9.3 KB 29 May 2000
NETWARE/SERVER/5x/README.TXT 3.2 KB 17 May 2001
NETWARE/SERVER/5x/RTSSRV.LAN 57.1 KB 26 Jun 2000
NETWARE/SERVER/5x/Rtssrv.ldi 9.3 KB 29 May 2000
NWCLIENT/IPXODI.COM 39.7 KB 11 Jun 1996
NWCLIENT/LSL.COM 18.4 KB 1 Apr 1996
NWCLIENT/NETX.EXE 78.7 KB 3 May 1999
NWCLIENT/STARTNET.BAT 33 bytes 18 Sep 1997
PKTDRV/README.TXT 3.1 KB 25 Mar 1999
PKTDRV/RTSPKT.COM 33.6 KB 3 Oct 2000
README.EXE 29.1 KB 4 Oct 1996
SCO/5.X/8139.VOL 30.2 KB 27 Jan 2000
SCO/5.X/README.DOC 2.5 KB 3 Mar 1998
SCO/5.X/SETUP 505 bytes 3 Jun 1998
SCO/UNIX.TXT 39 bytes 31 May 1994
W98-2000/NETRTS5.CAT 8.0 KB 3 May 2001
W98-2000/NETRTS5.INF 12.6 KB 23 Apr 2001
W98-2000/README.TXT 4.0 KB 17 May 2001
W98-2000/RTL8139.SYS 24.7 KB 23 Apr 2001
WFW31/OEMSETUP.INF 537 bytes 18 Mar 1998
WFW31/PROTOCOL.INI 294 bytes 15 Oct 1997
WFW31/README.TXT 3.5 KB 15 Mar 2000
WFW311/OEMSETUP.INF 787 bytes 30 Aug 2000
WFW311/README.TXT 1.7 KB 24 Sep 1997
WFW311/RTSND.386 30.3 KB 29 May 1998
WIN95/NETRTS.INF 8.3 KB 3 Jan 2001
WIN95/README.TXT 1.8 KB 16 May 2001
WIN95/RTL8139.SYS 35.8 KB 29 Dec 2000
WINME/NETRTS5.INF 12.6 KB 23 Apr 2001
WINME/README.TXT 2.3 KB 17 May 2001
WINME/RTL8139.SYS 24.7 KB 23 Apr 2001
WINME/netrts5.cat 7.3 KB 3 May 2001
WINNT40/OEMSETUP.INF 49.1 KB 3 Jan 2001
WINNT40/README.TXT 2.7 KB 17 May 2001
WINNT40/RTL8139.SYS 37.4 KB 23 Apr 2001

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