The RTL8101L 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 version of "oem-8139_500_.zip" has been downloaded 171 times with a user rating of 4 out of 5 stars, based on 10 reviews. The total disk space used for this update is 3.5 MB.
RTL8101L
Realtek RTL8019 for Novell Netware Client 32
Realtek RTL8029 for Novell Netware Client 32
Realtek RTL8139 C+ Fast Ethernet NIC
Realtek RTL8139 for Novell Netware Client 32
Realtek RTL8139/810X Family CardBus Fast Ethernet NIC
Realtek RTL8139/810X Family CardBus Fast Ethernet NIC(for Win95A)
Realtek RTL8139/810X Family Fast Ethernet NIC
Not Applicable
5.00 (1-Aug-2002)
5.504.613.2002 (2002-06-13) via .inf
RTL8101L
10/100M Fast Ethernet
OEM disk for users and manufacturers (LAN Card)
Kesavan (DG Staff Member) on 8-Dec-2006
The following files are found inside the driver download file.
Name | Size | Date |
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oem-8139(500)/EXE/BROM/GUIDE.TXT | 669 bytes | 14 Aug 2000 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/CLIENT32/ODIRTL.INF | 14.7 KB | 28 Jan 1999 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/CLIENT32/RTSSRV.LAN | 86.9 KB | 3 Apr 2002 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/CLIENT32/RTSSRV.LDI | 9.4 KB | 3 Aug 2001 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/DMI/95LOADER/EN07D.VXD | 10.3 KB | 24 Jun 1999 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/DMI/95LOADER/EN07D5.VXD | 10.3 KB | 23 Jun 1999 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/DMI/95LOADER/EN1207D.EXE | 103.4 KB | 16 May 2002 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/DMI/NTLOADER/EN1207D.EXE | 33.9 KB | 16 May 2002 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/DMI/SETUP.EXE | 44.9 KB | 4 Nov 1996 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/DMI/SETUP.INS | 5.6 KB | 18 Aug 1998 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/DMI/WINEXE/INSTALL.EXE | 27.7 KB | 16 May 2002 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/DMI/WINEXE/REMOVE.EXE | 27.8 KB | 16 May 2002 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/DMI/WINSYS/EN1207D.MIF | 8.0 KB | 22 Jun 1999 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/DMI/WINSYS/WCDMI.DLL | 21.5 KB | 7 Dec 1997 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/DMI/_INST32I.EX_ | 320.3 KB | 5 Nov 1996 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/DMI/_ISDEL.EXE | 8.2 KB | 7 Sep 1995 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/DMI/_SETUP.DLL | 6.1 KB | 30 Sep 1996 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/DMI/_SETUP.LIB | 175.2 KB | 18 Aug 1998 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/FILEPATH.LST | 625 bytes | 14 Aug 2000 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/FREEBSD/rtl8139_8169.zip | 30.0 KB | 4 Jul 2002 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/FREEBSD/rtl8139_8169.zip/rtl8139_8169/Readme.txt | 1.6 KB | 4 Jul 2002 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/FREEBSD/rtl8139_8169.zip/rtl8139_8169/if_rl.c | 44.2 KB | 10 Jun 2002 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/FREEBSD/rtl8139_8169.zip/rtl8139_8169/if_rlreg.h | 17.1 KB | 10 Jun 2002 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/FREEBSD/rtl8139_8169.zip/rtl8139_8169/modules/if_rl.ko | 21.5 KB | 10 Jun 2002 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/HELP8139.EXE | 37.9 KB | 14 Aug 1997 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/HISTORY.DOC | 93.7 KB | 23 Jul 2002 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/LINUX/GUIDE.TXT | 2.5 KB | 15 Aug 2000 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/MACOS/INSTALL.TXT | 5.1 KB | 13 Jun 2000 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/MACOS/RTL8139xV310.sit | 25.4 KB | 4 Jan 2002 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/MACOSX/INSTALL.TXT | 747 bytes | 2 Oct 2001 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/MACOSX/rtl8139_release111.pkg.tar.gz | 39.1 KB | 4 Jul 2002 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/MAINMENU.TXT | 871 bytes | 29 Jul 2002 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/MSLANMAN.DOS/DRIVERS/ETHERNET/RTL8139/PROTOCOL.INI | 65 bytes | 27 May 1998 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/MSLANMAN.DOS/DRIVERS/ETHERNET/RTL8139/RTSND.DOS | 53.8 KB | 28 Jul 1999 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/MSLANMAN.DOS/DRIVERS/NIF/RTL8139.NIF | 191 bytes | 12 May 1997 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/MSLANMAN.OS2/DRIVERS/ETHERNET/RTL8139/PROTOCOL.INI | 64 bytes | 27 May 1998 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/MSLANMAN.OS2/DRIVERS/ETHERNET/RTL8139/RTSND.OS2 | 37.3 KB | 7 Jan 1999 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/MSLANMAN.OS2/DRIVERS/NIF/RTL8139.NIF | 190 bytes | 1 Jul 1997 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/NDIS2DOS/OEMSETUP.INF | 641 bytes | 1 Jun 1998 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/NDIS2DOS/PROTOCOL.INI | 65 bytes | 27 May 1998 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/NDIS2DOS/RTL8139.NIF | 2.1 KB | 22 Jun 1999 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/NDIS2DOS/RTSND.DOS | 53.8 KB | 28 Jul 1999 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/NDIS2OS2/PROTOCOL.INI | 64 bytes | 27 May 1998 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/NDIS2OS2/RTL8139.NIF | 2.1 KB | 22 Jun 1999 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/NDIS2OS2/RTSND.OS2 | 37.3 KB | 7 Jan 1999 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/NETRTS.INF | 9.3 KB | 4 Oct 2001 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/NETRTS5.___ | 17.5 KB | 19 Jul 2002 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/NETRTSM.___ | 16.9 KB | 19 Jul 2002 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/NETRTS_A.___ | 10.2 KB | 4 Oct 2001 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/NT351/OEMSETUP.INF | 48.3 KB | 25 Aug 1998 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/NT351/RTL8139.SYS | 35.8 KB | 29 Dec 2000 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/NWCLIENT/DOS/NET.CFG | 2.0 KB | 4 Nov 1997 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/NWCLIENT/DOS/RTSODI.COM | 55.5 KB | 16 Aug 2001 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/NWCLIENT/DOS/RTSODI.INS | 671 bytes | 24 Oct 1997 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/NWCLIENT/OS2/RTSOS2.SYS | 79.0 KB | 7 May 1998 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/NWSERVER/311/ETHERTSM.NLM | 9.2 KB | 23 Aug 1994 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/NWSERVER/311/LSLENH.NLM | 11.6 KB | 16 Nov 1992 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/NWSERVER/311/MONITOR.NLM | 117.8 KB | 26 Oct 1992 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/NWSERVER/311/MSM31X.NLM | 21.3 KB | 23 Aug 1994 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/NWSERVER/311/PATCHMAN.NLM | 9.6 KB | 4 Feb 1993 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/NWSERVER/311/RTSSRV.LAN | 57.3 KB | 26 Jun 2000 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/NWSERVER/312/ETHERTSM.NLM | 13.1 KB | 8 Dec 1997 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/NWSERVER/312/MSM31X.NLM | 69.0 KB | 2 Dec 1997 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/NWSERVER/312/NBI31X.NLM | 38.1 KB | 17 Oct 1997 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/NWSERVER/312/RTSSRV.LAN | 86.9 KB | 3 Apr 2002 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/NWSERVER/312/RTSSRV.LDI | 9.4 KB | 3 Aug 2001 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/NWSERVER/40/ETHERTSM.NLM | 9.4 KB | 29 Nov 1994 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/NWSERVER/40/MSM.NLM | 20.3 KB | 23 Nov 1994 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/NWSERVER/40/RTSSRV.LAN | 86.9 KB | 3 Apr 2002 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/NWSERVER/40/RTSSRV.LDI | 9.4 KB | 3 Aug 2001 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/NWSERVER/41X/ETHERTSM.NLM | 12.0 KB | 30 Apr 1998 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/NWSERVER/41X/MSM.NLM | 76.4 KB | 21 Apr 1998 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/NWSERVER/41X/NBI.NLM | 20.4 KB | 17 Oct 1997 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/NWSERVER/41X/RTSSRV.LAN | 86.9 KB | 3 Apr 2002 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/NWSERVER/41X/RTSSRV.LDI | 9.4 KB | 3 Aug 2001 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/NWSERVER/42_5X/RTSSRV.LAN | 86.9 KB | 3 Apr 2002 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/NWSERVER/42_5X/RTSSRV.LDI | 9.4 KB | 3 Aug 2001 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/OEMSETUP.INF | 49.2 KB | 21 Aug 2001 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/README.TXT | 6.8 KB | 23 Jul 2002 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/RSET8139.EXE | 93.7 KB | 12 Dec 2001 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/RTOS/GUIDE.TXT | 1.0 KB | 14 Aug 2000 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/RTSPKT/PACKET.TXT | 3.6 KB | 17 Jun 2002 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/RTSPKT/RTSPKT.COM | 33.7 KB | 17 Jun 2002 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/SCO/4.X/DRIVER.O | 41.0 KB | 10 Sep 1999 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/SCO/4.X/INFO | 95 bytes | 26 Oct 1997 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/SCO/4.X/INIT | 20.6 KB | 26 Oct 1997 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/SCO/4.X/INSTALL | 1.2 KB | 26 Oct 1997 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/SCO/4.X/MASTER | 77 bytes | 26 Oct 1997 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/SCO/4.X/NODE | 31 bytes | 26 Oct 1997 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/SCO/4.X/README.DOC | 2.7 KB | 18 Nov 1996 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/SCO/4.X/RECONF | 18.4 KB | 26 Oct 1997 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/SCO/4.X/REMOVE | 8.5 KB | 26 Oct 1997 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/SCO/4.X/SPACE.C | 1.1 KB | 26 Oct 1997 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/SCO/4.X/SYSTEM | 76 bytes | 26 Oct 1997 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/SCO/5.X/8139.VOL | 32.8 KB | 17 Dec 2001 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/SCO/5.X/SETUP | 523 bytes | 20 Nov 2001 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/SCO/TXT/SCO5.TXT | 2.5 KB | 3 Mar 1998 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/SETUP.TXT | 2.5 KB | 11 Oct 2001 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/Setup.exe | 56.3 KB | 5 Sep 2001 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/Setup.ini | 168 bytes | 9 Jul 2002 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/TXT/GENERAL/DIRS.TXT | 4.4 KB | 16 Aug 2000 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/TXT/GENERAL/FILES.TXT | 6.4 KB | 15 Aug 2000 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/TXT/IBM/IBM.TXT | 36 bytes | 7 Jun 1994 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/TXT/IBM/LANSVR23.TXT | 6.5 KB | 10 Feb 1999 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/TXT/IBM/LANSVR40.TXT | 4.6 KB | 10 Feb 1999 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/TXT/MS/MS.TXT | 44 bytes | 31 May 1994 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/TXT/MS/MS98NT5.TXT | 1.9 KB | 23 Jul 2002 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/TXT/MS/MSCLIENT.TXT | 3.7 KB | 10 Feb 1999 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/TXT/MS/MSLANMAN.TXT | 3.1 KB | 19 Jun 1997 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/TXT/MS/MSNT.TXT | 2.8 KB | 26 Jul 1999 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/TXT/MS/MSWFW311.TXT | 5.5 KB | 10 Feb 1999 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/TXT/MS/MSWIN95.TXT | 1.5 KB | 29 Jul 1999 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/TXT/NETWARE/CLIENT32.TXT | 5.0 KB | 19 Jun 1997 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/TXT/NETWARE/NETWARE.TXT | 41 bytes | 31 May 1994 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/TXT/NETWARE/NW311.TXT | 4.2 KB | 28 Jan 1999 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/TXT/NETWARE/NW312.TXT | 4.1 KB | 28 Jan 1999 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/TXT/NETWARE/NW40.TXT | 3.9 KB | 28 Jan 1999 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/TXT/NETWARE/NW41X.TXT | 3.3 KB | 28 Jan 1999 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/TXT/NETWARE/NW42_5X.TXT | 3.2 KB | 15 Aug 2000 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/TXT/NETWARE/NWODIDOS.TXT | 4.0 KB | 1 Jun 1999 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/TXT/NETWARE/NWODIOS2.TXT | 2.1 KB | 7 Apr 1999 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/TXT/OTHERS/LANTAS60.TXT | 4.5 KB | 27 Jan 1999 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/TXT/OTHERS/OTHER.TXT | 46 bytes | 16 May 1994 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/TXT/OTHERS/PACKET.TXT | 2.5 KB | 19 Jun 1997 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/TXT/UNIX/LINUX.TXT | 2.7 KB | 15 Aug 2000 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/TXT/UNIX/SCO4.TXT | 4.1 KB | 19 Jun 1997 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/TXT/UNIX/SCO5.TXT | 2.5 KB | 3 Feb 1999 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/TXT/UNIX/UNIX.TXT | 39 bytes | 31 May 1994 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/TXT/UNIX/UW7.TXT | 1.9 KB | 26 May 1999 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/UW7/INSTALL.TXT | 2.0 KB | 2 Aug 2001 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/UW7/RTSPKG.TAR | 48.1 KB | 2 Aug 2001 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/VERSION.TXT | 71 bytes | 18 Jul 2002 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/W95OSR2/NETRTS.INF | 8.3 KB | 4 Oct 2001 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/W95OSR2/RTL8139.SYS | 37.4 KB | 23 Aug 2001 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/WFW311/OEMSETUP.INF | 644 bytes | 29 May 1998 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/WFW311/PROTOCOL.INI | 63 bytes | 29 May 1998 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/WFW311/RTSND.386 | 30.3 KB | 29 May 1998 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/WFW311/RTSND.DOS | 53.8 KB | 28 Jul 1999 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/WFW311/RTSODI.COM | 55.5 KB | 16 Aug 2001 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/WIN2000/Netrts2k.cat | 7.6 KB | 24 Jun 2002 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/WIN2000/Netrts5.INF | 19.2 KB | 13 Jun 2002 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/WIN2000/R8139n5.sys | 47.9 KB | 13 Jun 2002 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/WIN95A/NETRTS.INF | 8.4 KB | 23 Jul 2001 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/WIN95A/RTL8139.SYS | 36.9 KB | 23 Aug 2001 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/WIN98/Netrts.cat | 7.5 KB | 24 Jun 2002 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/WIN98/Netrts5.INF | 19.2 KB | 13 Jun 2002 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/WIN98/R8139n5.sys | 47.9 KB | 13 Jun 2002 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/WINDIAG/SETUP.EXE | 1.1 MB | 9 Jan 2002 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/WINME/Netrts.cat | 7.6 KB | 24 Jun 2002 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/WINME/Netrts5.INF | 19.2 KB | 13 Jun 2002 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/WINME/R8139n5.sys | 47.9 KB | 13 Jun 2002 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/WINNT4/OEMSETUP.INF | 49.8 KB | 31 Jan 2002 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/WINNT4/r8139n4.sys | 61.8 KB | 13 Jun 2002 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/WINXP/Netrts51.INF | 17.6 KB | 13 Jun 2002 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/WINXP/Netrtsxp.cat | 7.6 KB | 1 Jul 2002 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/WINXP/R8139n51.sys | 45.6 KB | 13 Jun 2002 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/data1.cab | 466.8 KB | 9 Jul 2002 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/data1.cab/Setup9x_Program/RTLRMV9X.EXE | 7.4 KB | 25 Jun 2015 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/data1.cab/Setup9x_Program/refresh.exe | 20.0 KB | 25 Jun 2015 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/data1.cab/Setup9x_Program/rtldel9x.exe | 11.8 KB | 25 Jun 2015 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/data1.cab/Setup_Program/rtlsetn5.exe | 33.1 KB | 25 Jun 2015 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/data1.cab/_Engine_Engine_Files/corecomp.ini | 28.5 KB | 25 Jun 2015 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/data1.cab/_Engine_ScriptEngine/iscript.dll | 225.3 KB | 25 Jun 2015 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/data1.cab/_Engine_SelfRegistering/ctor.dll | 77.8 KB | 25 Jun 2015 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/data1.cab/_Engine_SelfRegistering/iuser.dll | 176.1 KB | 25 Jun 2015 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/data1.cab/_Engine_SelfRegistering/objectps.dll | 32.8 KB | 25 Jun 2015 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/data1.cab/_Support_English_Files/_IsRes.dll | 258.0 KB | 25 Jun 2015 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/data1.cab/_Support_English_String_Tables/VALUE.SHL | 326 bytes | 25 Jun 2015 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/data1.cab/_Support_Non-SelfRegistering/default.pal | 1.2 KB | 25 Jun 2015 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/data1.cab/_Support_Non-SelfRegistering/isrt.dll | 331.8 KB | 25 Jun 2015 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/data2.cab | 32.9 KB | 9 Jul 2002 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/data2.cab/Setup9x_Program/RTLRMV9X.EXE | 7.4 KB | 25 Jun 2015 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/data2.cab/Setup9x_Program/refresh.exe | 20.0 KB | 25 Jun 2015 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/data2.cab/Setup9x_Program/rtldel9x.exe | 11.8 KB | 25 Jun 2015 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/data2.cab/Setup_Program/rtlsetn5.exe | 33.1 KB | 25 Jun 2015 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/data2.cab/_Engine_Engine_Files/corecomp.ini | 28.5 KB | 25 Jun 2015 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/data2.cab/_Engine_ScriptEngine/iscript.dll | 225.3 KB | 25 Jun 2015 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/data2.cab/_Engine_SelfRegistering/ctor.dll | 77.8 KB | 25 Jun 2015 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/data2.cab/_Engine_SelfRegistering/iuser.dll | 176.1 KB | 25 Jun 2015 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/data2.cab/_Engine_SelfRegistering/objectps.dll | 32.8 KB | 25 Jun 2015 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/data2.cab/_Support_English_Files/_IsRes.dll | 258.0 KB | 25 Jun 2015 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/data2.cab/_Support_English_String_Tables/VALUE.SHL | 326 bytes | 25 Jun 2015 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/data2.cab/_Support_Non-SelfRegistering/default.pal | 1.2 KB | 25 Jun 2015 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/data2.cab/_Support_Non-SelfRegistering/isrt.dll | 331.8 KB | 25 Jun 2015 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/ikernel.ex_ | 344.9 KB | 5 Sep 2001 |
oem-8139(500)/EXE/layout.bin | 417 bytes | 9 Jul 2002 |
oem-8139(500)/RELEASE.DOC | 93.7 KB | 23 Jul 2002 |
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