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Realtek LAN Driver for Windows Vista 32 and 64 bit - ThinkPad SL300, SL400 and SL500
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This package provides the LAN driver for Windows XP users. The LAN driver enables or updates the LAN function of Realtek LAN. This package installs the software (RealTek LAN Driver) to enable the following device.

Device name in the Device Manager
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Realtek RTL8168C(P)/8111C(P) Family PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.0)

This release supports the following systems:

- ThinkPad SL300, SL400, SL500
File details
Version: 6.205.403.2008
Release Date: 2008/10/01
 File link     File size     File description
6ar504ww.exe     5,216,464     RealTek LAN Driver

6ar504ww.txt     4,806     README for RealTek LAN Driver

Additional information
Contents
Summary of changes
Installation instructions
Determining which version is installed

Summary of changes

Version 6.205.403.2008

  • (New) (Initial release) Support for ThinkPad SL300, SL400, SL500
Installation instructions

Manual Install

  1. Start Windows Vista and logon with administrative privileges.
  2. Double-click the driver package to extract it to your hard drive. The default location is C:\DRIVERS\Vista\ETHRTK.
  3. Click Start, then click All Programs.
  4. Click Accessories, then click Run..
  5. Specify SETUP.EXE with the full path name where you extracted the package in the step 2, and click OK. Example: C:\DRIVERS\Vista\ETHRTK\SETUP.EXE
  6. Follow the instructions on the screen.
  7. Click Finish to reboot the system to complete the installation.
Unattended Install

This is for system administrators' use only.

  1. Start Windows Vista and logon with administrative privileges.
  2. Double-click the driver package to extract it to your hard drive. The default location is C:\DRIVERS\Vista\ETHRTK.
  3. Click Start, then click All Programs.
  4. Click Accessories, then click Run..
  5. Specify SETUP.EXE -s with the full path name where you extracted the package in the step 2, and click OK. Example: C:\DRIVERS\Vista\ETHRTK\SETUP.EXE -s
  6. Follow the instructions on the screen.
  7. Click Finish to reboot the system to complete the installation.

Determining which version is installed
  1. Click Start, then click Control Panel.
  2. Click System and Maintenance, then click System.
  3. Click Device Manager.
  4. Click the + sign in front of the Network adapters category.
  5. Double-click 'Realtek RTL8168C(P)/8111C(P) Family PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.0)'
  6. Click the 'Driver' tab. Then you will see the Driver Version.
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Document id:  MIGR-69989
Last modified:  2008-10-14
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