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We have a desktop computer here which has Ubuntu installed. We want to install Windows 7 on an identical computer, but now have no network connection. Windows doesn't recognize the network card.

On the Ubuntu PC I executed the following command:

lspci | awk '/net/ {print $1}' | xargs -i% lspci -ks %
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 06)
    Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Motherboard
    Kernel driver in use: r8169
    Kernel modules: r8169

When I search for Windows drivers using RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express (or other combinations) I only get Linux results.

Where can I find the Windows driver for this network card?

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Try here:

http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=13&PFid=5&Level=5&Conn=4&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false

Otherwise, I would suggest you look up your motherboard model on the Gigabyte support website and download the ethernet driver from there.

Hope this helps..

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I found two versions of the driver :

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