Please keep us updated in this thread. It seems you have been unlucky. How did you get in touch with Realtek?

I can confirm that after uninstalling and deleting the driver software, and restarting, Windows 10 installed driver version 8.35.716.2014 upon the restart.

No issues all afternoon.

Edit: and...

Has anyone tried uninstalling the driver from Device Manager and then restarting pretty much straight away? The driver Windows 10 installs upon restart seems stable enough so far...

I can confirm my "recipe" has failed, even after also trying the suggestion



seen above.

I have just put my laptop to sleep and emptied the washing machine. Upon my return my ethernet works after I woke my laptop up.

Edit: I'd like to insist you try my recipe from scratch and post...

Me too.

My recipe for potential success:
1) Download the Windows 8 version of the driver from TechSpot.
http://www.techspot.com/downloads/drivers/essentials/realtek-pcie-lan/

2) Unzip and...

...and make sure it is a *private* network. Instructions below.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/6815-network-location-set-private-public-windows-10-a.html?ltr=N

Sorry, can confirm that you should download the Windows 8 version of the driver.

Update.

Just experienced it not even recognising the ethernet cable was plugged in. Had to disable and then re-enable it in network settings.

Still, this driver version seems to work the best...

I can confirm that I had this issue with the Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller.

The suggestion seen below



works, but only if you have driver version 8.35.716.2014 dated 16/07/2014. You can...