NetXtreme II 1 Gigabit Drivers

Below you will find the latest drivers for Broadcom's NetXtreme II 1 Gigabit Ethernet controllers:
5706, 5708, 5709, 5716

Previous driver versions can be found on our archive page.

IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ BELOW
Due to the advanced software architecture of the NetXtreme II 1 Gigabit adapter, the installation/uninstallation of drivers is only supported through a driver installer. Manually installing/uninstalling the drivers through the Device Manager is not recommended.

To ensure a more seamless upgrade, please attempt to update the drivers for the NetXtreme II 1 Gigabit adapter through the drivers provided by the manufacturer of the system containing this device.

NetXtreme II 1 Gigabit Drivers

Version  Date Size 
12.26.02  08/28/09  Download Zip File
8MB 
12.26.02  08/28/09  Download Zip File
8MB 
12.26.02  08/28/09  Download Zip File
9MB 
12.26.02  08/28/09  Download Zip File
8MB 
12.26.02  08/28/09  Download Zip File
9MB 
12.26.02  08/28/09  Download Zip File
8MB 
12.26.02  08/28/09  Download Zip File
9MB 
12.26.02  08/28/09  Download Zip File
8MB 
12.26.02  08/28/09  Download Zip File
9MB 
12.26.02  08/28/09  Download Zip File
9MB 
12.26.02  08/28/09  Download Zip File
8MB 
12.26.02  08/28/09  Download Zip File
9MB 
1.9.20b_1.50.13  08/28/09  Download Zip File
2MB 
5.0.0  08/28/09  Download Zip File
23KB 
5.0.0  08/28/09  Download Zip File
25KB 
5.0.1  08/28/09  Download Zip File
163KB 
4.6.2  03/11/09  Download Zip File
2MB 
3.5.11  04/18/08  Download Zip File
2MB 
4.6.1  04/27/09  Download Zip File
174KB 
4.4.1  08/12/08  Download Zip File
196KB 

Windows Remote Installation Service (RIS) Drivers

IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ BELOW
Due to limitations in Microsoft's operating systems not supporting the Virtual Bus Device architecture of the NetXtreme II 1 Gigabit adapter under certain circumstances, separate drivers were created to address these limitations. The NetXtreme II monolithic "RIS" driver allows the adapter to behave similarly to standard network adapters and only provides network connectivity without the advanced offerings of the device. The monolithic driver should be used for connectivity during the text mode portion of a RIS installation (by placing in the I386 or AMD64 platform directory), in a Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE), and for the agent used for Microsoft's Automated Deployment Services (ADS).

Version  Date Size 
5.0.0  08/28/09  Download Zip File
168KB 
5.0.0  08/28/09  Download Zip File
169KB 
5.0.0  08/28/09  Download Zip File
173KB 
  09/26/06  Download Text File
3KB 

Windows Management Applications

These installers will not upgrade existing installations of Broadcom Management and Driver Apps; therefore, the existing installer must be removed and doing so will lose any settings and customizations.

Version  Date Size 
12.30.03  08/28/09  Download Zip File
27MB 
12.30.03  08/28/09  Download Zip File
28MB 

DOS Diagnostic Utilities

How to run User Diagnostic for a BCM5706/08/09 NetXtreme II Device:

  1. Create a bootable CD using the xdiag ISO file
  2. Boot to DOS using this CD
  3. Choose option one on the FreeDOS 1.0 Final Cut CD menu
  4. Choose option "Install to HD using FD setup
  5. Run FreeDOS from CD ROM (return to command prompt)
  6. cd to xdiag and run xudiag

Version  Date Size 
5.0.5  08/28/09  Download ISO image
10MB