Atheros Atheros AR8151 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver download and installation

Atheros AR8151 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller is a Network Adapters hardware device. This Windows driver was developed by Atheros. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_1969&DEV_1073; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Atheros Atheros AR8151 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller - install the driver manually

1. Download the setup file for Atheros Atheros AR8151 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 1.0.0.44 dated 2010-08-24.
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3. Run the driver setup file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is running then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver setup wizard, which should be pretty easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and restart your PC and enjoy the new driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed by Atheros.
Download size of the driver: 80581 bytes (78.69 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 5 stars out of 25734 votes.
This driver is fully compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Vista 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 64 bits

2. How to use DriverMax to install Atheros Atheros AR8151 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver

The most important advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install the driver for you in the easiest possible way and it will keep each driver up to date. How can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Open DriverMax and click on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and analyze each driver on your computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of detected driver updates. Search the list until you locate the Atheros Atheros AR8151 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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