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. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Atheros. In order to make sure you are downloading the exact right driver the hardware id is PCI/VEN_1969&DEV_1073.

1. Atheros Atheros AR8151 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver - how to install it manually

1. You can download from the link below the driver setup file for the Atheros Atheros AR8151 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver. The archive contains version 1.0.0.45 released on 2010-08-24 of the driver.
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3. Start the driver installer file from a user account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is started please confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver installation wizard, which will guide you; it should be quite easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will analyze your PC and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes restart your PC in order to use the updated driver. As you can see it was quite smple to install a Windows driver!
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This driver is digitally signed by the manufacturer.
Download size of the driver: 86146 bytes (84.13 KB)
Driver rating 4.2 stars out of 97658 votes.
This driver will work for the following versions of Windows:

• 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. Installing the Atheros Atheros AR8151 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install the driver for you in just a few seconds and it will keep each driver up to date. How can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Open DriverMax and click on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and analyze each driver on your PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of available driver updates. Search the list until you locate the Atheros Atheros AR8151 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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