Atheros Atheros AR8151 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

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

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

1. Download the setup file for Atheros Atheros AR8151 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 2.0.11.15 dated 2012-03-02.
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3. Start the driver installation file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control (UAC) is enabled then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver setup wizard, which should be pretty straightforward. The driver setup wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and restart your computer and enjoy the updated driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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Atheros applied a digital signature to this driver.
Driver file size: 91367 bytes (89.23 KB)
Driver rating 4.1 stars out of 67147 votes.
This driver was released for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Vista 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 32 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 just a few seconds and it will keep each driver up to date, not just this one. How easy can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Start DriverMax and click on the yellow button named ~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 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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