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 hardware device. This 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. Install Atheros Atheros AR8151 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver manually

1. Download the driver setup file for Atheros Atheros AR8151 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 2.0.14.15 released on 2012-03-02.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (UAC) is running 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 quite easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your computer and enjoy the new driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed by the manufacturer.
Download size of the driver: 108779 bytes (106.23 KB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.4 stars by 70733 users.
This driver was released 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. Using DriverMax to install Atheros Atheros AR8151 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver

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

1. Open DriverMax and push on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to 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 all, the driver is now installed!
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