Driver for Atheros Atheros AR8151 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller - downloading and installing it

Atheros AR8151 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller is a Network Adapters device. 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 - install the driver 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 2.0.4.4 released on 2011-08-03 of the driver.
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3. Run the driver installer file from a user account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control (UAC) is enabled 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 scan your PC and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes restart your computer in order to use the updated driver. As you can see it was quite smple to install a Windows driver!
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Atheros applied a digital signature to this driver.
Size of this driver: 93303 bytes (91.12 KB)
Driver rating 4.9 stars out of 2966 votes.
This driver will work for 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 install Atheros Atheros AR8151 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver using DriverMax

The 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, not just this one. How easy can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Open DriverMax and press on the yellow button named ~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 driver updates. Scroll the list down 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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