Broadcom Broadcom NetLink TM Gigabit Ethernet - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Broadcom NetLink TM Gigabit Ethernet is a Network Adapters hardware device. The developer of this driver was Broadcom. In order to make sure you are downloading the exact right driver the hardware id is PCI/VEN_14e4&DEV_16DD.

1. Broadcom Broadcom NetLink TM Gigabit Ethernet driver - how to install it manually

1. You can download from the link below the driver installer file for the Broadcom Broadcom NetLink TM Gigabit Ethernet driver. The archive contains version 8.27.1.0 dated 2005-05-13 of the driver.
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3. Start the driver installer file from a user account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control Service (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 setup wizard, which will guide you; it should be pretty easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will scan 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.
Download size of the driver: 109370 bytes (106.81 KB)
Driver rating 4.2 stars out of 95256 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. Installing the Broadcom Broadcom NetLink TM Gigabit Ethernet 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, not just this one. How can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Open DriverMax and press on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to analyze each driver on your computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of detected driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Broadcom Broadcom NetLink TM Gigabit Ethernet driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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