Driver for Broadcom Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet - downloading and installing it

Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet is a Network Adapters hardware device. This driver was developed by Broadcom. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_14e4&DEV_1686.

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

1. You can download from the link below the driver installer file for the Broadcom Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet driver. The archive contains version 20.8.0.0 dated 2017-10-25 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 (UAC) is running 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 shutdown and 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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2. Installing the Broadcom Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The most important advantage of using DriverMax is that it will setup the driver for you in the easiest possible way 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. Start DriverMax and click 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 detected driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Broadcom Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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