Intel Intel R Ethernet Connection I218-V - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Intel R Ethernet Connection I218-V is a Network Adapters device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Intel. PCI/VEN_8086&DEV_1559 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. How to manually install Intel Intel R Ethernet Connection I218-V driver

1. You can download from the link below the driver installer file for the Intel Intel R Ethernet Connection I218-V driver. The archive contains version 12.11.77.1 dated 2014-03-13 of the driver.
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3. Start the driver installer file from a user account with the highest privileges (rights). If your UAC (User Access Control) is started please accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver installation wizard, which will guide you; it should be quite easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will scan your computer 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. It is as simple as that to install a Windows driver!
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2. Installing the Intel Intel R Ethernet Connection I218-V driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install 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 see!

1. Start DriverMax and click on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and analyze each driver on your PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of detected driver updates. Search the list until you locate the Intel Intel R Ethernet Connection I218-V driver. Click on Update.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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