Driver for Realtek Realtek Gaming GBE Family Controller - downloading and installing it

Realtek Gaming GBE Family Controller is a Network Adapters hardware device. This driver was developed by Realtek. PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_8168&SUBSYS_09951025&REV_16 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Manually install Realtek Realtek Gaming GBE Family Controller driver

1. Download the driver setup file for Realtek Realtek Gaming GBE Family Controller driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 8.045.0311.2016 dated 2016-03-11.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is enabled then you will have to confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver setup wizard, which should be quite straightforward. 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 updated driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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Realtek applied a digital signature to this driver.
Download size of the driver: 520768 bytes (508.56 KB)
Driver rating 4.8 stars out of 21698 votes.
This driver was released for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 8 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 32 bits

2. Using DriverMax to install Realtek Realtek Gaming GBE Family Controller driver

The most important 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 take a look!

1. Start DriverMax and push 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. Scroll the list down until you locate the Realtek Realtek Gaming GBE Family Controller driver. Click on Update.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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