Realtek Realtek Gaming GbE Family Controller driver download and installation

Realtek Gaming GbE Family Controller is a Network Adapters device. This driver was developed by Realtek. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_8168&SUBSYS_36EF17AA&REV_16; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Realtek Realtek Gaming GbE Family Controller driver - how to install it manually

1. You can download from the link below the driver setup file for the Realtek Realtek Gaming GbE Family Controller driver. The archive contains version 10.027.0511.2018 dated 2018-05-11 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 started please accept 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 analyze your PC and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes shutdown and 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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Realtek applied a digital signature to this driver.
File size of the driver: 609527 bytes (595.24 KB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.8 stars out of 83422 votes.
This driver was released for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 10 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 64 bits

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

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 using DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

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 PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Realtek Realtek Gaming GbE Family Controller driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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