Realtek Realtek Gaming GbE Family Controller - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Realtek Gaming GbE Family Controller is a Network Adapters hardware device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Realtek. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_8168&SUBSYS_8478103C&REV_16.

1. How to 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 location below. This is the download link for the driver version 10.031.0828.2018 dated 2018-08-28.
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3. Start the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is running then you will have to confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver setup wizard, which should be quite straightforward. The driver setup wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your PC and enjoy the fresh driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed.
The file size of this driver is 620424 bytes (605.88 KB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.8 stars out of 29922 votes.
This driver is fully compatible with the following versions of Windows:

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

2. Installing the Realtek Realtek Gaming GbE Family Controller 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 follow a few steps!

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 computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of available driver updates. Search the list until you find the Realtek Realtek Gaming GbE Family Controller driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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