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_B4561458&REV_16; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Install Realtek Realtek Gaming GBE Family Controller driver manually

1. Download the driver setup file for Realtek Realtek Gaming GBE Family Controller driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 8.056.0627.2017 released on 2017-06-27.
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3. Start the driver installation file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your UAC (User Access Control) is enabled then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver setup wizard, which should be pretty 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.
Size of this driver: 611151 bytes (596.83 KB)
This driver was rated with an average of 5 stars by 39973 users.
This driver will work for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 8 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 64 bits

2. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Realtek Realtek Gaming GBE Family Controller driver

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will setup the driver for you in just a few seconds 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 named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to analyze each driver on your computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of available driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Realtek Realtek Gaming GBE Family Controller driver. Click on Update.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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