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

Realtek PCI GbE Family Controller is a Network Adapters device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Realtek. PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_8169&SUBSYS_05201558 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Realtek Realtek PCI GbE Family Controller - install the driver manually

1. You can download from the link below the driver setup file for the Realtek Realtek PCI GbE Family Controller driver. The archive contains version 7.119.0615.2018 dated 2018-06-15 of the driver.
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3. Run the driver installer file from a user account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is enabled please accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver setup wizard, which will guide you; it should be pretty easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will analyze your computer and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes 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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This driver is digitally signed by the manufacturer.
Driver file size: 728204 bytes (711.14 KB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.3 stars out of 44203 votes.
This driver will work for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 7 64 bits
• 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 PCI GbE Family Controller driver

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 using DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Start 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 available driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Realtek Realtek PCI GbE Family Controller driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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