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

Realtek PCI GbE Family Controller is a Network Adapters device. This Windows driver was developed by Realtek. PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_8169&SUBSYS_166C1462 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Manually install Realtek Realtek PCI GbE Family Controller driver

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 UAC (User Access Control) is started please 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 will guide you; it should be quite 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 PC 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 Realtek.
The file size of this driver is 728204 bytes (711.14 KB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.7 stars out of 83078 votes.
This driver is compatible with 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. How to use 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. Open DriverMax and press on the yellow button that says ~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 driver updates. Search the list until you locate 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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