Driver for Realtek Realtek PCI GBE Family Controller - downloading and installing it

Realtek PCI GBE Family Controller is a Network Adapters device. This Windows driver was developed by Realtek. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_8169&SUBSYS_180A147B; this string has to match your hardware.

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 8.010.1226.2012 released on 2012-12-26 of the driver.
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3. Start the driver installer file from a user account with administrative rights. If your UAC (User Access Control) is running please confirm the installation 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 pretty easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will scan your computer and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes shutdown and 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.
Size of this driver: 389068 bytes (379.95 KB)
Driver rating 4.6 stars out of 25257 votes.
This driver is compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Vista 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 32 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 setup the driver for you in just a few seconds and it will keep each driver up to date. How can you install a driver using 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 PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the Realtek Realtek PCI GBE Family Controller driver. Click on Update.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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