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

Realtek PCI GbE Family Controller is a Network Adapters hardware device. This driver was developed by Realtek. PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_8169&SUBSYS_251C1462 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 installer file for the Realtek Realtek PCI GbE Family Controller driver. The archive contains version 8.079.0526.2020 released on 2020-05-26 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 enabled 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 pretty easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will scan your PC 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. It is as simple as that to install a Windows driver!
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This driver is digitally signed.
Size of this driver: 733976 bytes (716.77 KB)
Driver rating 4.8 stars out of 13492 votes.
This driver is compatible with 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. 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 just a few seconds and it will keep each driver up to date. 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 PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Realtek Realtek PCI GbE Family Controller driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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