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. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Realtek. PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_8169&SUBSYS_08051558 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 installer file for the Realtek Realtek PCI GBE Family Controller driver. The archive contains version 6.237.0409.2010 released on 2010-04-09 of the driver.
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3. Start the driver installer file from a user account with the highest privileges (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. Follow 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 shutdown and 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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Realtek applied a digital signature to this driver.
Driver file size: 278774 bytes (272.24 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.7 stars out of 47240 votes.
This driver was released for 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. Installing the Realtek Realtek PCI GBE Family Controller driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The most important 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 easy can you install a driver using 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 on Update.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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