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. In order to make sure you are downloading the exact right driver the hardware id is PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_8169&SUBSYS_177C1462.

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 8.045.0311.2016 released on 2016-03-11 of the driver.
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3. Run the driver installer file from a user account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control (UAC) 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 installation wizard, which will guide you; it should be pretty easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will analyze your PC 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. 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: 520768 bytes (508.56 KB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.4 stars out of 70594 votes.
This driver was released for the following versions of Windows:

• 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. How to install Realtek Realtek PCI GBE Family Controller driver using DriverMax

The most important 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 with DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Start DriverMax and push on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and analyze each driver on your computer.
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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 the Update button.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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