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 developer of this driver was Realtek. PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_8169&SUBSYS_60241509 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Realtek Realtek PCI GBE Family Controller - install the driver manually

1. Download the setup file for Realtek Realtek PCI GBE Family Controller driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 8.002.0612.2012 dated 2012-06-12.
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3. Start the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is started then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver setup wizard, which should be pretty straightforward. The driver setup wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and restart your PC and enjoy the fresh driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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Realtek applied a digital signature to this driver.
The file size of this driver is 397602 bytes (388.28 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.4 stars out of 73268 votes.
This driver is compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Vista 64 bits
• 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. Installing the Realtek Realtek PCI GBE Family Controller driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will setup the driver for you in the easiest possible way and it will keep each driver up to date. How easy can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's take a look!

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 available 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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