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

Realtek PCI GBE Family Controller is a Network Adapters hardware device. This driver was developed by Realtek. PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_8169&SUBSYS_80201509 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. How to 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 8.018.0621.2013 dated 2013-06-21 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 started 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 analyze your computer 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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Realtek applied a digital signature to this driver.
Size of this driver: 461846 bytes (451.02 KB)
Driver rating 4.7 stars out of 28012 votes.
This driver is fully 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 most important 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 easy can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Open DriverMax and push 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 detected driver updates. Search the list until you locate 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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