ad-block

Advertising seems to be blocked by your browser.

The ads help us provide this software and web site to you for free.

Please support our project by allowing our site to show ads.



Realtek Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller - two ways of downloading and installing the driver


Realtek PCIe 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_8168&SUBSYS_00051179&REV_10.

1. Install Realtek Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller driver manually


  1. You can download from the link below the driver installer file for the Realtek Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller driver. The archive contains version 7.099.0311.2016 released on 2016-03-11 of the driver.
  2.  
  3. Start 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.
  4.  
  5. Follow the driver installation wizard, which will guide you; it should be quite easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will scan your computer and will install the right driver.
  6.  
  7. When the operation finishes restart your PC in order to use the updated driver. It is as simple as that to install a Windows driver!
  8.  
This driver is digitally signed by Realtek.
Download size of the driver: 560739 bytes (547.60 KB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.1 stars out of 98867 votes.
This driver was released for the following versions of Windows:

  • 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. How to use DriverMax to install Realtek Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller driver


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 can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

  1. Open DriverMax and press on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and analyze each driver on your PC.
  2.  
  3. Take a look at the list of available driver updates. Search the list until you find the Realtek Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller driver. Click the Update button.
  4.  
  5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
  6.  

Drivers