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. This Windows driver was developed by Realtek. PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_8168&SUBSYS_16AF10CF&REV_06 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Manually install Realtek Realtek PCIe GbE Family Controller driver

1. You can download from the link below the driver setup file for the Realtek Realtek PCIe GbE Family Controller driver. The archive contains version 8.064.0511.2018 dated 2018-05-11 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 running please accept 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 quite easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will scan 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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This driver is digitally signed by Realtek.
Download size of the driver: 662586 bytes (647.06 KB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4 stars by 73579 users.
This driver is compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• 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 PCIe GbE Family Controller driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The 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 see!

1. Open DriverMax and click on the yellow button named ~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 detected driver updates. Search the list until you locate the Realtek Realtek PCIe GbE Family Controller driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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