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 driver was developed by Realtek. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_8168&SUBSYS_20D91B0A&REV_0C.

1. How to manually install Realtek Realtek PCIe GbE Family Controller driver

1. Download the driver setup file for Realtek Realtek PCIe GbE Family Controller driver from the link below. This download link is for the driver version 7.122.0828.2018 dated 2018-08-28.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is running then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver setup wizard, which should be pretty easy to follow. 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 new driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed.
File size of the driver: 738324 bytes (721.02 KB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.1 stars out of 9365 votes.
This driver was released for the following versions of Windows:

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

The most important 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 see!

1. Start DriverMax and push on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and analyze each driver on your PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of detected driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Realtek Realtek PCIe GbE Family Controller driver. Click on Update.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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