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Driver for Realtek Realtek PCIe GbE Family Controller - downloading and installing it


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_2B52103C.

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


  1. Download the setup file for Realtek Realtek PCIe GbE Family Controller driver from the link below. This download link is for the driver version 10.032.1206.2018 dated 2018-12-06.
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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. Follow the driver setup wizard, which should be quite straightforward. The driver setup wizard will analyze 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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Realtek applied a digital signature to this driver.
Size of this driver: 637578 bytes (622.63 KB)
Driver rating 4.6 stars out of 43614 votes.
This driver is fully compatible with the following versions of Windows:

  • This driver works on Windows 10 64 bits
  • This driver works on Windows 11 64 bits



2. Using DriverMax to install Realtek Realtek PCIe GbE Family Controller driver


The 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, not just this one. How easy can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's see!

  1. Open DriverMax and press on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to analyze each driver on your computer.
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  3. Take a look at the list of available driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the Realtek Realtek PCIe 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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