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

Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller is a Network Adapters device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Realtek. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_8168&SUBSYS_80271509&REV_06.

1. Realtek Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller - install the driver manually

1. Download the driver setup file for Realtek Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 8.045.0311.2016 released on 2016-03-11.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is running then you will have to confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver setup wizard, which should be pretty 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: 520768 bytes (508.56 KB)
Driver rating 4.8 stars out of 40224 votes.
This driver is fully compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• 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 install the driver for you in the easiest possible way and it will keep each driver up to date, not just this one. How easy can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Open DriverMax and push on the yellow button that says ~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 available driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the Realtek Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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