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 developer of this driver was Realtek. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_8168&SUBSYS_124C1025&REV_0E.

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

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 7.127.0701.2019 dated 2019-07-01 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 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.
6.  
7. When the operation finishes shutdown and 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.
Size of this driver: 780415 bytes (762.12 KB)
Driver rating 4.3 stars out of 37288 votes.
This driver is compatible with 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 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, not just this one. 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 computer.
2.  
3. Take a look at the list of driver updates. Search the list until you locate the Realtek Realtek PCIe GbE Family Controller driver. Click the Update button.
4.  
5. Finished installing the driver!
6.