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. In order to make sure you are downloading the exact right driver the hardware id is PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_8168&SUBSYS_2ACB103C.

1. How to 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 6.250.0908.2011 released on 2011-09-08 of the driver.
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3. Run the driver installer file from a user account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control (UAC) is started 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 pretty easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will analyze 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.
Driver file size: 395473 bytes (386.20 KB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4 stars by 56207 users.
This driver is fully compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Vista 64 bits
• 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. Installing the Realtek Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The most important 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 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 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 find 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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