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. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_8168&SUBSYS_600B17AA&REV_06; this string has to match your hardware.

1. 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 is the download link for the driver version 7.119.0615.2018 released on 2018-06-15.
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3. Start the driver setup file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is started 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. Restart your computer and enjoy the new driver, it is as simple as that.
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Realtek applied a digital signature to this driver.
Size of this driver: 728204 bytes (711.14 KB)
Driver rating 4.7 stars out of 60908 votes.
This driver will work 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. Installing the Realtek Realtek PCIe GbE Family Controller driver using DriverMax: the easy way

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 can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Open DriverMax and push on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to 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 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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