Atheros Atheros AR8151 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver download and installation

Atheros AR8151 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller is a Network Adapters device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Atheros. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_1969&DEV_1083; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Atheros Atheros AR8151 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver - how to install it manually

1. Download the setup file for Atheros Atheros AR8151 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver from the link below. This download link is for the driver version 2.0.14.15 released on 2012-03-02.
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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 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 installation wizard, which should be quite straightforward. The driver installation 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 updated driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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Atheros applied a digital signature to this driver.
The file size of this driver is 108779 bytes (106.23 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 5 stars out of 68351 votes.
This driver was released for the following versions of Windows:

• 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. Using DriverMax to install Atheros Atheros AR8151 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet 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. How can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Open DriverMax and press on the yellow button named ~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 detected driver updates. Search the list until you locate the Atheros Atheros AR8151 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver. Click on Update.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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