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 driver was developed by Realtek. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_8168&SUBSYS_50241509&REV_06; this string has to match your hardware.

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

1. Download the setup file for Realtek Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller driver from the link below. This download link is for the driver version 7.090.0826.2014 released on 2014-08-26.
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3. Start the driver setup file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control (UAC) is running then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver installation wizard, which should be pretty easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your PC and enjoy the fresh driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver was not digitally signed.

This driver received an average rating of 3.4 stars out of 89619 votes.

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 the easiest possible way and it will keep each driver up to date. How can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Start DriverMax and click 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 on Update.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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