How To Update My Ethernet Controller Driver

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  • Option One: Scan with the Intel® System Support Utility (Intel® SSU).

    Intel® SSU is a standalone utility that performs a detailed scan of your computer system information and devices. Intel SSU produces an output file that you can save, view, and share.

    You can also save the scan to a file. Share the file with Intel Customer Support to help troubleshoot issues or answer questions.

    See the Intel SSU Help Guide for more information.

    1. Download Intel SSU. Save the application to your system.
    2. Open the application and click Scan to view system and device information.

Nov 27, 2018  Most people may have to go to a computer repair store and ask if they can buy the ethernet controller driver for their OS and PC on a CD or flashdrive, or instead, but an external Ehternet controller device and connect it to your PC via USB. Say 'Thank you' 140. A pop-up window appears to provide two options for updating their device driver. For manually updating the drivers, select ‘Search automatically for updated driver software’. The step will instigate Windows to search for latest driver software for the selected Asus device in your system and the internet.

  • Option Two: Select any of the following options to manually identify your wired Intel® Ethernet Adapter and driver.

    Click or the topic for details:

    Look at the barcode label on your adapter to find the part number

    If your network adapter plugs into your computer, the part number is on the barcode label (Refer to the Intel® Networking Products section). The part number is a six-digit number, followed by a hyphen and three more digits. The three-digit number after the hyphen is a minor revision number. You don't need it to identify your adapter.

    Using this barcode example, the part number is 721383.

    See also YottaMark* Sticker on Intel® Ethernet Adapters.
    Check the list of part numbers and device IDs

    Check the PCI Device ID and Part Number List for information about retail Intel® Ethernet Adapters:

    • Drivers and PBA numbers
    • Product codes
    • PCI device ID information
    Use Windows* to find your adapter name, Intel® PROSet Software version, and driver version
    • Adapter name
      1. Open your Device Manager
        Operating SystemSteps to open Device Manager
        Windows 7*
        1. Click Start.
        2. Click Control Panel.
        3. Click System and Security.
        4. Under System, click Device Manager.
        Windows 8*,8.1*
        Windows® 10
        Windows Server 2012*
        Windows Server 2012*/R2*
        Windows Server 2016*
        Windows Server 2019*
        1. Right-click the Start Menu button.
        2. Click Device Manager.

      2. Click the pointer symbol in front of Network Adapters to expand the section.

        Your adapter name will be shown in the list.
        Example: Intel(R) Ethernet Network Adapter XXV710

    • Driver version
      1. Right-click the Intel® Network Adapter.
      2. Click Properties.
      3. Select the Driver tab. The driver version for that adapter is listed.
    • Intel® PROSet Software version
    1. In Properties, select the Link Speed tab to see the Intel® PROSet version. If you don’t have Intel® PROSet installed, the Link Speed tab doesn't display.
    Use Linux* to find your adapter driver version and device name

    Choose a method to find your driver version and device name:

    • Download and run the Network Device and Driver Information Utility for Linux*.
    • Use manual directions to find the name of the network adapter. You must have permissions to run the commands in Linux.
      • Enter lspci -v | grep Ethernet -A 1.
      • The name of the adapter displays on the Subsystem line.
        • Example for Intel® PRO/1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter:

          # lspci -v | grep 'Ethernet' -A 1
          02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82571EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 06)
          Subsystem: Intel Corporation PRO/1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter
          --
          02:00.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82571EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 06)
          Subsystem: Intel Corporation PRO/1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter

    • Use manual directions to find the driver version:
      • Type ethtool -i ethx where ethx is the Ethernet port.
      • Read the driver name and version.
        • Example for the first Ethernet port, eth0:

          # ethtool -i eth0
          driver: e1000
          version: 7.6.5-NAPI
          firmware-version: 5.6-2
          bus-info: 0000:02:00.0

    • To find a list of Ethernet port names and their hardware addresses:
      • Use the ip link command from the iproute2 package.
        • Example:

          # ip link
          1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
          2: em0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP mode DEFAULT qlen 1000 link/ether 00:11:22:33:44:55 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

Related topics
Identify Your Intel® Wireless Adapter and Wi-Fi Driver Version Number
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FonePaw - Solution - Driver - Install Drivers without Internet Connection

A clean install of Windows 7/8/10 can fix many problems, but to some users, it brings new problem: the Windows can't connect to internet because the Ethernet controller driver/network adapter driverismissing. But without internet, how are they supposed to download and install network adapter driver and other drivers? If you are also troubled by this dilemma, here is two ways to install drivers without internet connection on Windows 7/8/10/XP/Vista.

Note: It is necessary to have a backup of drivers on your computer so that if the drivers are deleted accidentally, become corrupted or incompatible, you can get back the drivers easily.


Copy Lan/Wired/Wireless Drivers from Other Computer

You need another computer with network connection to download a network driver, then use a USB flash drive, a smartphone or any other device to copy the driver to the internet-disabled computer.

Step 1. Learn about the detailed information of your hardware device (PC model or the network card model) and operation system that you are using.

Step 2. On a computer with workable Wi-Fi or other network connection, go to the website of the device manufacturer and search for the network driver that is right for your network card. If you are using a off-the-shelf computer, you can directly go to the PC manufacturer's website. Or you can go to network card manufacturer's website

Step 3. Download the Lan/Wired/Wireless driver file on the computer and copy the file to a USB flash drive.

Step 4. Plug the USB flash drive to your computer that has no network connection. And copy the network driver file to the computer.

Step 5. Install the network driver on the computer.


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Install Drivers with Driver Talent Without Internet

If you need to install more than just network driver after a clean install of Windows system, you are suggested to install drivers without internet in a more intelligent way: using Driver Talent for Network Card. The program is especially designed to download network drivers without internet connection.

  • After installing the program on your computer, you have compatible WiFi/wireless/Ethernet/wired drivers automatically installed with no need to search for the right drivers.

  • Install all needed drivers on your PC at once, such as video card driver, audio driver, so that you don't need to install the missing drivers one by one after a fresh install, format, upgrade of Windows.

  • The program is compatible with Windows 10/8.1/8/7/XP/Vista.

Step 1. On the computer with Wi-Fi or wired network, download Driver Talent for Network Card.exe file. The file is a little bit large with a size of 182MB. But it takes only several minutes to download.

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Step 2. Copy the .exe file to the network-disabled computer. Open the file to install the program. As the program is installed on your computer, all needed WiFi/wireless/Ethernet/wired drivers will be installed as well.

Step 3. After the installing is done, you should be able to access the internet. If you've installed the network drivers but see no internet connection, just reboot your computer for the installation to take effect.

Step 4. You can continue to use the program to install other drivers on your computer.

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What If You Have No Network and USB Drivers

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If you need to install drivers without both network and USB drive, which means that you have no network driver while the computer won't recognize your USB drive, you can:

  • Try to connect the USB drive to a USB 1.1 or 2.0 port. In some Windows system like Windows 7, the system has no the USB 3.0 drivers from its first build so the USB drive won't be recognized if you plug it into USB 3.0 port.

  • Use CD to install drivers. When you first purchase a computer or peripheral devices, the computer or device often comes with a CD stored with basic drivers. Use the CD to install drivers without network or USB.