Atheros Communications Inc. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Express Adapter - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Express Adapter is a Network Adapters hardware device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Atheros Communications Inc.. PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_1014&SUBSYS_058A1014 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. How to manually install Atheros Communications Inc. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Express Adapter driver

1. Download the setup file for Atheros Communications Inc. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Express Adapter driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 8.0.0.238 dated 2009-10-05.
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3. Start the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative 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 quite straightforward. The driver installation 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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This driver is digitally signed by Atheros Communications Inc..
File size of the driver: 573219 bytes (559.78 KB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.6 stars by 44804 users.
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. How to install Atheros Communications Inc. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Express Adapter driver using DriverMax

The 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 take a look!

1. Start DriverMax and click on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and 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 find the Atheros Communications Inc. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Express Adapter driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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