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

11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Adapter is a Network Adapters hardware device. This Windows driver was developed by Atheros Communications Inc.. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_002A&SUBSYS_309917AA.

1. Install Atheros Communications Inc. 11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Adapter driver manually

1. Download the setup file for Atheros Communications Inc. 11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Adapter driver from the link below. This download link is for the driver version 10.0.0.38 dated 2012-02-15.
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3. Start the driver installation file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control (UAC) is started 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 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 updated driver, it is as simple as that.
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This driver is digitally signed by the manufacturer.
File size of the driver: 1294265 bytes (1.23 MB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.6 stars out of 57995 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 Communications Inc. 11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Adapter 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, not just this one. How can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Start DriverMax and press 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. Search the list until you find the Atheros Communications Inc. 11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Adapter driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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