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 device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Atheros Communications Inc.. PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_002A&SUBSYS_309917AA is the matching hardware id of this device.

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

1. Download the driver setup file for Atheros Communications Inc. 11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Adapter driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 7.7.0.449 dated 2010-01-07.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your UAC (User Access Control) is running then you will have to confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver installation wizard, which should be quite easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your PC and enjoy the new driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed.
File size of the driver: 485209 bytes (473.84 KB)
Driver rating 4.9 stars out of 97990 votes.
This driver will work for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Vista 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 32 bits

2. Installing the Atheros Communications Inc. 11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Adapter driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install 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 PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Atheros Communications Inc. 11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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