Atheros Communications Inc. 11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Adapter how to download and install the driver

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

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

1. Download the driver 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 8.0.0.317 released on 2011-03-07.
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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 setup wizard, which should be quite straightforward. The driver setup wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and restart your PC and enjoy the updated driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed by the manufacturer.
Download size of the driver: 596281 bytes (582.31 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.8 stars out of 26789 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. How to install Atheros Communications Inc. 11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Adapter driver using DriverMax

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 easy can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Open DriverMax and push 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 available 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 all, the driver is now installed!
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