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. This Windows 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. 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 is the download link for the driver version 9.2.0.316 released on 2011-03-11.
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3. Start the driver setup file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (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. Follow 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 computer and enjoy the fresh driver, it is as simple as that.
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Atheros Communications Inc. applied a digital signature to this driver.
Download size of the driver: 933978 bytes (912.09 KB)
Driver rating 4.4 stars out of 28961 votes.
This driver is compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• 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. How to use DriverMax to install Atheros Communications Inc. 11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Adapter driver

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will setup the driver for you in the easiest possible way and it will keep each driver up to date, not just this one. How can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Start DriverMax and push 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 driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the Atheros Communications Inc. 11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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