Atheros 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 driver was developed by Atheros. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_002A&SUBSYS_309917AA; this string has to match your hardware.

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

1. Download the driver setup file for Atheros 11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Adapter driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 7.7.0.429 released on 2009-11-06.
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3. Start the driver installation file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control Service (UAC) 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 scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your PC and enjoy the updated driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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Atheros applied a digital signature to this driver.
Download size of the driver: 517356 bytes (505.23 KB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.5 stars out of 99356 votes.
This driver is compatible with 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. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Atheros 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 easy can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Open 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. Scroll the list down until you locate the Atheros 11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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