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

11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Mini-PCI Express Adapter is a Network Adapters hardware device. This Windows driver was developed by Atheros Communications Inc.. PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_0024&SUBSYS_03841014 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Atheros Communications Inc. 11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Mini-PCI Express Adapter driver - how to install it manually

1. Download the driver setup file for Atheros Communications Inc. 11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Mini-PCI Express Adapter driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 8.0.0.238 released on 2009-10-05.
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3. Run the driver setup file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is enabled 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 scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and 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.
Size of this driver: 573219 bytes (559.78 KB)
Driver rating 4 stars out of 46321 votes.
This driver is compatible with 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 Mini-PCI Express Adapter driver using DriverMax

The most important 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 with DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Start DriverMax and click on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and analyze each driver on your PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of available driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the Atheros Communications Inc. 11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Mini-PCI Express Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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