Atheros Communications Inc. 802.11b/g USB Wireless Network Adapter how to download and install the driver

802.11b/g USB Wireless Network Adapter is a Network Adapters device. This Windows driver was developed by Atheros Communications Inc.. USB/VID_0B05&PID_171C is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Atheros Communications Inc. 802.11b/g USB Wireless Network Adapter - install the driver manually

1. Download the driver setup file for Atheros Communications Inc. 802.11b/g USB Wireless Network Adapter driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 2.2.0.27 released on 2008-07-29.
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3. Run the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your UAC (User Access Control) is started 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 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 computer and enjoy the new driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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Atheros Communications Inc. applied a digital signature to this driver.
Size of this driver: 402495 bytes (393.06 KB)
Driver rating 4.4 stars out of 24928 votes.
This driver will work for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 64 bits
• 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. Using DriverMax to install Atheros Communications Inc. 802.11b/g USB Wireless Network Adapter driver

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 using DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Start DriverMax and press on the yellow button that says ~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. Search the list until you find the Atheros Communications Inc. 802.11b/g USB Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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