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Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5005G Wireless Network Adapter driver download and installation


Atheros AR5005G Wireless Network Adapter is a Network Adapters hardware device. The developer of this driver was Atheros Communications Inc.. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_001A&SUBSYS_701D1799; this string has to match your hardware.

1. How to manually install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5005G Wireless Network Adapter driver


  1. Download the driver setup file for Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5005G Wireless Network Adapter driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 8.0.0.239 dated 2009-10-23.
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  3. Run the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your UAC (User Access Control) 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 quite easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will analyze 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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This driver was not digitally signed.
Size of this driver: 533900 bytes (521.39 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 3.2 stars out of 53406 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. Installing the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5005G Wireless Network Adapter driver using DriverMax: the easy way


The most important 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 with DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

  1. Start DriverMax and push on the yellow button that says ~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 find the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5005G Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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  5. Finished installing the driver!
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