Driver for Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5005G Wireless Network Adapter - downloading and installing it

Atheros AR5005G Wireless Network 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_001A&SUBSYS_701D1799; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5005G Wireless Network Adapter driver manually

1. You can download from the link below the driver installer file for the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5005G Wireless Network Adapter driver. The archive contains version 8.0.1.380 dated 2011-03-15 of the driver.
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3. Start the driver installer file from a user account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is enabled please accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver setup wizard, which will guide you; it should be quite easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will scan your PC and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes shutdown and restart your PC in order to use the updated driver. It is as simple as that to install a Windows driver!
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This driver is digitally signed by the manufacturer.
File size of the driver: 594507 bytes (580.57 KB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.2 stars out of 87274 votes.
This driver will work for 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. Installing the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5005G Wireless Network Adapter driver using DriverMax: the easy way

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. Start DriverMax and push on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to analyze each driver on your computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of available driver updates. Search the list until you find the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5005G Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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