Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5005GS Wireless Network Adapter - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Atheros AR5005GS Wireless Network Adapter is a Network Adapters hardware device. This driver was developed by Atheros Communications Inc.. PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_0013&SUBSYS_1053168C is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Manually install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5005GS Wireless Network Adapter driver

1. Download the setup file for Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5005GS Wireless Network Adapter driver from the link below. This download link is for the driver version 9.0.0.125 released on 2010-02-12.
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3. Start the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is running then you will have to accept 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 analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. 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 by the manufacturer.
File size of the driver: 815676 bytes (796.56 KB)
Driver rating 5 stars out of 95906 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 AR5005GS Wireless Network Adapter driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install 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 see!

1. Start DriverMax and press 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. Scroll the list down until you locate the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5005GS Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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