Driver for Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5005GS Wireless Network Adapter - downloading and installing it

Atheros AR5005GS Wireless Network Adapter is a Network Adapters hardware device. The developer of this driver was Atheros Communications Inc.. PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_0013&SUBSYS_2051168C is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5005GS Wireless Network Adapter driver manually

1. Download the driver setup file for Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5005GS Wireless Network Adapter driver from the link below. This download link is for the driver version 8.0.0.258 released on 2009-11-18.
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3. Run the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (UAC) 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 setup wizard, which should be quite straightforward. The driver setup wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your computer and enjoy the updated driver, it is as simple as that.
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This driver is digitally signed.
Size of this driver: 580955 bytes (567.34 KB)
Driver rating 4.5 stars out of 16187 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. Installing the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5005GS Wireless Network Adapter driver using DriverMax: the easy way

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. Open DriverMax and press on the yellow button named ~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. Scroll the list down until you locate the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5005GS Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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