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. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Atheros Communications Inc.. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_0013&SUBSYS_7084144F; this string has to match your hardware.

1. How to 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 location 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 confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver setup wizard, which should be quite straightforward. The driver setup wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and 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.

This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 3.9 stars out of 6698 votes.

2. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5005GS Wireless Network Adapter driver

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. How easy can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's take a look!

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 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 AR5005GS Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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