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

Atheros AR5005GS Wireless Network Adapter is a Network Adapters 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.

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

1. Download the driver 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 8.0.0.297 released on 2010-01-27.
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3. Run the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (UAC) is running 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 pretty straightforward. The driver setup wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your computer 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: 555406 bytes (542.39 KB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.7 stars out of 81328 votes.
This driver was released for 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. How to install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5005GS Wireless Network Adapter driver using DriverMax

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

1. Open DriverMax and press on the yellow button that says ~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 on Update.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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