Atheros Atheros AR5006 802.11a/b/g WiFi Adapter - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Atheros AR5006 802.11a/b/g WiFi Adapter is a Network Adapters device. This Windows driver was developed by Atheros. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_001C&SUBSYS_1386103C; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Install Atheros Atheros AR5006 802.11a/b/g WiFi Adapter driver manually

1. You can download from the link below the driver installer file for the Atheros Atheros AR5006 802.11a/b/g WiFi Adapter driver. The archive contains version 9.2.0.427 released on 2011-06-20 of the driver.
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3. Run the driver installer file from a user account with the highest privileges (rights). If your UAC (User Access Control) is started please accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver setup wizard, which will guide you; it should be quite easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will analyze your PC and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes restart your computer 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 Atheros.
The file size of this driver is 977665 bytes (954.75 KB)
This driver was rated with an average of 5 stars by 80796 users.
This driver was released for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 64 bits
• 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. Using DriverMax to install Atheros Atheros AR5006 802.11a/b/g WiFi Adapter driver

The most important 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 can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Start DriverMax and push on the yellow button named ~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 locate the Atheros Atheros AR5006 802.11a/b/g WiFi Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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