Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006EG Wireless Network Adapter - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Atheros AR5006EG Wireless Network Adapter is a Network Adapters device. This Windows driver was developed by Atheros Communications Inc.. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_001C&SUBSYS_3065168C; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006EG Wireless Network Adapter driver manually

1. Download the setup file for Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006EG Wireless Network Adapter driver from the link below. This download link is for the driver version 10.0.0.34 dated 2012-02-07.
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3. Run the driver setup file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (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. Go through 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 updated driver, it is as simple as that.
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This driver is not digitally signed.

This driver was rated with an average of 4 stars by 46276 users.

2. Installing the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006EG Wireless Network Adapter driver using DriverMax: the easy way

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 with DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Start DriverMax and press on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and analyze each driver on your PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006EG 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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