Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006EX Wireless Network Adapter - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Atheros AR5006EX Wireless Network Adapter is a Network Adapters hardware device. This driver was developed by Atheros Communications Inc.. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_001C&SUBSYS_7096144F.

1. Install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006EX Wireless Network Adapter driver manually

1. Download the driver setup file for Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006EX Wireless Network Adapter driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 9.2.0.440 released on 2011-09-15.
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3. Start the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your UAC (User Access Control) is started then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver installation wizard, which should be pretty easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and restart your computer and enjoy the updated driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed.
The file size of this driver is 956097 bytes (933.69 KB)
Driver rating 4 stars out of 85688 votes.
This driver is fully compatible with 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 AR5006EX Wireless Network Adapter driver using DriverMax

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 with DriverMax? Let's take a look!

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 detected driver updates. Search the list until you find the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006EX Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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