Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006EXS Wireless Network Adapter - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Atheros AR5006EXS 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_139C10CF; this string has to match your hardware.

1. How to manually install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006EXS Wireless Network Adapter driver

1. Download the driver setup file for Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006EXS Wireless Network Adapter driver from the location 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 the highest privileges (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. 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 PC and enjoy the new driver, it is as simple as that.
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Atheros Communications Inc. applied a digital signature to this driver.
File size of the driver: 956097 bytes (933.69 KB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.3 stars out of 85818 votes.
This driver will work 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. Using DriverMax to install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006EXS Wireless Network Adapter driver

The most important advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install the driver for you in just a few seconds and it will keep each driver up to date. How easy can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Open DriverMax and push on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to analyze each driver on your computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of available driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006EXS Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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