Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006EXS Wireless Network Adapter driver download and installation

Atheros AR5006EXS Wireless Network Adapter is a Network Adapters device. The developer of this driver was Atheros Communications Inc.. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_001C&SUBSYS_1604196f; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006EXS Wireless Network Adapter driver manually

1. Download the 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 7.6.1.204 released on 2009-01-13.
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3. Run the driver setup file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control (UAC) is enabled then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver setup wizard, which should be quite straightforward. The driver setup 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, it is as simple as that.
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Atheros Communications Inc. applied a digital signature to this driver.
Size of this driver: 436190 bytes (425.97 KB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.6 stars by 62977 users.
This driver will work 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. The easy way: 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 the easiest possible way and it will keep each driver up to date. How easy can you install a driver using 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 PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of detected driver updates. Search the list until you locate the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006EXS Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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