Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006GS Wireless Network Adapter - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Atheros AR5006GS Wireless Network Adapter is a Network Adapters hardware device. The developer of this driver was Atheros Communications Inc.. In order to make sure you are downloading the exact right driver the hardware id is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_001B&SUBSYS_2061168c.

1. Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006GS Wireless Network Adapter - install the driver manually

1. Download the driver setup file for Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006GS Wireless Network Adapter driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 1.0.116.20 dated 2007-01-26.
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3. Start the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is running then you will have to confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver installation wizard, which should be quite straightforward. The driver installation wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your PC and enjoy the new driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed by Atheros Communications Inc..
File size of the driver: 343952 bytes (335.89 KB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.2 stars by 35218 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. How to install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006GS Wireless Network Adapter driver using DriverMax

The 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 follow a few steps!

1. Start DriverMax and click 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 find the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006GS Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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