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. This driver was developed by Atheros Communications Inc.. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_001B&SUBSYS_2061168C; this string has to match your hardware.

1. How to manually install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006GS Wireless Network Adapter driver

1. Download the setup file for Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006GS Wireless Network Adapter driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 7.6.1.204 dated 2009-01-13.
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3. Start 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 confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver setup wizard, which should be quite easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will scan 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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This driver is digitally signed.
Download size of the driver: 436190 bytes (425.97 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.7 stars out of 84727 votes.
This driver was released 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. Installing the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006GS Wireless Network Adapter driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The most important advantage of using DriverMax is that it will setup the driver for you in just a few seconds and it will keep each driver up to date, not just this one. How can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Open 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 available 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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