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 Windows driver was developed by Atheros Communications Inc.. PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_001B&SUBSYS_2061168C is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006GS Wireless Network Adapter driver manually

1. Download the setup file for Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006GS Wireless Network Adapter driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 8.0.0.297 dated 2010-01-27.
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3. Start the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is started 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 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 fresh driver, it is as simple as that.
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This driver is digitally signed.
The file size of this driver is 555406 bytes (542.39 KB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.2 stars by 83981 users.
This driver was released 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. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006GS Wireless Network Adapter driver

The 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. How easy can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Start DriverMax and push on the yellow button that says ~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 available driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006GS Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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