Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006X Wireless Network Adapter how to download and install the driver

Atheros AR5006X Wireless Network Adapter is a Network Adapters hardware device. This Windows driver was developed by Atheros Communications Inc.. PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_001B&SUBSYS_1063168C is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006X Wireless Network Adapter - install the driver manually

1. You can download from the link below the driver installer file for the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006X Wireless Network Adapter driver. The archive contains version 1.0.116.20 dated 2007-01-26 of the driver.
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3. Start the driver installer file from a user account with the highest privileges (rights). If your UAC (User Access Control) is enabled please accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver setup wizard, which will guide you; it should be pretty easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will scan your PC and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes restart your PC in order to use the updated driver. As you can see it was quite smple to install a Windows driver!
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This driver is digitally signed by the manufacturer.
Size of this driver: 343952 bytes (335.89 KB)
Driver rating 4 stars out of 34795 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. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006X 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, not just this one. How easy can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Open DriverMax and push 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. Search the list until you find the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006X Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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