Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006X Wireless Network Adapter - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

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

1. Install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006X Wireless Network Adapter driver manually

1. Download the setup file for Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006X Wireless Network Adapter driver from the link 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 UAC (User Access Control) 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. Follow 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, as you can see it was quite smple.
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Atheros Communications Inc. applied a digital signature to this driver.
File size of the driver: 555406 bytes (542.39 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.7 stars out of 14208 votes.
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. How to install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006X Wireless Network Adapter driver using DriverMax

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will setup 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. Open DriverMax and click on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to analyze each driver on your computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of detected driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006X Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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