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.. In order to make sure you are downloading the exact right driver the hardware id is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_001B&SUBSYS_132910CF.

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

1. Download the setup file for Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006X 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. Run the driver setup 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. Follow the driver setup wizard, which should be pretty straightforward. 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 PC and enjoy the fresh driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed by Atheros Communications Inc..
Driver file size: 436190 bytes (425.97 KB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.3 stars by 32994 users.
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. Using DriverMax to install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006X Wireless Network Adapter driver

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, not just this one. How easy can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Open 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 find the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006X Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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