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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.. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_001B&SUBSYS_2063168C; this string has to match your hardware.
1. Install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006X Wireless Network Adapter driver manually
- Download the setup file for Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006X Wireless Network Adapter driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 7.6.0.114 dated 2008-04-27.
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- Start the driver installation file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control (UAC) is started then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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- Follow the driver installation wizard, which should be pretty straightforward. The driver installation wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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- Shutdown and restart your computer and enjoy the fresh driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed.
Driver file size: 416077 bytes (406.33 KB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.5 stars by 31877 users.
This driver is compatible with 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 just a few seconds and it will keep each driver up to date, not just this one. How can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's take a look!
- Start DriverMax and click on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and analyze each driver on your computer.
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- 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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- Finished installing the driver!
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