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

Atheros AR5006X Wireless Network Adapter is a Network Adapters device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Atheros Communications Inc.. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_001C&SUBSYS_04251468; this string has to match your hardware.

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 location below. This is the download link for the driver version 9.2.1.432 released on 2011-09-20.
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3. Start the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (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. Go through the driver installation wizard, which should be quite easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your computer and enjoy the updated driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed by Atheros Communications Inc..
Size of this driver: 950697 bytes (928.42 KB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.9 stars out of 19580 votes.
This driver is fully compatible with 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 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 can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Start DriverMax and click on the yellow button named ~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. 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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