Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006X Wireless Network Adapter driver download and installation

Atheros AR5006X Wireless Network Adapter is a Network Adapters hardware device. This driver was developed by Atheros Communications Inc.. PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_001C&SUBSYS_7108144F is the matching hardware id of this device.

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 download link is for the driver version 7.6.1.162 released on 2008-11-04.
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3. Start the driver installation file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (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. Go through the driver setup wizard, which should be pretty 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 PC and enjoy the fresh driver, it is as simple as that.
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This driver is digitally signed by Atheros Communications Inc..
Download size of the driver: 416890 bytes (407.12 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.1 stars out of 99516 votes.
This driver will work for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 32 bits
• 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 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 using DriverMax? Let's see!

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 detected driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006X Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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