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Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006XS Wireless Network Adapter how to download and install the driver


Atheros AR5006XS Wireless Network Adapter is a Network Adapters hardware device. This Windows 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_1062168C.

1. Manually install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006XS Wireless Network Adapter driver


  1. You can download from the link below the driver setup file for the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006XS Wireless Network Adapter driver. The archive contains version 7.1.0.79 released on 2006-11-06 of the driver.
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  3. Run the driver installer file from a user account with administrative rights. If your UAC (User Access Control) is running please 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 will guide you; it should be pretty easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will scan your PC and will install the right driver.
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  7. When the operation finishes restart your computer in order to use the updated driver. As you can see it was quite smple to install a Windows driver!
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This driver is digitally signed by Atheros Communications Inc..
File size of the driver: 233034 bytes (227.57 KB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.4 stars by 89226 users.
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. How to install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006XS Wireless Network Adapter driver using DriverMax


The most important 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 easy can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's take a look!

  1. Open DriverMax and press 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 driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006XS 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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