Driver for Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006XS Wireless Network Adapter - downloading and installing it

Atheros AR5006XS Wireless Network Adapter is a Network Adapters device. The developer of this driver was Atheros Communications Inc.. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_001B&SUBSYS_1062168C; this string has to match your hardware.

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

1. Download the setup file for Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006XS Wireless Network Adapter driver from the link below. This download link is for the driver version 7.7.0.434 dated 2009-11-18.
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3. Start the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is started 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 straightforward. The driver setup wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your computer and enjoy the fresh driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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Atheros Communications Inc. applied a digital signature to this driver.
File size of the driver: 482903 bytes (471.58 KB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.5 stars by 51590 users.
This driver is fully compatible with 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 use DriverMax to install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006XS Wireless Network Adapter driver

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will setup the driver for you in just a few seconds and it will keep each driver up to date, not just this one. How easy can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Start DriverMax and click 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 available driver updates. Search the list until you find the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006XS Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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