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. The Windows version of this 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_1602196f.

1. Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006XS Wireless Network Adapter - install the driver manually

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 8.0.0.297 released on 2010-01-27 of the driver.
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3. Run the driver installer file from a user account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control (UAC) is enabled please accept 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 analyze your PC and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes restart your PC in order to use the updated driver. As you can see it was quite smple to install a Windows driver!
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Atheros Communications Inc. applied a digital signature to this driver.
The file size of this driver is 555406 bytes (542.39 KB)
This driver received an average rating of 4 stars out of 18284 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. Using 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. How easy can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Open 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 detected driver updates. Search the list until you locate the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006XS Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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