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.. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_001B&SUBSYS_2062168C; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006XS Wireless Network Adapter driver manually

1. Download the setup file for Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006XS Wireless Network Adapter driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 10.0.0.38 dated 2012-02-15.
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3. Run the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (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 installation wizard, which should be pretty straightforward. The driver installation wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your PC 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..
The file size of this driver is 1294265 bytes (1.23 MB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.9 stars out of 9785 votes.
This driver is compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows Vista 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 64 bits

2. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006XS Wireless Network Adapter driver

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install 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. Open DriverMax and press on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to 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 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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