Driver for Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5008 Wireless Network Adapter - downloading and installing it

Atheros AR5008 Wireless Network Adapter is a Network Adapters device. The developer of this driver was Atheros Communications Inc.. In order to make sure you are downloading the exact right driver the hardware id is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_0023&SUBSYS_1071168C.

1. Manually install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5008 Wireless Network Adapter driver

1. Download the setup file for Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5008 Wireless Network Adapter driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 7.6.0.96 released on 2008-04-05.
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3. Run 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 accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver installation wizard, which should be quite straightforward. The driver installation wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and restart your computer and enjoy the updated driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 3.9 stars out of 61391 votes.

2. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5008 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, not just this one. How can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Start DriverMax and push 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 available driver updates. Search the list until you find the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5008 Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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