Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5008 Wireless Network Adapter how to download and install the driver

Atheros AR5008 Wireless Network Adapter is a Network Adapters hardware device. The developer of this driver was Atheros Communications Inc.. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_0023&SUBSYS_2071168C.

1. Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5008 Wireless Network Adapter driver - how to install it manually

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 8.0.0.238 released on 2009-10-05.
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3. Start the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is running then you will have to confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver setup wizard, which should be quite straightforward. The driver setup wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your PC and enjoy the fresh driver, it is as simple as that.
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This driver is digitally signed by Atheros Communications Inc..
Driver file size: 573219 bytes (559.78 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.3 stars out of 47744 votes.
This driver is fully 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. Installing the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5008 Wireless Network Adapter driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install 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 with DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Open DriverMax and click on the yellow button that says ~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. Scroll the list down until you find the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5008 Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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