Atheros Atheros AR5008 Wireless Network Adapter - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Atheros AR5008 Wireless Network Adapter is a Network Adapters device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Atheros. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_0023.

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

1. Download the driver setup file for Atheros Atheros AR5008 Wireless Network Adapter driver from the link below. This download link is for the driver version 9.2.0.316 released on 2011-03-11.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your UAC (User Access Control) 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. Go through the driver installation wizard, which should be pretty straightforward. The driver installation wizard will analyze 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.
Size of this driver: 717288 bytes (700.48 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.3 stars out of 85047 votes.
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. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Atheros Atheros AR5008 Wireless Network Adapter driver

The most important 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. How easy can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Open DriverMax and press on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to analyze each driver on your computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of detected driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the Atheros Atheros AR5008 Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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