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

Atheros AR5008 Wireless Network Adapter is a Network Adapters hardware device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Atheros. PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_FF1D is the matching hardware id of this device.

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

1. Download the setup file for Atheros Atheros AR5008 Wireless Network Adapter driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 7.7.0.483 dated 2010-02-18.
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3. Start the driver installation 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. Follow 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 new driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is not digitally signed.

This driver received an average rating of 3.1 stars out of 27919 votes.

2. Installing the Atheros Atheros AR5008 Wireless Network Adapter driver using DriverMax: the easy way

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, not just this one. How can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Start DriverMax and click on the yellow button that says ~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 driver updates. Search the list until you find the Atheros Atheros AR5008 Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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