Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5008WB-EG Wireless Network Adapter 1 how to download and install the driver

Atheros AR5008WB-EG Wireless Network Adapter 1 is a Network Adapters hardware device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Atheros Communications Inc.. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_002B&SUBSYS_30AE168C; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5008WB-EG Wireless Network Adapter 1 driver manually

1. Download the setup file for Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5008WB-EG Wireless Network Adapter 1 driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 9.2.0.316 dated 2011-03-11.
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3. Run the driver setup file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control (UAC) is started then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver setup wizard, which should be pretty straightforward. The driver setup 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 new driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed by Atheros Communications Inc..
Size of this driver: 933978 bytes (912.09 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 5 stars out of 14728 votes.
This driver was released for the following versions of Windows:

• 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 Communications Inc. Atheros AR5008WB-EG Wireless Network Adapter 1 driver

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

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 computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of detected driver updates. Search the list until you locate the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5008WB-EG Wireless Network Adapter 1 driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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