Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5008WB-EG Wireless Network Adapter 2 - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Atheros AR5008WB-EG Wireless Network Adapter 2 is a Network Adapters device. The developer of this driver was Atheros Communications Inc.. PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_002B&SUBSYS_30AF168C is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5008WB-EG Wireless Network Adapter 2 - install the driver manually

1. Download the setup file for Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5008WB-EG Wireless Network Adapter 2 driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 8.0.0.258 released on 2009-11-06.
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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 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 analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. 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 the manufacturer.
The file size of this driver is 581065 bytes (567.45 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.2 stars out of 25472 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. How to use DriverMax to install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5008WB-EG Wireless Network Adapter 2 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, not just this one. How easy can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Open DriverMax and push 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. Search the list until you locate the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5008WB-EG Wireless Network Adapter 2 driver. Click on Update.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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