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 hardware device. This Windows driver was developed by Atheros Communications Inc.. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_002B&SUBSYS_30AF168C; this string has to match your hardware.

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

1. You can download from the link below the driver installer file for the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5008WB-EG Wireless Network Adapter 2 driver. The archive contains version 8.0.1.380 released on 2011-03-15 of the driver.
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3. Start the driver installer file from a user account with administrative rights. If your UAC (User Access Control) is started please accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver setup wizard, which will guide you; it should be quite easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will scan your PC and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes restart your computer in order to use the updated driver. It is as simple as that to install a Windows driver!
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This driver is digitally signed.
File size of the driver: 594507 bytes (580.57 KB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.3 stars out of 19073 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. The easy way: using 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 install the driver for you in just a few seconds and it will keep each driver up to date, not just this one. How easy can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Open DriverMax and press on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to 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 find the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5008WB-EG Wireless Network Adapter 2 driver. Click on Update.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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