Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5008X Wireless Network Adapter - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Atheros AR5008X Wireless Network Adapter is a Network Adapters device. This Windows driver was developed by Atheros Communications Inc.. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_0024&SUBSYS_00000000.

1. How to manually install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5008X Wireless Network Adapter driver

1. Download the driver setup file for Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5008X Wireless Network Adapter driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 8.0.0.317 dated 2011-03-07.
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3. Start the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your UAC (User Access Control) is running then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver setup wizard, which should be quite easy to follow. 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 PC and enjoy the fresh driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed by Atheros Communications Inc..
File size of the driver: 596281 bytes (582.31 KB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.9 stars out of 20638 votes.
This driver will work for 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. Using DriverMax to install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5008X Wireless Network Adapter driver

The most important 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 follow a few steps!

1. Open DriverMax and click 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 driver updates. Search the list until you find the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5008X Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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