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 driver was developed by Atheros Communications Inc.. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_0024&SUBSYS_10241A3B; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5008X Wireless Network Adapter driver manually

1. Download the driver setup file for Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5008X Wireless Network Adapter driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 8.0.0.297 released on 2010-01-27.
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3. Run the driver setup file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your UAC (User Access Control) is started 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 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 updated driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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Atheros Communications Inc. applied a digital signature to this driver.
File size of the driver: 555406 bytes (542.39 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4 stars out of 48049 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. How to use 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 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 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 available driver updates. Search the list until you locate the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5008X Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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