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.. PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_0024&SUBSYS_2072144F is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Manually install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5008X Wireless Network Adapter driver

1. Download the 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 7.6.1.204 dated 2009-01-13.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (UAC) is enabled 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 pretty easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. 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 the manufacturer.
Driver file size: 436190 bytes (425.97 KB)
This driver received an average rating of 5 stars out of 96709 votes.
This driver was released for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 64 bits
• 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 install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5008X Wireless Network Adapter driver using DriverMax

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 easy can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Open DriverMax and push on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and analyze each driver on your computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of available driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5008X Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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