Driver for Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5009 802.11a/g/n WiFi Adapter - downloading and installing it

Atheros AR5009 802.11a/g/n WiFi Adapter 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_002A&SUBSYS_3042103C; this string has to match your hardware.

1. How to manually install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5009 802.11a/g/n WiFi Adapter driver

1. You can download from the link below the driver installer file for the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5009 802.11a/g/n WiFi Adapter driver. The archive contains version 9.2.0.480 dated 2012-01-10 of the driver.
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3. Run the driver installer file from a user account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control (UAC) is enabled please accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver setup wizard, which will guide you; it should be pretty 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 PC in order to use the updated driver. As you can see it was quite smple to install a Windows driver!
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This driver is digitally signed by the manufacturer.
Download size of the driver: 1025039 bytes (1,001.01 KB)
Driver rating 4.8 stars out of 49427 votes.
This driver was released 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. Installing the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5009 802.11a/g/n WiFi Adapter driver using DriverMax: the easy way

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. How can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's take a look!

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 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 AR5009 802.11a/g/n WiFi Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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