Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5B97 Wireless Network Adapter - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Atheros AR5B97 Wireless Network Adapter is a Network Adapters device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Atheros Communications Inc.. PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_002E&SUBSYS_30B4185F is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. How to manually install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5B97 Wireless Network Adapter driver

1. Download the setup file for Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5B97 Wireless Network Adapter driver from the link below. This download link is for the driver version 9.2.0.427 released on 2011-06-21.
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3. Run the driver setup file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is started then you will have to confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver setup wizard, which should be quite easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will scan 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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This driver was not digitally signed.

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2. How to install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5B97 Wireless Network Adapter driver using DriverMax

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. How easy can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Start 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 detected driver updates. Search the list until you locate the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5B97 Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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