Driver for Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5B97 Wireless Network Adapter - downloading and installing it

Atheros AR5B97 Wireless Network Adapter is a Network Adapters device. This Windows driver was developed by Atheros Communications Inc.. In order to make sure you are downloading the exact right driver the hardware id is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_002E&SUBSYS_660311AD.

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

1. Download the driver setup file for Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5B97 Wireless Network Adapter driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 7.7.0.449 released on 2010-01-07.
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3. Run the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is enabled then you will have to confirm the installation 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 scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and restart your computer and enjoy the fresh driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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Atheros Communications Inc. applied a digital signature to this driver.
Driver file size: 485209 bytes (473.84 KB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.2 stars out of 24626 votes.
This driver will work for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 32 bits
• 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. Using DriverMax to install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5B97 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 press on the yellow button named ~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. Scroll the list down until you locate the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5B97 Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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