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.. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_002E&SUBSYS_E034105B; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5B97 Wireless Network Adapter driver manually

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 8.0.0.317 released on 2011-03-07.
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3. Start the driver installation file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control (UAC) is running then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow 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 PC and enjoy the updated driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed.
Download size of the driver: 596281 bytes (582.31 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.8 stars out of 58524 votes.
This driver is fully compatible with 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. Using DriverMax to install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5B97 Wireless Network Adapter driver

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will setup 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 with DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Start DriverMax and press on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to analyze each driver on your computer.
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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. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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