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

Atheros AR5B97 Wireless Network Adapter is a Network Adapters device. This driver was developed by Atheros. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_002E&SUBSYS_23091A32; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Atheros Atheros AR5B97 Wireless Network Adapter driver - how to install it manually

1. You can download from the link below the driver installer file for the Atheros Atheros AR5B97 Wireless Network Adapter driver. The archive contains version 7.7.0.509 dated 2010-04-27 of the driver.
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3. Start the driver installer file from a user account with the highest privileges (rights). If your UAC (User Access Control) is started 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 computer and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes restart your computer 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.
File size of the driver: 523290 bytes (511.03 KB)
Driver rating 4.4 stars out of 59451 votes.
This driver is fully compatible with 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 Atheros AR5B97 Wireless Network Adapter driver

The most important advantage of using DriverMax is that it will setup the driver for you in just a few seconds and it will keep each driver up to date. How can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Start DriverMax and click on the yellow button that says ~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 detected driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the Atheros Atheros AR5B97 Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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