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_30B4185F.

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

1. Download the setup file for Atheros Atheros AR5B97 Wireless Network Adapter driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 9.2.0.439 released on 2011-08-04.
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3. Start the driver setup file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control (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 setup wizard, which should be pretty easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will analyze 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 applied a digital signature to this driver.
File size of the driver: 1009681 bytes (986.02 KB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.6 stars out of 20021 votes.
This driver was released for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 64 bits
• 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 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 can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Start DriverMax and press 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 driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Atheros Atheros AR5B97 Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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