Atheros Atheros AR8131 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller how to download and install the driver

Atheros AR8131 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller is a Network Adapters device. This driver was developed by Atheros. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_1969&DEV_1063; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Install Atheros Atheros AR8131 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver manually

1. Download the driver setup file for Atheros Atheros AR8131 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 2.0.4.4 dated 2011-08-03.
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3. Start 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 accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver setup wizard, which should be quite straightforward. The driver setup wizard will analyze 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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Atheros applied a digital signature to this driver.
File size of the driver: 93303 bytes (91.12 KB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.3 stars out of 2740 votes.
This driver will work 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. Installing the Atheros Atheros AR8131 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The most important 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 can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Open DriverMax and press on the yellow button that says ~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 Atheros AR8131 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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