Atheros Atheros AR8161/8165 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller NDIS 6.20 how to download and install the driver

Atheros AR8161/8165 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller NDIS 6.20 is a Network Adapters device. This Windows driver was developed by Atheros. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_1969&DEV_1091; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Manually install Atheros Atheros AR8161/8165 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller NDIS 6.20 driver

1. Download the driver setup file for Atheros Atheros AR8161/8165 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller NDIS 6.20 driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 2.0.14.15 released on 2012-03-02.
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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. Follow the driver setup wizard, which should be pretty straightforward. 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 PC and enjoy the fresh driver, it is as simple as that.
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This driver is digitally signed by the manufacturer.
Driver file size: 106689 bytes (104.19 KB)
Driver rating 4.6 stars out of 99314 votes.
This driver was released 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. Installing the Atheros Atheros AR8161/8165 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller NDIS 6.20 driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The 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. How can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Open DriverMax and push on the yellow button named ~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 detected driver updates. Search the list until you locate the Atheros Atheros AR8161/8165 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller NDIS 6.20 driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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