Atheros Atheros AR8162/8166/8168 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller NDIS 6.20 - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Atheros AR8162/8166/8168 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller NDIS 6.20 is a Network Adapters hardware device. This driver was developed by Atheros. PCI/VEN_1969&DEV_1090 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. How to manually install Atheros Atheros AR8162/8166/8168 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller NDIS 6.20 driver

1. Download the setup file for Atheros Atheros AR8162/8166/8168 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller NDIS 6.20 driver from the link below. This download link is for the driver version 2.0.14.15 dated 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 (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 scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your PC and enjoy the new driver, it is as simple as that.
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This driver is digitally signed.
The file size of this driver is 106689 bytes (104.19 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.5 stars out of 99522 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. How to use DriverMax to install Atheros Atheros AR8162/8166/8168 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller NDIS 6.20 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 using 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 scan and 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 find the Atheros Atheros AR8162/8166/8168 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller NDIS 6.20 driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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