Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9002WB-1NG Wireless Network Adapter 2 - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Atheros AR9002WB-1NG Wireless Network Adapter 2 is a Network Adapters device. The developer of this driver was Atheros Communications Inc.. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_002B&SUBSYS_2C371A3B; this string has to match your hardware.

1. How to manually install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9002WB-1NG Wireless Network Adapter 2 driver

1. Download the setup file for Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9002WB-1NG Wireless Network Adapter 2 driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 8.0.0.258 released on 2009-11-18.
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3. Start the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your UAC (User Access Control) is running 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 PC and enjoy the updated driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed by the manufacturer.
Size of this driver: 580955 bytes (567.34 KB)
Driver rating 4.5 stars out of 48448 votes.
This driver is compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• 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. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9002WB-1NG Wireless Network Adapter 2 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 with DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Start DriverMax and press on the yellow button named ~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 Communications Inc. Atheros AR9002WB-1NG Wireless Network Adapter 2 driver. Click on Update.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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