Lite-On Atheros AR9271 Wireless Network Adapter - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Atheros AR9271 Wireless Network Adapter is a Network Adapters device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Lite-On. The hardware id of this driver is USB/VID_04CA&PID_4605; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Lite-On Atheros AR9271 Wireless Network Adapter - install the driver manually

1. Download the setup file for Lite-On Atheros AR9271 Wireless Network Adapter driver from the link below. This download link is for the driver version 2.0.0.64 released on 2011-10-06.
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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 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 installation wizard, which should be pretty easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your computer and enjoy the new driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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Lite-On applied a digital signature to this driver.
Driver file size: 738728 bytes (721.41 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.4 stars out of 97749 votes.
This driver is fully compatible with 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 Lite-On Atheros AR9271 Wireless Network Adapter driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will setup the driver for you in just a few seconds and it will keep each driver up to date, not just this one. How easy can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Start DriverMax and click on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to analyze each driver on your computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of available driver updates. Search the list until you locate the Lite-On Atheros AR9271 Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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