Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9280 Wireless Network Adapter - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Atheros AR9280 Wireless Network Adapter is a Network Adapters hardware device. The developer of this driver was Atheros Communications Inc.. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_002A&SUBSYS_A8221113; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9280 Wireless Network Adapter driver manually

1. Download the setup file for Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9280 Wireless Network Adapter driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 10.0.0.38 released on 2012-02-15.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is started then you will have to confirm the installation 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. Shutdown and restart your computer and enjoy the new driver, it is as simple as that.
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Atheros Communications Inc. applied a digital signature to this driver.
The file size of this driver is 1294265 bytes (1.23 MB)
Driver rating 4.2 stars out of 5374 votes.
This driver was released for 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. Using DriverMax to install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9280 Wireless Network Adapter driver

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. How can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Start DriverMax and push on the yellow button that says ~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 driver updates. Search the list until you find the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9280 Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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