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Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9280 Wireless Network Adapter driver download and installation


Atheros AR9280 Wireless Network Adapter is a Network Adapters hardware device. This Windows driver was developed by Atheros Communications Inc.. In order to make sure you are downloading the exact right driver the hardware id is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_002A&SUBSYS_A8221113.

1. Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9280 Wireless Network Adapter driver - how to install it manually


  1. You can download from the link below the driver setup file for the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9280 Wireless Network Adapter driver. The archive contains version 7.7.0.331 dated 2009-06-09 of the driver.
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  3. Start the driver installer file from a user account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control (UAC) is started please confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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  5. Follow the driver setup wizard, which will guide you; it should be pretty easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will scan your PC and will install the right driver.
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  7. When the operation finishes shutdown and restart your PC in order to use the updated driver. It is as simple as that to install a Windows driver!
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Atheros Communications Inc. applied a digital signature to this driver.
Size of this driver: 473059 bytes (461.97 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.3 stars out of 87703 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. Installing the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9280 Wireless Network Adapter driver using DriverMax: the easy way


The most important 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. How easy can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's see!

  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 driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9280 Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click the Update button.
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  5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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