Driver for Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9280 Wireless Network Adapter - downloading and installing it

Atheros AR9280 Wireless Network Adapter is a Network Adapters device. This Windows driver was developed by Atheros Communications Inc.. PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_002A&SUBSYS_D6221113 is the matching hardware id of this device.

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

1. Download the driver setup file for Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9280 Wireless Network Adapter driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 9.0.0.223 released on 2011-03-07.
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3. Start the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is enabled 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 easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and restart your PC and enjoy the new driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed by the manufacturer.
Download size of the driver: 825544 bytes (806.20 KB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.2 stars out of 96537 votes.
This driver is fully compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• 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 Communications Inc. Atheros AR9280 Wireless Network Adapter driver

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install 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 with DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Open DriverMax and press on the yellow button that says ~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 available driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9280 Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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