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

Atheros AR9280 Wireless Network Adapter is a Network Adapters device. This Windows driver was developed by Atheros. In order to make sure you are downloading the exact right driver the hardware id is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_002A&SUBSYS_45071A32.

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

1. You can download from the link below the driver installer file for the Atheros Atheros AR9280 Wireless Network Adapter driver. The archive contains version 9.2.0.439 released on 2011-08-04 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 analyze your computer and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes restart your PC in order to use the updated driver. As you can see it was quite smple to install a Windows driver!
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Atheros applied a digital signature to this driver.
File size of the driver: 1009681 bytes (986.02 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.7 stars out of 57723 votes.
This driver is 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. How to use DriverMax to install Atheros Atheros AR9280 Wireless Network Adapter driver

The most important advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install 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 using DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Open DriverMax and click 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 find the Atheros Atheros AR9280 Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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