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

Atheros AR9280 Wireless Network Adapter is a Network Adapters device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Atheros. PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_002A&SUBSYS_650211AD is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. How to manually install Atheros Atheros AR9280 Wireless Network Adapter driver

1. Download the driver setup file for Atheros Atheros AR9280 Wireless Network Adapter driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 9.2.0.439 dated 2011-08-04.
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3. Start the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (UAC) is running 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. Restart your computer and enjoy the fresh driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed.
Driver file size: 1009681 bytes (986.02 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.4 stars out of 57022 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. How to use DriverMax to install Atheros 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 using DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Open DriverMax and press 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 available driver updates. Search the list until you find the Atheros 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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