Atheros Atheros AR9280 Wireless Network Adapter how to download and install the driver

Atheros AR9280 Wireless Network Adapter is a Network Adapters hardware device. This Windows driver was developed by Atheros. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_002A&SUBSYS_7156144F; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Install Atheros Atheros AR9280 Wireless Network Adapter driver manually

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 10.0.0.242 released on 2013-03-25.
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3. Run the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (UAC) is started 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 pretty easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will analyze 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 by the manufacturer.
Driver file size: 771861 bytes (753.77 KB)
Driver rating 4.2 stars out of 77020 votes.
This driver was released for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 32 bits

2. Installing the Atheros Atheros AR9280 Wireless Network Adapter driver using DriverMax: the easy way

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 with DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Open DriverMax and push on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to 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 locate the Atheros Atheros AR9280 Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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