Driver for Qualcomm 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 Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc.. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_002A&SUBSYS_652211AD; this string has to match your hardware.

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

1. You can download from the link below the driver setup file for the Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9280 Wireless Network Adapter driver. The archive contains version 10.0.0.302 dated 2014-10-17 of the driver.
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3. Run the driver installer file from a user account with the highest privileges (rights). If your UAC (User Access Control) is running please accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver setup wizard, which will guide you; it should be quite 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 computer in order to use the updated driver. It is as simple as that to install a Windows driver!
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This driver is not digitally signed.

This driver was rated with an average of 3.3 stars by 65603 users.

2. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9280 Wireless Network Adapter driver

The 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 follow a few steps!

1. Start DriverMax and push 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 detected driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the Qualcomm 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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