Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9280 Wireless Network Adapter - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Atheros AR9280 Wireless Network Adapter is a Network Adapters device. This driver was developed by Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc.. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_002A&SUBSYS_E015105B; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9280 Wireless Network Adapter - install the driver manually

1. You can download from the link below the driver installer file for the Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9280 Wireless Network Adapter driver. The archive contains version 10.0.0.285 dated 2014-02-14 of the driver.
2.  
3. Start the driver installer file from a user account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (UAC) is running please accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
4.  
5. Follow the driver setup wizard, which will guide you; it should be pretty easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will analyze your PC and will install the right driver.
6.  
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!
8.  

This driver is not digitally signed.

This driver received an average rating of 3.3 stars out of 38943 votes.

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

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will setup the driver for you in just a few seconds and it will keep each driver up to date, not just this one. How easy can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Open DriverMax and click on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to analyze each driver on your computer.
2.  
3. Take a look at the list of available driver updates. Search the list until you find the Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9280 Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click the Update button.
4.  
5. Finished installing the driver!
6.