Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9281 802.11b/g/n WLAN HMC Network - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Atheros AR9281 802.11b/g/n WLAN HMC Network is a Network Adapters device. This Windows driver was developed by Atheros Communications Inc.. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_002A&SUBSYS_00341B0A; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Manually install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9281 802.11b/g/n WLAN HMC Network driver

1. You can download from the link below the driver installer file for the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9281 802.11b/g/n WLAN HMC Network driver. The archive contains version 3.0.0.81 dated 2012-01-05 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 accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver installation wizard, which will guide you; it should be quite easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will analyze your PC 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. 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 3.4 stars by 32843 users.

2. How to use DriverMax to install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9281 802.11b/g/n WLAN HMC Network 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 can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Start DriverMax and click 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. Search the list until you find the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9281 802.11b/g/n WLAN HMC Network driver. Click on Update.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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