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 hardware 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. Install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9281 802.11b/g/n WLAN HMC Network driver manually

1. Download the driver setup file for Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9281 802.11b/g/n WLAN HMC Network driver from the link below. This download link is for the driver version 7.7.0.434 released on 2009-11-18.
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3. Run the driver setup file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is started then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow 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 new driver, it is as simple as that.
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This driver is digitally signed.
Driver file size: 482903 bytes (471.58 KB)
Driver rating 4.8 stars out of 99501 votes.
This driver was released for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Vista 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 32 bits

2. How to install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9281 802.11b/g/n WLAN HMC Network driver using DriverMax

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. How can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Open 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 computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of detected driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9281 802.11b/g/n WLAN HMC Network driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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