Driver for Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9281 Wireless Network Adapter - downloading and installing it

Atheros AR9281 Wireless Network Adapter is a Network Adapters hardware device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Atheros Communications Inc.. PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_002A&SUBSYS_43011A32 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Manually install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9281 Wireless Network Adapter driver

1. You can download from the link below the driver setup file for the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9281 Wireless Network Adapter driver. The archive contains version 9.2.0.480 dated 2012-01-10 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 enabled 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 pretty easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will scan your PC and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes shutdown and restart your computer in order to use the updated driver. As you can see it was quite smple to install a Windows driver!
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This driver is digitally signed by the manufacturer.
Download size of the driver: 968280 bytes (945.59 KB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.7 stars out of 95129 votes.
This driver is fully compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• 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. Using DriverMax to install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9281 Wireless Network Adapter driver

The most important 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 using DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Start DriverMax and push on the yellow button named ~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 available driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9281 Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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