Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9281 Wireless Network Adapter how to download and install the driver

Atheros AR9281 Wireless Network Adapter is a Network Adapters device. The developer of this driver was Atheros Communications Inc.. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_002A&SUBSYS_E009105B; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9281 Wireless Network Adapter driver manually

1. Download the setup file for Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9281 Wireless Network Adapter driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 8.0.0.341 released on 2010-05-18.
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3. Start the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is enabled then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver installation wizard, which should be pretty straightforward. The driver installation wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your computer and enjoy the updated driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed by the manufacturer.
Download size of the driver: 562947 bytes (549.75 KB)
This driver was rated with an average of 5 stars by 98975 users.
This driver will work for 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. How to use DriverMax to install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9281 Wireless Network Adapter driver

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will setup 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 push on the yellow button named ~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 available driver updates. Search the list until you locate the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9281 Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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