Atheros Atheros AR9281 Wireless Network Adapter - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Atheros AR9281 Wireless Network Adapter is a Network Adapters hardware device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Atheros. PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_002A&SUBSYS_7141144F is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Atheros Atheros AR9281 Wireless Network Adapter driver - how to install it manually

1. You can download from the link below the driver setup file for the Atheros Atheros AR9281 Wireless Network Adapter driver. The archive contains version 9.2.0.496 dated 2012-03-21 of the driver.
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3. Run 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.
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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 scan your computer 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. It is as simple as that to install a Windows driver!
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This driver was not digitally signed.

This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 3.5 stars out of 31602 votes.

2. Installing the Atheros Atheros AR9281 Wireless Network Adapter driver using DriverMax: the easy way

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. Open DriverMax and push on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to analyze each driver on your PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of detected driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Atheros Atheros AR9281 Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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