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. This Windows driver was developed by Atheros. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_002A&SUBSYS_E009105B.

1. Install Atheros Atheros AR9281 Wireless Network Adapter driver manually

1. Download the driver setup file for Atheros Atheros AR9281 Wireless Network Adapter driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 9.2.0.480 dated 2012-01-10.
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3. Start the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (UAC) is enabled 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 scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your PC and enjoy the fresh driver, it is as simple as that.
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Atheros applied a digital signature to this driver.
Download size of the driver: 730024 bytes (712.91 KB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.8 stars by 34937 users.
This driver was released for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 32 bits

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

The most important 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. How can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Start 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. Finished installing the driver!
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