Atheros Atheros AR9281 Wireless Network Adapter driver download and installation

Atheros AR9281 Wireless Network Adapter is a Network Adapters device. This driver was developed by Atheros. PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_002A&SUBSYS_E6221113 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Manually install Atheros Atheros AR9281 Wireless Network Adapter driver

1. Download the driver setup file for Atheros Atheros AR9281 Wireless Network Adapter driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 9.2.0.439 dated 2011-08-04.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control (UAC) is running 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. Shutdown and restart your computer and enjoy the fresh driver, it is as simple as that.
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This driver is digitally signed by Atheros.
The file size of this driver is 1009681 bytes (986.02 KB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.7 stars by 58382 users.
This driver was released for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Vista 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 64 bits

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

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, not just this one. How easy can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Open DriverMax and press 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 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 it, you installed your first driver!
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