Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. 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 developer of this driver was Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc.. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_002A&SUBSYS_661011AD.

1. How to manually install Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9281 Wireless Network Adapter driver

1. Download the driver setup file for Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9281 Wireless Network Adapter driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 10.0.0.270 released on 2013-11-28.
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3. Start the driver installation file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (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. Go through the driver installation wizard, which should be quite 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 new driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver was not digitally signed.

This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 3 stars out of 27653 votes.

2. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9281 Wireless Network Adapter driver

The 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 with DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Start DriverMax and click on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to analyze each driver on your computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of available driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. 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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