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 device. This Windows driver was developed by Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc.. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_002A&SUBSYS_7141144F; this string has to match your hardware.

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

1. Download the driver setup file for Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9281 Wireless Network Adapter driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 10.0.0.255 released on 2013-06-24.
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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 running then you will have to confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver installation wizard, which should be pretty easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and restart your PC and enjoy the new driver, it is as simple as that.
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This driver is not digitally signed.

This driver was rated with an average of 3.3 stars by 76301 users.

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 the easiest possible way and it will keep each driver up to date. How can you install a driver using 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 analyze each driver on your computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9281 Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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