Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9283 Wireless Network Adapter - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Atheros AR9283 Wireless Network Adapter is a Network Adapters device. This Windows driver was developed by Atheros Communications Inc.. In order to make sure you are downloading the exact right driver the hardware id is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_002A&SUBSYS_F8221113.

1. How to manually install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9283 Wireless Network Adapter driver

1. Download the driver setup file for Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9283 Wireless Network Adapter driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 9.2.0.489 released on 2012-02-21.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control Service (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 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 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 received an average rating of 3.6 stars out of 61161 votes.

2. Installing the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9283 Wireless Network Adapter driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The most important 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 with DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Start DriverMax and click on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and analyze each driver on your computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of detected driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9283 Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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