Qualcomm 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. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc.. PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_002A&SUBSYS_F8221113 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Install Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9283 Wireless Network Adapter driver manually

1. Download the driver setup file for Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9283 Wireless Network Adapter driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 10.0.0.209 dated 2012-09-26.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your UAC (User Access Control) is started then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver installation wizard, which should be pretty straightforward. The driver installation wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and restart your PC and enjoy the updated driver, it is as simple as that.
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This driver is digitally signed by the manufacturer.
Download size of the driver: 1371476 bytes (1.31 MB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.2 stars out of 10930 votes.
This driver was released for the following versions of Windows:

• 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. How to use DriverMax to install Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9283 Wireless Network Adapter driver

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 can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Start 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 available driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9283 Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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