Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9285 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter driver download and installation

Atheros AR9285 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter is a Network Adapters hardware device. This Windows driver was developed by Atheros Communications Inc.. PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_002B&SUBSYS_0205168C is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Manually install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9285 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter driver

1. You can download from the link below the driver setup file for the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9285 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter driver. The archive contains version 9.2.0.470 dated 2011-12-12 of the driver.
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3. Start the driver installer file from a user account with administrative rights. If your UAC (User Access Control) is running please accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver setup wizard, which will guide you; it should be pretty easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will scan your computer and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes shutdown and restart your PC in order to use the updated driver. It is as simple as that to install a Windows driver!
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This driver is digitally signed by Atheros Communications Inc..
The file size of this driver is 1022167 bytes (998.21 KB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.3 stars by 99296 users.
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. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9285 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter driver

The most important advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install 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 using DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Start DriverMax and click on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and 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 Communications Inc. Atheros AR9285 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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