Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9285 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Atheros AR9285 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter is a Network Adapters device. The developer of this driver was Atheros Communications Inc.. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_002B&SUBSYS_04641028; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9285 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter driver manually

1. You can download from the link below the driver installer file for the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9285 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter driver. The archive contains version 9.2.0.514 released on 2012-11-26 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 enabled 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 computer 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 the manufacturer.
Download size of the driver: 973413 bytes (950.60 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.2 stars out of 53584 votes.
This driver is compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows Vista 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 32 bits

2. How to install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9285 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter driver using DriverMax

The 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 can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Open DriverMax and press on the yellow button that says ~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 available 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. Finished installing the driver!
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