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 Windows version of this driver was developed by Atheros Communications Inc.. PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_002B&SUBSYS_A3051A32 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 installer file for the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9285 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter driver. The archive contains version 9.2.0.419 released on 2011-05-24 of the driver.
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3. Run the driver installer file from a user account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is running please accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver setup wizard, which will guide you; it should be pretty easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will analyze 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 Atheros Communications Inc..
The file size of this driver is 948252 bytes (926.03 KB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.9 stars by 99410 users.
This driver is fully 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. 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 the easiest possible way and it will keep each driver up to date, not just this one. How can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Start DriverMax and click 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. Search the list until you locate the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9285 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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