Driver for Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter - downloading and installing it

Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter is a Network Adapters hardware device. The developer of this driver was Atheros Communications Inc.. In order to make sure you are downloading the exact right driver the hardware id is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_002B&SUBSYS_30A1168C.

1. Manually install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter driver

1. Download the driver setup file for Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 7.7.0.498 dated 2010-04-27.
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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 running 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 setup wizard, which should be quite easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your computer and enjoy the new driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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Atheros Communications Inc. applied a digital signature to this driver.
The file size of this driver is 511956 bytes (499.96 KB)
Driver rating 4.7 stars out of 72697 votes.
This driver was released for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 64 bits
• 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 install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter driver using DriverMax

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will setup 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 follow a few steps!

1. Start DriverMax and push 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 locate the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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