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

Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter is a Network Adapters device. The developer of this driver was Atheros Communications Inc.. PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_002B&SUBSYS_83051A32 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter driver manually

1. Download the 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. Start the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (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 pretty 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 PC and enjoy the fresh driver, it is as simple as that.
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Atheros Communications Inc. applied a digital signature to this driver.
Driver file size: 511956 bytes (499.96 KB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.1 stars by 84842 users.
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 use DriverMax to install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network 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. How easy can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Open DriverMax and click on the yellow button named ~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 detected driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find 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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