Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter is a Network Adapters device. This Windows driver was developed by 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_A8311113.

1. Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter driver - how to install it manually

1. Download the driver setup file for Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 9.2.0.500 released on 2012-04-19.
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3. Start the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is running then you will have to confirm the installation 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. Shutdown and restart your computer and enjoy the new driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is not digitally signed.

This driver was rated with an average of 3.6 stars by 80966 users.

2. Installing the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter driver using DriverMax: the easy way

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 with DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Open DriverMax and press 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 detected driver updates. Search the list until you find the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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