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Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter how to download and install the driver


Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter is a Network Adapters hardware device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Atheros Communications Inc.. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_002B&SUBSYS_E014105B; this string has to match your hardware.

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


  1. You can download from the link below the driver setup file for the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter driver. The archive contains version 8.0.0.239 dated 2009-10-23 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 started please accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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  5. Follow the driver installation wizard, which will guide you; it should be quite easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will scan your PC 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. As you can see it was quite smple to install a Windows driver!
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This driver was not digitally signed.
Driver file size: 533900 bytes (521.39 KB)
This driver received an average rating of 3.9 stars out of 58826 votes.
This driver was released for 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 use DriverMax to install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter driver


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 push on the yellow button that says ~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 find the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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  5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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