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 hardware device. This Windows driver was developed by Atheros Communications Inc.. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_002B&SUBSYS_E025105B; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter - install the driver manually

1. Download the setup file for Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 7.7.0.498 dated 2010-04-27.
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3. Start the driver setup file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control (UAC) is enabled then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver installation wizard, which should be pretty easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your PC 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)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.1 stars by 2782 users.
This driver is compatible with 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. Installing the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter driver using DriverMax: the easy way

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 follow a few steps!

1. Open DriverMax and click on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and 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 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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