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 driver was developed by Atheros Communications Inc.. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_002B&SUBSYS_E037105B.

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 is the download link for the driver version 9.2.0.316 dated 2011-03-11.
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3. Run the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your UAC (User Access Control) is started 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 installation wizard, which should be quite straightforward. The driver installation wizard will scan 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 digitally signed.
Size of this driver: 933978 bytes (912.09 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.5 stars out of 78709 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. The easy way: using 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 the easiest possible way 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 that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and 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 locate 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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