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


Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter is a Network Adapters hardware device. This Windows driver was developed by Atheros. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_002B&SUBSYS_04111B9A.

1. Manually install Atheros Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter driver


  1. You can download from the link below the driver setup file for the Atheros Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter driver. The archive contains version 9.2.0.419 released on 2011-05-24 of the driver.
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  3. Run the driver installer file from a user account with the highest privileges (rights). If your UAC (User Access Control) is enabled please 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 will guide you; it should be quite easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will scan your PC and will install the right driver.
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  7. When the operation finishes restart your PC 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 is digitally signed.
The file size of this driver is 1007216 bytes (983.61 KB)
Driver rating 5 stars out of 54373 votes.
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. How to install Atheros Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter driver using DriverMax


The most important 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 using DriverMax? Let's see!

  1. Start DriverMax and push 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. Search the list until you find the Atheros Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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  5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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