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


Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter is a Network Adapters hardware device. The developer of this driver was Atheros. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_002B&SUBSYS_43051A32; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Install Atheros Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter driver manually


  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 9.2.0.480 released on 2012-01-10 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 started please confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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  5. Go through the driver installation wizard, which will guide you; it should be pretty 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 restart your computer in order to use the updated driver. It is as simple as that to install a Windows driver!
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This driver is digitally signed by the manufacturer.
The file size of this driver is 730024 bytes (712.91 KB)
Driver rating 4.2 stars out of 6471 votes.
This driver is fully compatible with the following versions of Windows:

  • This driver works on Windows Server 2003 32 bits
  • This driver works on Windows XP 32 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 just a few seconds and it will keep each driver up to date. How can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

  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 computer.
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  3. Take a look at the list of available driver updates. Search the list until you locate the Atheros 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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