Download and install Atheros Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter driver

Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter is a Network Adapters device. This Windows driver was developed by Atheros. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_002B&SUBSYS_7194144F; this string has to match your hardware.

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

1. You can download from the link below the driver installer file for the Atheros Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter driver. The archive contains version 10.0.0.242 released on 2013-03-25 of the driver.
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3. Start the driver installer file from a user account with administrative 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. Follow the driver setup wizard, which will guide you; it should be pretty 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 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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Atheros applied a digital signature to this driver.
Driver file size: 771861 bytes (753.77 KB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.4 stars by 17574 users.
This driver was released for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 32 bits

2. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Atheros Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter driver

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will setup the driver for you in just a few seconds and it will keep each driver up to date. How can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Start DriverMax and press 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 driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the Atheros Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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