Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9287 Wireless Network Adapter - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Atheros AR9287 Wireless Network Adapter is a Network Adapters hardware device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Atheros Communications Inc.. PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_002E&SUBSYS_08001B9A is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9287 Wireless Network Adapter driver manually

1. You can download from the link below the driver setup file for the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9287 Wireless Network Adapter driver. The archive contains version 9.2.0.496 dated 2012-03-21 of the driver.
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3. Run the driver installer file from a user account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is enabled 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 analyze your PC and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes shutdown and 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.
File size of the driver: 971408 bytes (948.64 KB)
Driver rating 4.1 stars out of 31889 votes.
This driver will work 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 AR9287 Wireless Network Adapter driver

The 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 take a look!

1. Start DriverMax and push on the yellow button named ~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 available driver updates. Search the list until you find the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9287 Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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