Driver for Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9287 Wireless Network Adapter - downloading and installing it

Atheros AR9287 Wireless Network Adapter is a Network Adapters hardware device. The developer of this driver was Atheros Communications Inc.. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_002E&SUBSYS_31A417AA; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9287 Wireless Network Adapter - install the driver manually

1. Download the driver setup file for Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9287 Wireless Network Adapter driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 9.2.0.480 dated 2012-01-10.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control (UAC) is running 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 analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your PC and enjoy the fresh driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed.
Driver file size: 1025039 bytes (1,001.01 KB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4 stars by 42774 users.
This driver was released for the following versions of Windows:

• 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. Installing the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9287 Wireless Network Adapter driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The most important advantage of using DriverMax is that it will setup 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 take a look!

1. Start DriverMax and click 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 driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9287 Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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