Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9580 Wireless Network Adapter - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Atheros AR9580 Wireless Network Adapter is a Network Adapters device. This driver was developed by Atheros Communications Inc.. PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_0033 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Manually install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9580 Wireless Network Adapter driver

1. Download the driver setup file for Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9580 Wireless Network Adapter driver from the link below. This download link is for the driver version 3.0.0.81 released on 2012-01-05.
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3. Run the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (UAC) is enabled then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver setup wizard, which should be pretty straightforward. The driver setup wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and restart your PC and enjoy the fresh driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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2. Installing the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9580 Wireless Network Adapter driver using DriverMax: the easy way

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 using DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Open DriverMax and push 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 AR9580 Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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