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

Atheros Wireless Network Adapter is a Network Adapters hardware device. This Windows driver was developed by Atheros Communications Inc.. PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_0013&SUBSYS_2026168C is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. How to manually install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros Wireless Network Adapter driver

1. Download the driver setup file for Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros Wireless Network Adapter driver from the link below. This download link is for the driver version 8.0.0.238 dated 2009-10-05.
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3. Start the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (UAC) is started then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow 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 computer and enjoy the fresh driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed by the manufacturer.
Size of this driver: 573219 bytes (559.78 KB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.1 stars out of 49360 votes.
This driver is fully compatible with 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. Using DriverMax to install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros Wireless Network Adapter driver

The 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 using DriverMax? Let's see!

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 PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of detected driver updates. Search the list until you find the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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