Atheros Communications Inc. D-Link DWA-542 RangeBooster N Desktop Adapter - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

D-Link DWA-542 RangeBooster N Desktop Adapter is a Network Adapters device. This driver was developed by Atheros Communications Inc.. PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_0023&SUBSYS_3A691186 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Manually install Atheros Communications Inc. D-Link DWA-542 RangeBooster N Desktop Adapter driver

1. Download the driver setup file for Atheros Communications Inc. D-Link DWA-542 RangeBooster N Desktop Adapter driver from the link below. This download link is for the driver version 7.6.0.126 released on 2008-05-19.
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3. Start the driver setup file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your UAC (User Access Control) 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 setup wizard, which should be quite 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 updated driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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Atheros Communications Inc. applied a digital signature to this driver.
Download size of the driver: 417809 bytes (408.02 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.7 stars out of 50862 votes.
This driver was released for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 64 bits
• 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. D-Link DWA-542 RangeBooster N Desktop 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, not just this one. How can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Open 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 available driver updates. Search the list until you locate the Atheros Communications Inc. D-Link DWA-542 RangeBooster N Desktop Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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