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 hardware device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Atheros Communications Inc.. In order to make sure you are downloading the exact right driver the hardware id is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_0023&SUBSYS_3A691186.

1. Atheros Communications Inc. D-Link DWA-542 RangeBooster N Desktop Adapter driver - how to install it manually

1. You can download from the link below the driver installer file for the Atheros Communications Inc. D-Link DWA-542 RangeBooster N Desktop Adapter driver. The archive contains version 8.0.1.380 released on 2011-03-15 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 (UAC) is running please accept 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 scan your PC and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes restart your PC in order to use the updated driver. As you can see it was quite smple to install a Windows driver!
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This driver is digitally signed by the manufacturer.
Download size of the driver: 594507 bytes (580.57 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4 stars out of 84878 votes.
This driver will work 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. How to install Atheros Communications Inc. D-Link DWA-542 RangeBooster N Desktop Adapter driver using DriverMax

The most important 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. How can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Open DriverMax and push on the yellow button named ~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 detected driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the Atheros Communications Inc. D-Link DWA-542 RangeBooster N Desktop Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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