Qualcomm 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 developer of this driver was Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc.. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_0023&SUBSYS_3A691186; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Install Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. D-Link DWA-542 RangeBooster N Desktop Adapter driver manually

1. Download the driver setup file for Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. D-Link DWA-542 RangeBooster N Desktop Adapter driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 10.0.0.45 released on 2012-03-09.
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3. Start the driver installation file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (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 quite easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your computer and enjoy the updated driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed.
Driver file size: 1311105 bytes (1.25 MB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.7 stars out of 39714 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. Installing the Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. D-Link DWA-542 RangeBooster N Desktop Adapter driver using DriverMax: the easy way

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, not just this one. How easy can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Open DriverMax and press on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to analyze each driver on your PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of available driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. D-Link DWA-542 RangeBooster N Desktop Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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