Driver for Atheros Communications Inc. D-Link DWA-556 Xtreme N PCIe Desktop Adapter - downloading and installing it

D-Link DWA-556 Xtreme N PCIe Desktop Adapter is a Network Adapters device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Atheros Communications Inc.. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_0024&SUBSYS_3A701186; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Install Atheros Communications Inc. D-Link DWA-556 Xtreme N PCIe Desktop Adapter driver manually

1. You can download from the link below the driver installer file for the Atheros Communications Inc. D-Link DWA-556 Xtreme N PCIe Desktop Adapter driver. The archive contains version 8.0.1.380 released on 2011-03-15 of the driver.
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3. Start the driver installer file from a user account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is started please confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver installation wizard, which will guide you; it should be pretty easy to follow. The driver installation 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. It is as simple as that to install a Windows driver!
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Atheros Communications Inc. applied a digital signature to this driver.
Driver file size: 594507 bytes (580.57 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.4 stars out of 86546 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. How to install Atheros Communications Inc. D-Link DWA-556 Xtreme N PCIe Desktop Adapter driver using DriverMax

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 using DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Start DriverMax and push on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and analyze each driver on your computer.
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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. D-Link DWA-556 Xtreme N PCIe Desktop Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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