Driver for Atheros Communications Inc. D-Link DWA-642 RangeBooster N Notebook Adapter - downloading and installing it

D-Link DWA-642 RangeBooster N Notebook Adapter is a Network Adapters hardware device. This driver was developed by Atheros Communications Inc.. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_0023&SUBSYS_3A6A1186; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Atheros Communications Inc. D-Link DWA-642 RangeBooster N Notebook 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-642 RangeBooster N Notebook Adapter driver. The archive contains version 9.2.0.496 dated 2012-03-21 of the driver.
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3. Start the driver installer file from a user account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is running please confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver setup wizard, which will guide you; it should be quite easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will analyze 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 Atheros Communications Inc..
Driver file size: 971408 bytes (948.64 KB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.2 stars out of 41206 votes.
This driver is compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows Vista 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 32 bits

2. Installing the Atheros Communications Inc. D-Link DWA-642 RangeBooster N Notebook 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 can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Start DriverMax and press 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. Scroll the list down until you locate the Atheros Communications Inc. D-Link DWA-642 RangeBooster N Notebook Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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