Atheros Communications Inc. D-Link DWA-652 XtremeN Notebook Adapter - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

D-Link DWA-652 XtremeN Notebook Adapter is a Network Adapters device. This driver was developed by Atheros Communications Inc.. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_0023&SUBSYS_3A6E1186; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Install Atheros Communications Inc. D-Link DWA-652 XtremeN Notebook Adapter driver manually

1. Download the setup file for Atheros Communications Inc. D-Link DWA-652 XtremeN Notebook Adapter driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 9.2.0.514 released on 2012-11-26.
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3. Run the driver setup file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control (UAC) is enabled then you will have to 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 should be pretty 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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This driver is digitally signed by the manufacturer.
The file size of this driver is 973413 bytes (950.60 KB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.5 stars by 69947 users.
This driver was released for 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. Using DriverMax to install Atheros Communications Inc. D-Link DWA-652 XtremeN Notebook Adapter driver

The most important advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install 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 follow a few steps!

1. Start DriverMax and press 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 driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Atheros Communications Inc. D-Link DWA-652 XtremeN Notebook Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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