Atheros Communications Inc. HP 802.11a/b/g Wireless Network Adapter - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

HP 802.11a/b/g Wireless Network Adapter is a Network Adapters hardware device. This driver was developed by Atheros Communications Inc.. PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_001B&SUBSYS_500011AD is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. How to manually install Atheros Communications Inc. HP 802.11a/b/g Wireless Network Adapter driver

1. Download the driver setup file for Atheros Communications Inc. HP 802.11a/b/g Wireless Network Adapter driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 7.7.0.498 released on 2010-04-27.
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3. Run the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (UAC) is started 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 installation wizard, which should be quite easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your PC and enjoy the updated driver, it is as simple as that.
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This driver is digitally signed.
Download size of the driver: 511956 bytes (499.96 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.5 stars out of 41677 votes.
This driver will work for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 64 bits
• 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 use DriverMax to install Atheros Communications Inc. HP 802.11a/b/g Wireless Network Adapter driver

The 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 easy can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Open 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 available driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the Atheros Communications Inc. HP 802.11a/b/g Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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