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

HP 802.11b/g Wireless Network Adapter is a Network Adapters hardware device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Atheros Communications Inc.. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_001B&SUBSYS_500111AD.

1. Manually install Atheros Communications Inc. HP 802.11b/g Wireless Network Adapter driver

1. Download the setup file for Atheros Communications Inc. HP 802.11b/g Wireless Network Adapter driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 7.6.0.164 released on 2008-07-28.
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3. Start the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is running then you will have to accept 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 easy to follow. 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 new driver, it is as simple as that.
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Atheros Communications Inc. applied a digital signature to this driver.
Download size of the driver: 421586 bytes (411.71 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4 stars out of 2915 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 802.11b/g Wireless Network Adapter driver

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will setup the driver for you in just a few seconds 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. Start DriverMax and press on the yellow button named ~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 detected driver updates. Search the list until you locate the Atheros Communications Inc. HP 802.11b/g Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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