Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Qualcomm Atheros AR5006GS Wireless Network Adapter - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Qualcomm Atheros AR5006GS Wireless Network Adapter is a Network Adapters device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc.. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_001B&SUBSYS_1061168C; this string has to match your hardware.

1. How to manually install Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Qualcomm Atheros AR5006GS Wireless Network Adapter driver

1. Download the setup file for Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Qualcomm Atheros AR5006GS Wireless Network Adapter driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 10.0.0.297 dated 2014-07-22.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your UAC (User Access Control) is enabled then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver installation wizard, which should be pretty straightforward. The driver installation 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, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver was not digitally signed.

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2. Installing the Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Qualcomm Atheros AR5006GS Wireless Network Adapter driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The most important 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. How can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's take a look!

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 available driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Qualcomm Atheros AR5006GS Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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