Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Qualcomm Atheros AR5006XS Wireless Network Adapter - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Qualcomm Atheros AR5006XS Wireless Network Adapter is a Network Adapters hardware device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc.. PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_001B&SUBSYS_1602196f is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Qualcomm Atheros AR5006XS Wireless Network Adapter - install the driver manually

1. You can download from the link below the driver setup file for the Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Qualcomm Atheros AR5006XS Wireless Network Adapter driver. The archive contains version 10.0.0.221 dated 2012-11-18 of the driver.
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3. Start the driver installer file from a user account with administrative rights. If your UAC (User Access Control) is started please confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver setup wizard, which will guide you; it should be pretty easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will analyze your computer and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes restart your computer in order to use the updated driver. It is as simple as that to install a Windows driver!
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2. Installing the Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Qualcomm Atheros AR5006XS 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, not just this one. How easy 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 PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of available driver updates. Search the list until you locate the Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Qualcomm Atheros AR5006XS Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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