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 developer of this driver was Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc.. In order to make sure you are downloading the exact right driver the hardware id is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_001B&SUBSYS_1602196f.

1. How to manually install Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Qualcomm Atheros AR5006XS Wireless Network Adapter driver

1. Download the driver setup file for Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Qualcomm Atheros AR5006XS Wireless Network Adapter driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 3.0.2.168 released on 2014-06-12.
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3. Start the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (UAC) is started 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 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. Shutdown and restart your PC and enjoy the new driver, it is as simple as that.
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This driver is not digitally signed.
Driver file size: 1116444 bytes (1.06 MB)
This driver received an average rating of 3.4 stars out of 54219 votes.
This driver will work for the following versions of Windows:

• 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. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Qualcomm Atheros AR5006XS Wireless Network 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 easy can you install a driver using 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 scan and analyze each driver on your PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of detected driver updates. Search the list until you find the Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Qualcomm Atheros AR5006XS Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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