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Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Qualcomm Atheros AR5008X Wireless Network Adapter how to download and install the driver


Qualcomm Atheros AR5008X Wireless Network Adapter is a Network Adapters device. This driver was developed by Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc.. PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_0024&SUBSYS_04291468 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. How to manually install Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Qualcomm Atheros AR5008X Wireless Network Adapter driver


  1. Download the setup file for Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Qualcomm Atheros AR5008X Wireless Network Adapter driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 10.0.0.42 released on 2012-02-23.
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  3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (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 updated driver, it is as simple as that.
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Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. applied a digital signature to this driver.
Size of this driver: 1298381 bytes (1.24 MB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.6 stars by 65364 users.
This driver is fully compatible with the following versions of Windows:

  • 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 install Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Qualcomm Atheros AR5008X Wireless Network Adapter driver using DriverMax


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

  1. Start DriverMax and push on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and analyze each driver on your computer.
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  3. Take a look at the list of driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Qualcomm Atheros AR5008X 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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