Atheros Qualcomm Atheros AR5009 802.11a/g/n WiFi Adapter - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Qualcomm Atheros AR5009 802.11a/g/n WiFi Adapter is a Network Adapters hardware device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Atheros. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_002A&SUBSYS_3041103C; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Manually install Atheros Qualcomm Atheros AR5009 802.11a/g/n WiFi Adapter driver

1. You can download from the link below the driver installer file for the Atheros Qualcomm Atheros AR5009 802.11a/g/n WiFi Adapter driver. The archive contains version 10.0.0.216 released on 2012-10-24 of the driver.
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3. Run the driver installer file from a user account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control (UAC) is running please accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver setup wizard, which will guide you; it should be pretty easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will analyze your PC 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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This driver is not digitally signed.

This driver was rated with an average of 3.8 stars by 50258 users.

2. Installing the Atheros Qualcomm Atheros AR5009 802.11a/g/n WiFi Adapter driver using DriverMax: the easy way

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 can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Open DriverMax and click on the yellow button that says ~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 locate the Atheros Qualcomm Atheros AR5009 802.11a/g/n WiFi Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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