Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Qualcomm Atheros AR5B97 Wireless Network Adapter - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Qualcomm Atheros AR5B97 Wireless Network Adapter is a Network Adapters hardware device. This driver was developed by Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc.. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_002E&SUBSYS_660311AD; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Qualcomm Atheros AR5B97 Wireless Network Adapter driver - how to install it manually

1. Download the setup file for Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Qualcomm Atheros AR5B97 Wireless Network Adapter driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 10.0.0.242 released on 2013-03-24.
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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. Follow 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. Restart your computer and enjoy the new driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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2. Using DriverMax to install Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Qualcomm Atheros AR5B97 Wireless Network Adapter driver

The 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. How can you install a driver with 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 scan and analyze each driver on your computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of detected driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Qualcomm Atheros AR5B97 Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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