Qualcomm Atheros Qualcomm Atheros AR8151 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Qualcomm Atheros AR8151 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller is a Network Adapters device. The developer of this driver was Qualcomm Atheros. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_1969&DEV_1073; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Manually install Qualcomm Atheros Qualcomm Atheros AR8151 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver

1. Download the driver setup file for Qualcomm Atheros Qualcomm Atheros AR8151 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver from the link below. This download link is for the driver version 2.1.0.21 released on 2013-07-16.
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3. Run the driver setup file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control (UAC) is started then you will have to confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver installation wizard, which should be pretty straightforward. The driver installation wizard will analyze 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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This driver is digitally signed by Qualcomm Atheros.
Download size of the driver: 116355 bytes (113.63 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.1 stars out of 1419 votes.
This driver is compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows Vista 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 32 bits
• 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. How to install Qualcomm Atheros Qualcomm Atheros AR8151 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver using DriverMax

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install the driver for you in just a few seconds and it will keep each driver up to date. How easy 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 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 locate the Qualcomm Atheros Qualcomm Atheros AR8151 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver. Click on Update.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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