Download and install Qualcomm Atheros Qualcomm Atheros AR8171/8175 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver

Qualcomm Atheros AR8171/8175 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller is a Network Adapters hardware device. This driver was developed by Qualcomm Atheros. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_1969&DEV_10A1.

1. Manually install Qualcomm Atheros Qualcomm Atheros AR8171/8175 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver

1. Download the driver setup file for Qualcomm Atheros Qualcomm Atheros AR8171/8175 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver from the location below. This is the download link 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 administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (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 setup wizard, which should be quite straightforward. The driver setup wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your PC and enjoy the updated driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed.
The file size of this driver is 116355 bytes (113.63 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.7 stars out of 15852 votes.
This driver was released for 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. Installing the Qualcomm Atheros Qualcomm Atheros AR8171/8175 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver using DriverMax: the easy way

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, not just this one. How can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Open DriverMax and press on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to 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 Qualcomm Atheros Qualcomm Atheros AR8171/8175 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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