Qualcomm Atheros Qualcomm Atheros AR8172/8176/8178 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller NDIS 6.20 how to download and install the driver

Qualcomm Atheros AR8172/8176/8178 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller NDIS 6.20 is a Network Adapters hardware device. This driver was developed by Qualcomm Atheros. PCI/VEN_1969&DEV_10A0 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Manually install Qualcomm Atheros Qualcomm Atheros AR8172/8176/8178 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller NDIS 6.20 driver

1. You can download from the link below the driver setup file for the Qualcomm Atheros Qualcomm Atheros AR8172/8176/8178 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller NDIS 6.20 driver. The archive contains version 2.1.0.17 released on 2013-04-19 of the driver.
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3. Start the driver installer file from a user account with administrative rights. If your UAC (User Access Control) is running please confirm the installation 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 quite easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will scan your PC and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes shutdown and 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.

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2. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Qualcomm Atheros Qualcomm Atheros AR8172/8176/8178 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller NDIS 6.20 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, not just this one. How can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Open DriverMax and click on the yellow button named ~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 AR8172/8176/8178 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller NDIS 6.20 driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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