Download and install TP-LINK Qualcomm Atheros AR9280 Wireless Network Adapter driver

Qualcomm Atheros AR9280 Wireless Network Adapter is a Network Adapters device. This driver was developed by TP-LINK. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_002A&SUBSYS_D6221113; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Manually install TP-LINK Qualcomm Atheros AR9280 Wireless Network Adapter driver

1. You can download from the link below the driver setup file for the TP-LINK Qualcomm Atheros AR9280 Wireless Network Adapter driver. The archive contains version 10.0.0.274 dated 2013-11-12 of the driver.
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3. Start the driver installer file from a user account with the highest privileges (rights). If your UAC (User Access Control) is started please accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow 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. As you can see it was quite smple to install a Windows driver!
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This driver is digitally signed by TP-LINK.
Download size of the driver: 1387406 bytes (1.32 MB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.3 stars out of 68488 votes.
This driver was released for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 8 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 64 bits

2. The easy way: using DriverMax to install TP-LINK Qualcomm Atheros AR9280 Wireless Network Adapter driver

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

1. Start DriverMax and press on the yellow button named ~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. Search the list until you locate the TP-LINK Qualcomm Atheros AR9280 Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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