Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Qualcomm Atheros AR9281 Wireless Network Adapter - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Qualcomm Atheros AR9281 Wireless Network Adapter is a Network Adapters hardware device. This driver was developed by Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc.. PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_002A&SUBSYS_43011A32 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Manually install Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Qualcomm Atheros AR9281 Wireless Network Adapter driver

1. Download the driver setup file for Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Qualcomm Atheros AR9281 Wireless Network Adapter driver from the link below. This download link is for the driver version 10.0.0.293 released on 2014-06-22.
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3. Run the driver setup file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your UAC (User Access Control) is running 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 pretty straightforward. The driver setup wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and restart your computer and enjoy the updated driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is not digitally signed.

This driver received an average rating of 3.8 stars out of 40983 votes.

2. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Qualcomm Atheros AR9281 Wireless Network Adapter driver

The most important advantage of using DriverMax is that it will setup the driver for you in just a few seconds and it will keep each driver up to date. How can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Start DriverMax and click on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and 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 find the Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Qualcomm Atheros AR9281 Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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