Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 802.11b g n WiFi Adapter - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 802.11b g n WiFi Adapter is a Network Adapters hardware device. This Windows driver was developed by Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc.. PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_002B&SUBSYS_0204168C is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Manually install Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 802.11b g n WiFi Adapter driver

1. Download the setup file for Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 802.11b g n WiFi Adapter driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 3.0.2.202 released on 2016-01-29.
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3. Start the driver installation file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your UAC (User Access Control) 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. Follow the driver installation wizard, which should be pretty easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your PC and enjoy the new driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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There is no digital signature available for this driver.
The file size of this driver is 1238608 bytes (1.18 MB)
This driver was rated with an average of 3.4 stars by 54394 users.
This driver is compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• 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 Communications Inc. Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 802.11b g n WiFi Adapter driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The most important advantage of using DriverMax is that it will setup the driver for you in the easiest possible way and it will keep each driver up to date, not just this one. How easy can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Open DriverMax and push on the yellow button that says ~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 driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 802.11b g n WiFi Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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