ad-block

Advertising seems to be blocked by your browser.

The ads help us provide this software and web site to you for free.

Please support our project by allowing our site to show ads.



Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter how to download and install the driver


Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter is a Network Adapters device. This Windows driver was developed by Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc.. In order to make sure you are downloading the exact right driver the hardware id is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_002B&SUBSYS_0205168C.

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 10.0.0.55 released on 2012-05-05.
  2.  
  3. Run the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (UAC) is running then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
  4.  
  5. Go through the driver setup wizard, which should be pretty easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
  6.  
  7. Restart your PC and enjoy the new driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
  8.  
Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. applied a digital signature to this driver.
The file size of this driver is 1238801 bytes (1.18 MB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.7 stars out of 90543 votes.
This driver is fully compatible with 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. How to use DriverMax to install Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter driver


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

  1. Start DriverMax and press on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to analyze each driver on your PC.
  2.  
  3. Take a look at the list of detected driver updates. Search the list until you find the Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter driver. Click the Update button.
  4.  
  5. Finished installing the driver!
  6.  

Drivers