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 device. The developer of this driver was Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc.. PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_002B&SUBSYS_1461103C is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Install Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter driver manually

1. Download the setup file for Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter driver from the link below. This download link is for the driver version 10.0.0.255 dated 2013-07-02.
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3. Run the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (UAC) is enabled 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 easy to follow. 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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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 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. Start DriverMax and press on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and analyze each driver on your computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of driver updates. Search the list until you locate the Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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