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. This driver was developed by Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc.. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_002B&SUBSYS_1461103C; this string has to match your hardware.

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

1. Download the driver 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 3.0.2.166 dated 2014-02-19.
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3. Start the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (UAC) is enabled then you will have to confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver installation wizard, which should be quite straightforward. 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 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 stars out of 86788 votes.

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

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 easy can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's take a look!

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. Scroll the list down until you find 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 all, the driver is now installed!
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