Driver for Atheros Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter - downloading and installing it

Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter is a Network Adapters hardware device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Atheros. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_002B&SUBSYS_04011B9A; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Manually install Atheros Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter driver

1. Download the setup file for Atheros Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 10.0.0.242 dated 2013-03-25.
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3. Start the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is started then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow 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. Shutdown and restart your computer and enjoy the fresh driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is not digitally signed.

This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 3.8 stars out of 58164 votes.

2. Installing the Atheros Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The most important advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install 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 using DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Start DriverMax and push on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to analyze each driver on your computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Atheros Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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