Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter how to download and install the driver

Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter is a Network Adapters device. This Windows driver was developed by Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc.. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_002B&SUBSYS_31A117AA; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter - install the driver manually

1. Download the driver setup file for Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 10.0.3.456 dated 2017-09-20.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control (UAC) is running 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 pretty 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 new driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. applied a digital signature to this driver.
Size of this driver: 1561681 bytes (1.49 MB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.6 stars out of 56182 votes.
This driver will work for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 8 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 64 bits

2. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter driver

The 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 with DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Open DriverMax and press 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 available driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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