Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter is a Network Adapters device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc.. PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_002B&SUBSYS_7167144F is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. How to manually install Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter driver

1. Download the driver setup file for Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter driver from the link below. This download link is for the driver version 10.0.0.42 released on 2012-02-23.
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3. Start the driver setup file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control Service (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 pretty straightforward. The driver installation wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your computer and enjoy the new driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed by the manufacturer.
File size of the driver: 1218159 bytes (1.16 MB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 5 stars out of 96365 votes.
This driver is 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 Wireless Network Adapter driver

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 take a look!

1. Open DriverMax and click 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. Scroll the list down until you find 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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