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 hardware device. This driver was developed by Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc.. PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_002B&SUBSYS_7187144F is the matching hardware id of this device.

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

1. Download the setup file for Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 10.0.0.293 dated 2014-10-29.
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3. Start the driver installation file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control (UAC) is started 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 easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will analyze 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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This driver is digitally signed by the manufacturer.
Driver file size: 1164527 bytes (1.11 MB)
Driver rating 5 stars out of 36421 votes.
This driver is fully compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• 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 install Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter driver using DriverMax

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. How easy can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Open DriverMax and press on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to 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 find the Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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