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. This driver was developed by Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc.. In order to make sure you are downloading the exact right driver the hardware id is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_002B&SUBSYS_A8311113.

1. How to 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 link below. This is the download link for the driver version 10.0.0.209 released on 2012-09-18.
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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 running then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver setup wizard, which should be quite straightforward. The driver setup 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 fresh driver, it is as simple as that.
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Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. applied a digital signature to this driver.
File size of the driver: 1287639 bytes (1.23 MB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4 stars by 67603 users.
This driver was released for 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. Using DriverMax to install Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter driver

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will setup the driver for you in the easiest possible way and it will keep each driver up to date, not just this one. How easy can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Open DriverMax and click on the yellow button named ~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 the Update button.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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