TP-LINK 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 developer of this driver was TP-LINK. In order to make sure you are downloading the exact right driver the hardware id is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_002B&SUBSYS_153710CF.

1. Manually install TP-LINK Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter driver

1. You can download from the link below the driver setup file for the TP-LINK Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter driver. The archive contains version 10.0.0.274 released on 2013-11-12 of the driver.
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3. Start the driver installer file from a user account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is running please accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver installation wizard, which will guide you; it should be quite easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will analyze your PC and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes shutdown and restart your computer in order to use the updated driver. It is as simple as that to install a Windows driver!
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TP-LINK applied a digital signature to this driver.
Driver file size: 1387406 bytes (1.32 MB)
Driver rating 4.2 stars out of 68092 votes.
This driver is fully compatible with 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. Installing the TP-LINK Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install the driver for you in just a few seconds 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. Start DriverMax and click 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 driver updates. Search the list until you locate the TP-LINK Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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