TP-LINK Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter driver download and installation

Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter is a Network Adapters hardware device. The developer of this driver was TP-LINK. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_002B&SUBSYS_7194144F; this string has to match your hardware.

1. How to 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. Run the driver installer file from a user account with the highest privileges (rights). If your UAC (User Access Control) is enabled please accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver setup wizard, which will guide you; it should be pretty easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will scan your computer and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes restart your PC in order to use the updated driver. It is as simple as that to install a Windows driver!
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This driver is digitally signed by TP-LINK.
Download size of the driver: 1387406 bytes (1.32 MB)
Driver rating 4.5 stars out of 66237 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. How to install TP-LINK Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter driver using DriverMax

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 can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

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 computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the TP-LINK 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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