Driver for TP-LINK Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter - downloading and installing it

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_A8311113; this string has to match your hardware.

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

1. Download the setup file for TP-LINK Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter driver from the link below. This download link is for the driver version 10.0.0.328 dated 2015-09-08.
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3. Run the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative 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 straightforward. The driver installation wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your PC and enjoy the fresh driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed by TP-LINK.
File size of the driver: 1587665 bytes (1.51 MB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4 stars out of 78259 votes.
This driver is 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. Using DriverMax to install TP-LINK 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 can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Open 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 available driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the TP-LINK Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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