Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Qualcomm Atheros AR946x Wireless Network Adapter - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Qualcomm Atheros AR946x Wireless Network Adapter is a Network Adapters device. This Windows 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_0034&SUBSYS_850E1043.

1. Install Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Qualcomm Atheros AR946x Wireless Network Adapter driver manually

1. Download the setup file for Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Qualcomm Atheros AR946x Wireless Network Adapter driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 3.0.2.201 released on 2016-03-26.
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3. Run the driver installation 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 pretty straightforward. The driver setup wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your PC and enjoy the new driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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There is no digital signature available for this driver.
Download size of the driver: 1229539 bytes (1.17 MB)
This driver was rated with an average of 3.1 stars by 34683 users.
This driver is 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 AR946x 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 easy can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Start DriverMax and press on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and analyze each driver on your computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of detected driver updates. Search the list until you locate the Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Qualcomm Atheros AR946x Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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