Download and install Atheros Communications Inc. Wi-Fi Wireless LAN USB Adapter driver

Wi-Fi Wireless LAN USB Adapter is a Network Adapters device. This Windows driver was developed by Atheros Communications Inc.. The hardware id of this driver is USB/VID_054C&PID_0257; this string has to match your hardware.

1. How to manually install Atheros Communications Inc. Wi-Fi Wireless LAN USB Adapter driver

1. You can download from the link below the driver setup file for the Atheros Communications Inc. Wi-Fi Wireless LAN USB Adapter driver. The archive contains version 2.2.0.27 released on 2008-07-29 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 running please 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 will guide you; it should be pretty 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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This driver is digitally signed by Atheros Communications Inc..
Driver file size: 402495 bytes (393.06 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4 stars out of 26182 votes.
This driver will work for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Vista 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 64 bits
• 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. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Atheros Communications Inc. Wi-Fi Wireless LAN USB Adapter driver

The most important advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install 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 take a look!

1. Open DriverMax and push 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 available driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Atheros Communications Inc. Wi-Fi Wireless LAN USB Adapter driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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