Atheros Communications Inc. 11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Mini-PCI Express Adapter - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Mini-PCI Express Adapter is a Network Adapters hardware device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Atheros Communications Inc.. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_0024&SUBSYS_0033168c; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Atheros Communications Inc. 11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Mini-PCI Express Adapter - install the driver manually

1. Download the driver setup file for Atheros Communications Inc. 11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Mini-PCI Express Adapter driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 8.0.0.316 released on 2010-03-02.
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3. Run the driver setup file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control (UAC) is running then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver installation wizard, which should be pretty easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and restart your PC and enjoy the updated driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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2. How to install Atheros Communications Inc. 11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Mini-PCI Express Adapter driver using DriverMax

The most important 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 using DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Open DriverMax and push on the yellow button named ~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. Scroll the list down until you find the Atheros Communications Inc. 11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Mini-PCI Express Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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