Driver for Atheros Communications Inc. 11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Mini-PCI Express Adapter - downloading and installing it

11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Mini-PCI Express Adapter is a Network Adapters 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. How to manually install Atheros Communications Inc. 11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Mini-PCI Express Adapter driver

1. Download the 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 8.0.0.317 released on 2011-03-07.
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3. Start the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (UAC) is enabled 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 installation wizard, which should be quite straightforward. The driver installation wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your PC and enjoy the updated driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed by Atheros Communications Inc..
Size of this driver: 596281 bytes (582.31 KB)
Driver rating 4.5 stars out of 26601 votes.
This driver is compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• 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. Installing the Atheros Communications Inc. 11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Mini-PCI Express Adapter driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The most important advantage of using DriverMax is that it will setup the driver for you in just a few seconds and it will keep each driver up to date. How easy can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Start DriverMax and push 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 find the Atheros Communications Inc. 11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Mini-PCI Express Adapter driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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