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

11b/g/n Wireless LAN Mini-PCI Express Adapter III is a Network Adapters hardware device. This Windows driver was developed by Atheros Communications Inc.. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_002B&SUBSYS_0037168c; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Manually install Atheros Communications Inc. 11b/g/n Wireless LAN Mini-PCI Express Adapter III driver

1. Download the setup file for Atheros Communications Inc. 11b/g/n Wireless LAN Mini-PCI Express Adapter III driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 8.0.1.380 dated 2011-03-15.
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3. Start the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your UAC (User Access Control) is running then you will have to confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver setup wizard, which should be quite easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will scan 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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This driver is digitally signed by the manufacturer.
The file size of this driver is 594507 bytes (580.57 KB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.6 stars out of 39952 votes.
This driver was released for 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. 11b/g/n Wireless LAN Mini-PCI Express Adapter III driver using DriverMax: the easy way

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 using DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Start DriverMax and press 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 available driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the Atheros Communications Inc. 11b/g/n Wireless LAN Mini-PCI Express Adapter III driver. Click on Update.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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