Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros 802.11 a/b/g/n Dualband Wireless Network Module - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Atheros 802.11 a/b/g/n Dualband Wireless Network Module is a Network Adapters device. This Windows driver was developed by Atheros Communications Inc.. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_002A&SUBSYS_1000168C; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros 802.11 a/b/g/n Dualband Wireless Network Module driver - how to install it manually

1. You can download from the link below the driver installer file for the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros 802.11 a/b/g/n Dualband Wireless Network Module driver. The archive contains version 2.0.0.74 dated 2009-06-09 of the driver.
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3. Run the driver installer file from a user account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is enabled please accept 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 quite 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 restart your computer in order to use the updated driver. As you can see it was quite smple to install a Windows driver!
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This driver is not digitally signed.
The file size of this driver is 492149 bytes (480.61 KB)
This driver was rated with an average of 3.5 stars by 78893 users.
This driver is fully compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows Vista 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 32 bits
• 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. Using DriverMax to install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros 802.11 a/b/g/n Dualband Wireless Network Module driver

The 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 with DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

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 available driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros 802.11 a/b/g/n Dualband Wireless Network Module driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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