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 hardware 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. How to manually install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros 802.11 a/b/g/n Dualband Wireless Network Module driver

1. You can download from the link below the driver setup file for the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros 802.11 a/b/g/n Dualband Wireless Network Module driver. The archive contains version 7.6.0.172 released on 2008-08-14 of the driver.
2.  
3. Run the driver installer file from a user account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (UAC) is enabled please accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
4.  
5. Go through the driver setup wizard, which will guide you; it should be pretty easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will scan your PC and will install the right driver.
6.  
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!
8.  

This driver is digitally signed by Atheros Communications Inc..
Size of this driver: 422446 bytes (412.54 KB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.1 stars out of 32003 votes.
This driver is fully compatible with 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. Atheros 802.11 a/b/g/n Dualband Wireless Network Module driver

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 with DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Open DriverMax and click on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to analyze each driver on your computer.
2.  
3. Take a look at the list of driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros 802.11 a/b/g/n Dualband Wireless Network Module driver. Click on Update.
4.  
5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
6.