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. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Atheros Communications Inc.. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_002A&SUBSYS_1000168C.

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

1. Download the setup file for Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros 802.11 a/b/g/n Dualband Wireless Network Module driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 7.6.1.162 dated 2008-11-04.
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3. Run the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your UAC (User Access Control) is running 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 setup wizard, which should be quite straightforward. The driver setup wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your computer and enjoy the updated driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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Atheros Communications Inc. applied a digital signature to this driver.
Download size of the driver: 416890 bytes (407.12 KB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.9 stars by 69488 users.
This driver is fully compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 32 bits
• 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. How to install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros 802.11 a/b/g/n Dualband Wireless Network Module driver using DriverMax

The most important advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install the driver for you in just a few seconds and it will keep each driver up to date, not just this one. How easy 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 detected driver updates. Search the list until you find the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros 802.11 a/b/g/n Dualband Wireless Network Module driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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