Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5002X Wireless Network Adapter - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Atheros AR5002X Wireless Network Adapter is a Network Adapters device. This driver was developed by Atheros Communications Inc.. PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_0013&SUBSYS_2031168C is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5002X Wireless Network Adapter driver manually

1. Download the driver setup file for Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5002X Wireless Network Adapter driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 7.1.0.90 released on 2006-11-10.
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3. Start the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (UAC) is started then you will have to confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver installation wizard, which should be pretty straightforward. The driver installation wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your computer and enjoy the new driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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Atheros Communications Inc. applied a digital signature to this driver.
The file size of this driver is 233536 bytes (228.06 KB)
Driver rating 4.1 stars out of 72271 votes.
This driver will work for 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 use DriverMax to install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5002X Wireless Network Adapter driver

The 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 using DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Open DriverMax and push on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and analyze each driver on your computer.
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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 AR5002X Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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