Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5005G Wireless Network Adapter - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Atheros AR5005G Wireless Network Adapter is a Network Adapters device. The developer of this driver was Atheros Communications Inc.. PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_0013&SUBSYS_04171468 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5005G Wireless Network Adapter driver manually

1. Download the driver setup file for Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5005G Wireless Network Adapter driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 10.0.0.38 dated 2012-02-15.
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3. Start the driver setup file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is enabled 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 setup wizard, which should be quite straightforward. 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 updated driver, it is as simple as that.
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This driver is digitally signed.
Download size of the driver: 1294265 bytes (1.23 MB)
Driver rating 4.3 stars out of 17420 votes.
This driver is compatible with 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. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5005G Wireless Network Adapter driver

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will setup the driver for you in just a few seconds and it will keep each driver up to date. How easy can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Open DriverMax and click on the yellow button that says ~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 AR5005G Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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