Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006EXS Wireless Network Adapter driver download and installation

Atheros AR5006EXS Wireless Network Adapter is a Network Adapters device. This driver was developed by Atheros Communications Inc.. PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_001C&SUBSYS_1604196f is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. How to manually install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006EXS Wireless Network Adapter driver

1. Download the setup file for Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006EXS Wireless Network Adapter driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 8.0.1.380 released on 2011-03-15.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (UAC) is running then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver setup wizard, which should be quite easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your PC and enjoy the fresh driver, it is as simple as that.
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Atheros Communications Inc. applied a digital signature to this driver.
Size of this driver: 594507 bytes (580.57 KB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.2 stars out of 46635 votes.
This driver is fully 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. Installing the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006EXS Wireless Network Adapter driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The most important 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 can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Start DriverMax and press 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. Scroll the list down until you find the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006EXS Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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