Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006G Wireless Network Adapter - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Atheros AR5006G Wireless Network Adapter is a Network Adapters hardware device. This driver was developed by Atheros Communications Inc.. PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_001B&SUBSYS_2065168C is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. How to manually install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006G Wireless Network Adapter driver

1. Download the setup file for Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006G Wireless Network Adapter driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 9.2.0.316 dated 2011-03-11.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your UAC (User Access Control) is enabled 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 pretty 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 computer and enjoy the fresh driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed by Atheros Communications Inc..
Download size of the driver: 984326 bytes (961.26 KB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.5 stars by 97715 users.
This driver was released for 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. Using DriverMax to install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006G Wireless Network Adapter driver

The most important 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. How easy can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Open DriverMax and press on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and analyze each driver on your PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of available driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006G Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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