Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5B97 Wireless Network Adapter - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Atheros AR5B97 Wireless Network Adapter is a Network Adapters device. This Windows driver was developed by Atheros Communications Inc.. In order to make sure you are downloading the exact right driver the hardware id is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_002E&SUBSYS_660311AD.

1. Install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5B97 Wireless Network Adapter driver manually

1. Download the setup file for Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5B97 Wireless Network Adapter driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 3.0.0.81 dated 2012-01-05.
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3. Run the driver setup 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 installation wizard, which should be pretty easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and restart your PC and enjoy the fresh driver, it is as simple as that.
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This driver was not digitally signed.

This driver received an average rating of 3.8 stars out of 31940 votes.

2. How to use DriverMax to install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5B97 Wireless Network Adapter driver

The 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 follow a few steps!

1. Start DriverMax and press on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to analyze each driver on your computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of available driver updates. Search the list until you find the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5B97 Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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