Driver for Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter - downloading and installing it

Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter is a Network Adapters device. This driver was developed by Atheros Communications Inc.. PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_002B&SUBSYS_04101B9A is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Manually install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter driver

1. Download the driver setup file for Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter driver from the link below. This download link is for the driver version 9.2.0.419 released on 2011-05-24.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is enabled 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 quite 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 computer and enjoy the new driver, it is as simple as that.
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Atheros Communications Inc. applied a digital signature to this driver.
Driver file size: 948252 bytes (926.03 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.9 stars out of 98839 votes.
This driver will work for the following versions of Windows:

• 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 install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter driver using DriverMax

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 with DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Open DriverMax and click 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 AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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