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 Windows driver was developed by Atheros Communications Inc.. PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_002B&SUBSYS_7194144F is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter driver - how to install it manually

1. You can download from the link below the driver setup file for the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter driver. The archive contains version 9.2.1.432 released on 2011-09-20 of the driver.
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3. Start the driver installer file from a user account with the highest privileges (rights). If your UAC (User Access Control) is enabled please confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver setup wizard, which will guide you; it should be quite easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will analyze your computer and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes restart your PC in order to use the updated driver. It is as simple as that to install a Windows driver!
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Atheros Communications Inc. applied a digital signature to this driver.
File size of the driver: 950697 bytes (928.42 KB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.5 stars by 9293 users.
This driver was released 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 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, not just this one. How easy can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Start 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 computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of detected driver updates. Search the list until you locate the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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