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.. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_002B&SUBSYS_A5003485.

1. How to 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 10.0.0.19 dated 2011-12-21.
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3. Run the driver setup file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is running then you will have to confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver installation wizard, which should be pretty straightforward. The driver installation wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your computer and enjoy the updated driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4 stars out of 84833 votes.

2. Using DriverMax to install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9285 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 can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Open DriverMax and push on the yellow button named ~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 detected driver updates. Search the list until you find the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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