Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter driver download and installation

Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter is a Network Adapters hardware device. The developer of this driver was Atheros Communications Inc.. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_002B&SUBSYS_E017105B.

1. Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter - install the driver manually

1. Download the setup file for Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter driver from the link below. This download link is for the driver version 7.7.0.498 dated 2010-04-27.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control (UAC) is started then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver setup wizard, which should be pretty straightforward. The driver setup wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your PC and enjoy the fresh driver, it is as simple as that.
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Atheros Communications Inc. applied a digital signature to this driver.
Size of this driver: 511956 bytes (499.96 KB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.6 stars by 41560 users.
This driver is compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 64 bits
• 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. 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 with DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Start DriverMax and push 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 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. Finished installing the driver!
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