Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9287 Wireless Network Adapter - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Atheros AR9287 Wireless Network Adapter is a Network Adapters hardware device. This driver was developed by Atheros Communications Inc.. PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_002E&SUBSYS_158F10CF is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Manually install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9287 Wireless Network Adapter driver

1. Download the setup file for Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9287 Wireless Network Adapter driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 7.7.0.434 released on 2009-11-18.
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3. Run the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (UAC) is started 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 setup wizard, which should be quite straightforward. The driver setup 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 is digitally signed.
Download size of the driver: 482903 bytes (471.58 KB)
Driver rating 4.7 stars out of 1280 votes.
This driver is compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 32 bits
• 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. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9287 Wireless Network Adapter driver

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install the driver for you in just a few seconds 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 named ~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. Scroll the list down until you find the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR9287 Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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