Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter is a Network Adapters hardware device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc.. PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_002B&SUBSYS_3040103C is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Install Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter driver manually

1. You can download from the link below the driver setup file for the Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter driver. The archive contains version 10.0.0.209 dated 2012-09-26 of the driver.
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3. Start the driver installer file from a user account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is started please 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 will guide you; it should be pretty easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will scan your computer and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes restart your computer in order to use the updated driver. It is as simple as that to install a Windows driver!
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This driver is digitally signed by Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc..
Download size of the driver: 1371476 bytes (1.31 MB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.5 stars out of 30571 votes.
This driver is compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• 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. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter driver

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will setup the driver for you in just a few seconds and it will keep each driver up to date. How can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Start DriverMax and click 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 available driver updates. Search the list until you find the Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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