Atheros Network Driver Windows 10

My older laptop got 'bricked' after upgrading it to Windows 10 - both the Atheros Wi-Fi adapter and the Broadcom Cat-5 adapter were dead - due to no Windows 10 drivers. Only way to fix it was to buy a new USB Wi-Fi adapter, (Sabrent NT-WSAC) that was sold as supporting Windows 10 - even though the manufacture's web site didn't mention Windows 10 at all, and install that. It worked, even though the original hardware adapters are still non-functional. Wish Windows 10 was smart enough to use the old Windows 7 and 8 drivers, if no new Windows 10 driver is available for a device like these adapters. The old drivers were already 64-bit, so clearly could have worked fine - as they clearly did to download, update, and install Windows 10. Who makes any money by failing to support millions of devices that probably never will get Windows 10 drivers made for them at this point in their life-cycle? Hello, for 64-bit Windows 10, there are new drivers for Atheros, Broadcom and Realtek chipset available at I extracted the Atheros driver from this archive and put it on This driver also supports the AR5B125 chipset.

Hope this helps. Realtek Rtl8187l Driver Windows 10. Kind regards, DAC324 Thanks for your assistance! To try to fix my old laptop with an Atheros AR5B91 chip set, I installed the drivers from the Lenovo web site shown above - but Windows 10 still couldn't use them as they still seem to only be Windows 7/8 drivers. Likewise, the bundled Broadcom drivers didn't work either for the same reason. Still waiting to see if any 64-bit Windows 10 drivers ever appear for these devices. Best regards!

.Update your computer's drivers using DriverMax, the free driver update tool. Windows 2000 (5.0) 64 bit Windows XP (5.1) 64 bit Windows Server 2003 (5.2) 64 bit Windows Vista (6.0) 64 bit Windows 7 (6.1) 64 bit Windows 8 (6.2) 64 bit Windows 8.1 (6.3) 64 bit Windows 10 (10.0) 64 bit. The following table provides drivers for Atheros network devices and the operating systems Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7. For Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 please click here.

Hello, The driver from has to be installed manually using Device Manager. Unpack the zip file to an empty directory. Do you have an entry for your AR5B91 adapter under Network Adapters in Device Manager?

• Go there, right click and choose 'Update driver'. • Choose the second option 'Search the computer for driver software'. • Choose 'Pick from a list of device drivers.' • Choose 'Have disk.'

• Browse to the directory you unpacked the zip file with the driver to. • After clicking OK, you should be presented with an entry like 'Qualcomm Atheros AR5B91 Wireless Network Adapter'. • Select this entry and choose 'Proceed'. • The driver software should then be installed. Does that work? If not please post any error messages you receive here in the forum.

Kind regards, DAC324. Windows 10 and Atheros Drivers - how to get round the problem This is what you wrote:- My atheros network driver isn't working, and I cant download the drivers cause it says its not for this OS, Help? I cant use WLan or Connection by wire, This is my contribution Far from getting a new Pc, I can tell you how to solve this. I have had this problem with a Toshiba Sattelite, HP laptop, and now a Lenovo - all for family and friends.

Windows 10 has serious issues with Qualcomm Atheros WiFi adapters and there are workarounds that will fix the problem. First type of problem - You upgrade to W10 but the WiFi doesn't work.

Open your devices list, as you have done, right click the Atheros WiFi adapter and then the drivers tab. Roll back to the previous driver and reboot. The Windows 8 driver for Atheros will work in W10 - you can download it.

You may need to download the update exclusion tool from Microsoft to prevent the automatic updates from installing the faulty W10 driver again - its a little known free app that lets you mark things you dont want updated. I can let you have details if you need them. Second type of problem - Your laptop (Usually a Lenovo) goes through nearly all the W10 upgrade and then fails before the progress circle on black background appears, with a message saying the upgrade failed and it has put it back where it was. I had this four or five times and then asked Microsoft to help. They worked on it for hours and they were not able to fix it. I decided to start the laptop with the F2 key held down so that I could go into the BIOS menu.

I then disabled the Wireless adapter and rebooted. I had already used the media creation tool to load W10 upgrade package onto a USB.

When the laptop came back up, ran the setup file on the USB and the upgrade went through, all the way. Hope that helps. I've met the problem on every laptop that I have upgraded.

After upgrading to Windows 10 or performing a Windows 10 update, if you can’t connect to internet through Wi-Fi, the wireless adapter driver mostly is missing or incompatible with the system. Here you will learn how to fix Qualcomm Atheros Wireless Network Adapter driver issue. In, you might see a yellow mark next to this device. There are 3 ways you can use to update the driver to fix the problem. Way 1: Update the driver through Device Manager Follow these steps： 1.

In Device Manager, right-click on the Qualcomm Atheros Wireless Network Adapter and select Update Driver Software.(The specific device name will vary according to the device model. In this case, the model is AR5BWB222.) 2. In the pop-up window, you will see two options. Click the first option Search automatically for updated driver software.

Alfa Awus036nhr Driver Windows 10. Then Windows will find and install drivers for the wireless adapters automatically. Way 2: Download and install the driver from manufacturer Since Atheros doesn’t produce drivers themselves, you can go to your PC manufacturer’s website to check for and download the latest driver. Before you get started, ensure that you know the PC model and the specific operating system that you are using (Windows 10 32-bit or Windows 10 64-bit). Usually, the downloaded driver will be in executable format (.exe). You can install the driver by just double-clicking on the executable file and follow the on-screen instructions.

If your PC can’t be connected to internet, download the driver using another PC with internet access. Then use USB flash drive to transfer the driver to your PC. Way 3: Update the driver using Driver Easy Windows may fail to provide the latest driver and updating drivers manually may take forever. To update the driver easily, you can use Driver Easy to help you. Driver Easy is one of driver update tools online. Driver Easy will detect the outdated, corrupted, incompatible and missing drivers in your computer. It is compatible with Windows 10.

So you can use it to update the Qualcomm Atheros Wireless Network Adapter driver for Windows 10. Has Free version and Paid version. You can use the Free version to download new drivers, but you are required to use the downloaded driver files to install the drivers manually step by step. And the download speed is limited. To save more time, you can use the Paid version.

With Paid version, all drivers will be updated automatically. Moreover, you can enjoy free technical support guarantee. You can contact us for further assistance regarding the Qualcomm Atheros Wireless Network Adapter driver issue. Paid version offers 30-day money back guarantee. You can ask for a full refund for any reason. With Paid version, to update all drivers, only 2 clicks are needed.

Click Scan Now button and it will auto scan your computer. This will identify if the Atheros wireless adapter drivers are outdated or missing. Then you will get a list of new drivers immediately. Click Update All button, the all drivers will be downloaded in high download speed and installed automatically. I just tried this and it didn’t work. I had issues with connectuvity from the stsrt eith my Acer Spin 7; connectsthen disconects Finslly about 3 months ago (probably eith suto update) I tried using Winfows 10 network troubleshooterand with a surprise that it found the issue and corrected the problem and I connect my wifis almost everytime. This morning I can’t connect wirelessly anymore.

With Windows 10 auto updates it is causing issues again. What I also noticed is my touchpad gets disabled “by itself”, sometimes my East Coast time is off by a few hours absolute annoyance. Anyone having a solution would be great. I’ve been on hold with support for 20 minutes now •.