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Driver for network controller on Dell XPS 435t / 9000
Hello! This is my first time on the Dell Community Forums and I am impressed by the variety of very helpful posts and people here.
I've searched high and low for an answer to my question but the best I have found is this and it did not work on my XPS 9000, so I decided to post this to the community to see if anyone has any thoughts.
I just recently did a complete wipe of my machine (including using DBAN to do a true binary level erasure) and am having trouble reinstalling Windows. I followed this guide by Philip Yip, a contributor here (natakuc4).
After finishing the driver installs (including the one recommended in the post above) I am still unable to access my wireless card.
I see the standard error icon:
The hardware IDs for the Network Controller are:
Despite searching high and low I cannot find a driver corresponding to these hardware IDs (though I have to admit I don't know if that's the right way to search for the driver).
Does anyone have any thoughts on what driver I need?
Thanks in advance!
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January 12th, 2014 20:00
ven 168C dev 002a
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Atheros 802.11 B/GN PCI-E Card AR5B95/AR9285
http://downloads.dell.com/network/R251062.exe
Atheros AR9285 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter
Atheros AR9285 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter
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January 13th, 2014 06:00
Spot on - that did the trick. Many thanks for the quick and accurate response!!