Atheros Ar5006x Wireless Network Adapter
Hi, When I tested Windows 8.1 Preview I had this same issue with the Atheros wireless connection. The same thing is happening with Windows 10 Technical Preview. So I am pasting the solution in case it helps: I own a Lenovo G470 and my problem is solved. Device manager was showing I had a Realtek wireless lan driver facing a startup error.
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I tried updating the driver even with a LAN connection working but had no luck. Then I downloaded the latest Realtek/Atheros bundle drivers from the Lenovo support site, installed them and still no luck. The driver shown in Device Manager seemed to be the same that was installed before and still not working. So I tried to update the driver choosing the Browse My Computer for Driver Software / Let me pick a list of device drivers.
It showed three options: Realtek driver, Microsoft driver and Atheros driver. Tried each one, as soon as I chose the ATHEROS driver the wireless lan icon appeared and everything started working!
I hope this helps someone. Now my Windows 8.1 notebook rocks. Best regards and thanks for the help! I've follow your screenshoot and the checkbox was unmarked when it showed only the Intel and Microsoft entries.
Now it showed a lot more companies including Atheros and Qualcomm, but probably this is related to the fact I tried to install the drivers for Windows 8.1. Anyway, the Atheros drivers were only for ethernet cards, and the Qualcomm ones always returned an error 10 'unable to initialize device', also the one for my exact chipset (AR5004G).
Where can I get the hardware id? I'll open later the computer case to look directly to the card to see if I can get more info. Same problem with my i7 Lenovo Z560 - except I have just 'cleanly' installed the 'market release' of Win10 Enterprise (64-bit). And while I did not have to load an 'OEM' driver under Win10 'Insider's Preview' version, this 'market release' reflected that it found a Realtek wifi - not the Atheros. Using your suggestion, Cesar, I 'browsed' - selected 'Let me pick.'
- opted for the Atheros and my useless 'Realtek' wifi card became functional with the Atheros driver. And I'll make a note of this for my clients who will (no doubt) have similar 'mis-read' wifi and other hardware.
Microsoft Atheros Wireless Network Driver
Qualcomm Atheros is a developer of semiconductors for network communications, particularly wireless chipsets. Founded under the name T-Span Systems in 1998 by experts in signal processing and VLSI design from Stanford University, the University of California, Berkeley and private industry.
Qualcomm Atheros Ar5006x Wireless Network Adapter
The company was renamed Atheros Communications in 2000 and it completed an initial public offering in February 2004 trading on NASDAQ under the symbol ATHR. On January 5, 2011, it was announced that Qualcomm had agreed to a takeover of the company for a valuation of US$3.7 billion. When the acquisition was completed on May 24, 2011, Atheros became a subsidiary of Qualcomm operating under the name Qualcomm Atheros. Qualcomm Atheros chipsets for the IEEE 802.11 standard of wireless networking are used by over 30 different wireless device manufacturers.