need drivers for ar9285 windows10

[2socks]

are there any working drivers for the ar9285 in a g61-322nr that has the operating system upgraded to windows 10? Have been looking all over with no luck thought some have offered but could not find working version

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

W10 should have automatically installed a driver for the AR9285 wifi adapter.

This is the only driver HP released for that model wifi card...

10.0.0.318    Jul 14, 2015

OPERATING SYSTEM(S):
Microsoft Windows 10 32
Microsoft Windows 10 64

LANGUAGE(S): Global

DEVICES SUPPORTED:
Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter
Qualcomm Atheros AR9380 802.11a/g/n WiFi Adapter
Qualcomm Atheros AR9462 802.11a/b/g/n WiFi Adapter
Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter
Qualcomm Atheros AR9565 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter
Qualcomm Atheros QCA9565 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter

ENHANCEMENTS:
- Provides support for Windows 10.

[2socks]

I want to thank you for the rapid helpful reply....Do you know if these drives are on the hp site (I could not find there). I can not get the 5gb ssid on my asus router to show up on the g61-322nr note book that Iwhere I updated the system from win 7 10 win10...I can connect with the 2.4gb. The 5gb does not show up on the list of available networks to connect to..

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

You're very welcome.

HP does not support your PC for W10, which is why there wasn't a W10 driver listed for it on the support page.

You have to know what model HP notebooks that do have support for W10 and also use that same model wifi adapter.

I got the driver from the HP Probook 450 G1 business class notebook.

As far as connecting to the 5.0 GHz wifi band...the  AR9285 is a single band (2.4 GHz only) wifi adapter which cannot connect to the 5.0 GHz wifi band with any operating system.

Any time you see a wifi N adapter with a suffix that ends in b/g/n, that means it is a single band wifi adapter.

Dual band wifi N adapters have suffixes that end in a/b/g/n, or a/g/n.

[2socks]

Thank you very much.... Your answer is spot on and the rapid response is greatly appreciated. ... The information on the capabilities and limitations of the AR9285 is enlightening and saved me from hours of trying to get the 5g (which as you stated) to work. At least I have the 2.4G working.

I think I used this a total of maybe 5 or 6 times and then put it up. I purchased a new battery and  I was going to up grade the memory to 4G and replace the 140G HD to a SSD 200G. Guess that wont happen now. I ll just put it up again as I wanted the 5G to work...

In any case, thank you for your help and you saved me some time and money. 

Again, thanks for the timely response and helpful information...

2socks

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Anytime.

Glad to have been of assistance.