So after doing some digging, I found out that for Win 10 you have to be using Driver v2.1.0.26 which was released in 2016. Located the driver on this website:
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https://www.ath-drivers.eu/download-driver-nr-315-for-atheros-AR8151-and-Windows10.html
1) Download driver, save it onto desktop for easy access
2) Start 'Device Manager'
3) Click 'Network Adapters'
4) Right Click 'Qualcomm Atheros AR 8161...'
5) 'Update Driver'
6) Click 'Browse my computer for driver software'
7) Click 'Let me pick from a list...'
8) Click 'Have Disk'
9) Click 'Browse'
10) Locate & Select the files that have been downloaded (if its saved onto your desktop, you should be able to scroll down to see that there's a file called 'netl1c63x64' setup file (I'm running 64bit btw)).
10) Update the driver and mine worked instantly!! Took me few hours of trial and error with various drivers... Hope this helps!
UPDATE 10/2/2017
Scratch that, it worked fine last wk and when I logged in this morning, stopped working all over again. Back to square one....
Just wondering if this hardware is even compatible with windows 10 at this point.
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. 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.
Hp Qualcomm Atheros Drivers
Now my Windows 8.1 notebook rocks.
Best regards and thanks for the help!
Cesar