The Inspiron 15-N5040 is a network device manufactured by Dell. Issues like weak Wi-Fi signal, slow DNS lookup, duplicate IP addresses, slow network and excessive CPU usage can be solved by updating this driver. Visitors have downloaded this file "R302726.exe" 273 times with an aggregate rating of 5 out of 5 stars based on 5 reviews. Our users report success installing this driver update on PCs running Windows 7. The total disk space used for this update is 141.2 MB.
Inspiron 15-N5040
Dell Wireless 1702 Bluetooth v3.0+HS
Vostro 1450
Windows 7, Windows 7 (64 bit)
9.2.0.225 (5-Jun-2013)
Wireless Driver File
Gitanjali (DG Staff Member) on 26-Sep-2011
USB\VID_0CF3&PID_3002\6&58952F4&0&4
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The following files are found inside the driver download file.
Name | Size | Date |
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Setup.exe | 89.2 KB | 7 Oct 2010 |
Version.txt | 774 bytes | 26 Jun 2011 |
win7/BT_Device_Driver/32/AtherosBt.bin | 246.8 KB | 3 Nov 2010 |
win7/BT_Device_Driver/32/atheros_bth.cat | 7.9 KB | 30 Mar 2011 |
win7/BT_Device_Driver/32/atheros_bth.inf | 12.4 KB | 30 Mar 2011 |
win7/BT_Device_Driver/32/btfilter.sys | 245.6 KB | 31 Mar 2011 |
win7/BT_Device_Driver/64/AtherosBt.bin | 246.8 KB | 3 Nov 2010 |
win7/BT_Device_Driver/64/atheros_bth.cat | 7.9 KB | 30 Mar 2011 |
win7/BT_Device_Driver/64/atheros_bth.inf | 12.4 KB | 30 Mar 2011 |
win7/BT_Device_Driver/64/btfilter.sys | 284.8 KB | 31 Mar 2011 |
win7/Install_CD/0x0402.ini | 23.5 KB | 7 Apr 2011 |
win7/Install_CD/0x0404.ini | 10.3 KB | 7 Apr 2011 |
win7/Install_CD/0x0405.ini | 22.2 KB | 7 Apr 2011 |
win7/Install_CD/0x0406.ini | 22.8 KB | 7 Apr 2011 |
win7/Install_CD/0x0407.ini | 24.7 KB | 7 Apr 2011 |
win7/Install_CD/0x0408.ini | 26.1 KB | 7 Apr 2011 |
win7/Install_CD/0x0409.ini | 21.5 KB | 7 Apr 2011 |
win7/Install_CD/0x040a.ini | 24.0 KB | 7 Apr 2011 |
win7/Install_CD/0x040b.ini | 21.6 KB | 7 Apr 2011 |
win7/Install_CD/0x040c.ini | 25.0 KB | 7 Apr 2011 |
win7/Install_CD/0x040e.ini | 22.3 KB | 7 Apr 2011 |
win7/Install_CD/0x0410.ini | 23.8 KB | 7 Apr 2011 |
win7/Install_CD/0x0411.ini | 14.4 KB | 7 Apr 2011 |
win7/Install_CD/0x0412.ini | 13.5 KB | 7 Apr 2011 |
win7/Install_CD/0x0413.ini | 23.8 KB | 7 Apr 2011 |
win7/Install_CD/0x0414.ini | 22.8 KB | 7 Apr 2011 |
win7/Install_CD/0x0415.ini | 23.1 KB | 7 Apr 2011 |
win7/Install_CD/0x0416.ini | 23.0 KB | 7 Apr 2011 |
win7/Install_CD/0x0418.ini | 23.5 KB | 7 Apr 2011 |
win7/Install_CD/0x0419.ini | 22.3 KB | 7 Apr 2011 |
win7/Install_CD/0x041a.ini | 22.4 KB | 7 Apr 2011 |
win7/Install_CD/0x041b.ini | 22.4 KB | 7 Apr 2011 |
win7/Install_CD/0x041d.ini | 22.2 KB | 7 Apr 2011 |
win7/Install_CD/0x041e.ini | 21.6 KB | 7 Apr 2011 |
win7/Install_CD/0x041f.ini | 22.0 KB | 7 Apr 2011 |
win7/Install_CD/0x0424.ini | 22.7 KB | 7 Apr 2011 |
win7/Install_CD/0x0804.ini | 10.3 KB | 7 Apr 2011 |
win7/Install_CD/0x0816.ini | 23.6 KB | 7 Apr 2011 |
win7/Install_CD/ISSetup.dll | 577.0 KB | 7 Apr 2011 |
win7/Install_CD/data1.cab | 120.2 MB | 7 Apr 2011 |
win7/Install_CD/data2.cab | 17.2 MB | 7 Apr 2011 |
win7/Install_CD/default.ath | 29 bytes | 24 Feb 2011 |
win7/Install_CD/install.bat | 37 bytes | 8 Oct 2010 |
win7/Install_CD/layout.bin | 968 bytes | 7 Apr 2011 |
win7/Install_CD/setup.exe | 806.0 KB | 7 Apr 2011 |
win7/Install_CD/setup.ini | 1.4 KB | 7 Apr 2011 |
win7/Install_CD/setupconfig.ini | 1.3 KB | 8 Jan 2011 |
win7/Install_CD/uninstall.bat | 39 bytes | 8 Oct 2010 |
win7/ndis6xWin7/athr.sys | 2.2 MB | 7 Apr 2011 |
win7/ndis6xWin7/athrext.cat | 8.1 KB | 7 Apr 2011 |
win7/ndis6xWin7/athrextx.cat | 8.1 KB | 7 Apr 2011 |
win7/ndis6xWin7/athrx.sys | 2.7 MB | 7 Apr 2011 |
win7/ndis6xWin7/netathr.inf | 13.4 KB | 7 Apr 2011 |
win7/ndis6xWin7/netathrx.inf | 13.5 KB | 7 Apr 2011 |