firmware-atheros is in the non-free section of the repositories so you need to add that first which you can do in the Repositories section of Synaptic. The easy way for starters is to use Synaptic. (wiki needs updating to explain the newer 'apt' command which can replace aptitude and apt-get). Time to learn about package management, grasshopper. You just need to install firmware-atheros package and configure your network.
Sunrat wrote:That thread says the driver is included in the kernel from version 4.4 so assuming you have Debian Stretch, you already have it.