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Simple Broadcom Wirless Tutorial, For those of us that don't feel like looking at several threads fo |
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sportman
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 Aug 6 2006, 07:04 PM Post #1
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Broadcom Wireless Tutorial
Kext Used The kext used for this tutorial is the IO80211Family.kext. This kext needs to be put into /System/Library/Extensions/ if it is not already there. Entering your device ID
QUOTE cd /System/Library/Extensions sudo nano /IO80211Family.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleAirPortBrcm4311.kext/Contents/Info.plist
QUOTE <string>pci14e4,4311</string> <string>pci14e4,4318</string> <string>pci14e4,4320</string>
QUOTE <string>pci14e4,XXXX</string> Setting Permissions
QUOTE sudo chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions kextcache -k /System/Library/Extensions Final touches (Optional)
QUOTE sudo nano /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/NetworkInterfaces.plist
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sportman Simple Broadcom Wirless Tutorial Aug 6 2006, 07:04 PM
Rammjet Good tutorial!
3 things:
1) The en0 to en1 ... Aug 6 2006, 07:14 PM sportman Thanks for the reply Rammjet, i will edit my tutor... Aug 7 2006, 01:26 AM RobM Umm, OK.
Problem, I don't have a IO80211Famil... Aug 10 2006, 03:31 PM
pirotlord QUOTE (RobM @ Aug 10 2006, 08:28 AM) Umm,... Aug 22 2006, 05:32 AM funkmasta I'm having a problem before even reaching this... Aug 29 2006, 03:25 PM lagrossebete ok, i will be a bit more clear in my post
i read ... Sep 1 2006, 07:31 PM Rammjet The process for enabling an Atheros device is exac... Sep 1 2006, 07:41 PM Tim Leslie After completeing all instructions to the letter, ... Sep 6 2006, 08:20 PM hefeng QUOTE (Tim Leslie @ Sep 6 2006, 08:20 PM)... Jan 1 2007, 11:20 PM Gato_shin Cannot use the command to edit the file used Text ... Sep 7 2006, 08:20 PM chello dell wireless 14e4 4320 isnt recognized even after... Oct 10 2006, 03:15 AM Rammjet QUOTE (chello @ Oct 9 2006, 11:12 PM) del... Oct 10 2006, 03:27 AM joe75 My Dell 1500 has a Id 4328. I added it to the plis... Oct 13 2006, 05:30 AM ellioT I have a pcmcia version which uses the Atheros dri... Oct 24 2006, 02:18 AM MTZeon QUOTE (ellioT @ Oct 24 2006, 02:18 AM) I ... Dec 10 2006, 06:14 PM vpvl66 I too am having problems with my Broadcom card and... Dec 14 2006, 05:46 AM skippyretard QUOTE (vpvl66 @ Dec 14 2006, 12:46 AM) I ... Dec 27 2006, 03:19 PM George123 QUOTE (skippyretard @ Dec 27 2006, 03:19 ... Mar 10 2007, 05:44 PM AaloPalto QUOTE (vpvl66 @ Dec 14 2006, 06:46 AM) I ... Jan 7 2007, 10:41 AM cloudy i bought a laptop(HP Presario C300 series) a week ... Oct 25 2006, 09:00 AM wisebyte QUOTE (cloudy @ Oct 25 2006, 05:00 AM) i ... Mar 20 2007, 09:58 PM cloudy QUOTE (wisebyte @ Mar 20 2007, 09:58 PM) ... Mar 20 2007, 11:32 PM wisebyte QUOTE (cloudy @ Mar 20 2007, 07:32 PM) I ... Mar 21 2007, 02:21 AM LoveableGeek QUOTE (cloudy @ Mar 20 2007, 11:32 PM) I ... Mar 21 2007, 05:39 PM wisebyte QUOTE (LoveableGeek @ Mar 21 2007, 01:39 ... Mar 23 2007, 01:29 AM LoveableGeek QUOTE (wisebyte @ Mar 23 2007, 01:29 AM) ... Mar 23 2007, 01:41 PM Lucho I have the same problem with a compaq c300 series,... Nov 3 2006, 10:04 PM boardjnky4 Ive gotten everything done successfully.
I boot u... Nov 9 2006, 03:15 PM skippyretard This is the wireless installer package from JaS 10... Nov 10 2006, 04:35 AM dbizelli QUOTE (skippyretard @ Nov 9 2006, 09:35 P... Dec 24 2006, 08:07 AM Lucho It doesnt wor for me, its the same patch i had in... Nov 11 2006, 07:43 PM skippyretard QUOTE (Lucho @ Nov 11 2006, 02:43 PM) It ... Nov 11 2006, 08:12 PM pherkules i think I'm about to have this working on my P... Nov 16 2006, 10:21 PM jessem Not working for me, I have a seimens speedstream w... Nov 17 2006, 05:13 AM insert_here I just want to say I LOVE YOU GUYS!
Got my ... Nov 27 2006, 03:16 AM REVENGE Interesting. I've a device on USB that would ... Nov 29 2006, 12:17 AM amalgam QUOTE (sportman @ Aug 6 2006, 02:04 PM) ... Nov 29 2006, 02:57 AM MrDJ Stupid question, how do you find the device id? Dec 3 2006, 11:28 PM Rammjet QUOTE (MrDJ @ Dec 3 2006, 06:28 PM) Stupi... Dec 3 2006, 11:32 PM MTZeon Update:
I managed to get my 168c,0013 working fin... Dec 14 2006, 10:36 AM hefeng QUOTE (MTZeon @ Dec 14 2006, 10:36 AM) Up... Jan 1 2007, 10:52 PM zomgod oops... Jan 7 2007, 12:29 AM hefeng After completeing all instructions to the letter, ... Jan 1 2007, 11:26 PM skippyretard read post #32 Jan 2 2007, 12:03 AM hefeng Problem solved!!!!!
Please ref... Jan 2 2007, 12:40 AM uberphotos Okay folks I can't get my dell 1390 (broadcom ... Jan 10 2007, 01:59 PM AaloPalto QUOTE (uberphotos @ Jan 10 2007, 02:59 PM... Jan 10 2007, 02:04 PM uberphotos I currently do not have another os installed and u... Jan 10 2007, 02:13 PM uberphotos I can confirm that the ven ID is 14e4 and dev id i... Jan 10 2007, 02:54 PM AaloPalto QUOTE (uberphotos @ Jan 10 2007, 03:54 PM... Jan 10 2007, 08:20 PM uberphotos Well this is sure strange...other don't have a... Jan 10 2007, 09:54 PM LoveableGeek QUOTE (uberphotos @ Jan 10 2007, 09:54 PM... Jan 12 2007, 10:45 PM Celticmoon The 4311 issue on the C300 might involve more than... Jan 13 2007, 11:37 PM uberphotos Okay...so I've got some additional information... Jan 19 2007, 04:20 AM sofresh Can someone help me, before i'm going crazy?
... Feb 10 2007, 03:17 AM DiaboliK @sofresh are you looking at NetworkInterfaces.plis... Feb 10 2007, 03:46 AM sofresh @Diabolik: Yes! Exactly like the "how to... Feb 10 2007, 12:42 PM DiaboliK dont forget to change <integer>0</integer... Feb 11 2007, 12:36 AM sofresh Sorry but i dont understand you
Thats the part... Feb 11 2007, 01:04 AM DiaboliK im sorry: slipped my mind while typing: here it is... Feb 11 2007, 01:22 AM sofresh Wooww thx so much!
My wifi is now perfectly... Feb 11 2007, 02:25 PM Dazzy Ive tried everything, i still cant get it to work ... Feb 12 2007, 12:54 AM cloudy I have a Compaq C300 series and OSX works fine on ... Feb 12 2007, 05:26 AM Glen H Cloudy: That just means that the card is manufact... Feb 15 2007, 08:05 PM Just Some Dude OK, check it out. I've got an HP Pavilion ZE49... Feb 16 2007, 06:33 PM cloudy lucky you, dude.
I tried same thing as you, but no... Feb 17 2007, 06:56 AM rvd Hi,
I am new to osx86 stuff. But I managed to ge... Feb 21 2007, 09:08 PM kamig 4311... doesn't work
Someone could post the e... Feb 28 2007, 11:27 AM kamig please Mar 1 2007, 07:53 AM rvd the procedure is here:
http://forum.insanelymac.c... Mar 2 2007, 08:03 AM technicallyhesright Hey I've got a inspiron 5150 with a truemobile... Mar 4 2007, 05:07 AM Yossarian_16th Hey everyone, I'm another with a Compaq C300 s... Mar 13 2007, 09:08 AM dane QUOTE (sportman @ Aug 6 2006, 08:04 PM) ... Mar 20 2007, 10:01 PM cloudy LoveableGeek, Exactly same here as you explained. ... Mar 22 2007, 07:14 PM elizabeth Hey there,
I've been playing with my system a... Mar 26 2007, 04:50 AM Jackobyte Just a little note........
I got my Belkin 7001 c... Apr 11 2007, 04:09 PM Ndx sudo nano /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration... Apr 16 2007, 07:16 PM Piero A. Hi everybody,
I own an acer 5612wlmi and i bought... May 7 2007, 01:45 PM creepyteletuby i have an odd problem with my wireless configurati... May 8 2007, 08:31 PM skydanca Hi All!
Here is what I have worked out so far... May 22 2007, 09:53 AM tattootroy QUOTE (sportman @ Aug 6 2006, 08:04 PM) ... May 31 2007, 09:08 PM 1/2WIT I followed all of the instructions for Broadcom up... Jun 4 2007, 06:51 PM altas QUOTE (sportman @ Aug 6 2006, 07:04 PM) ... Jun 4 2007, 11:00 PM iamsilvermember QUOTE (sportman @ Aug 6 2006, 07:04 PM) ... Jun 12 2007, 07:43 AM ihekmac I also have a compaq c300 series laptop.... and I... Jun 26 2007, 12:50 AM Putzinger Thank you so much for this tutorial. This is the l... Jun 28 2007, 03:44 PM errandwolfe Putzinger,
It sounds like you are in the same bo... Jun 28 2007, 07:22 PM gabeoravitz i have a broadcom 4311, it says so on the chip. in... Jul 1 2007, 07:31 PM riws Try 4320 Jul 1 2007, 07:46 PM gabeoravitz that didn't work. ive tried the kexts from jas... Jul 2 2007, 03:20 AM riws Can you see it with DPCIManager ?
Is it on? LED? Jul 2 2007, 07:44 AM gabeoravitz well that's just it; i had to send it back to ... Jul 2 2007, 11:43 AM gabeoravitz UPDATE: doing an ioreg -l, i can see that the sys... Jul 2 2007, 11:11 PM errandwolfe Gabeoravitz,
Many of us have the EXACT same prob... Jul 3 2007, 12:36 AM gabeoravitz i'm gonna say that it's because of the PCI... Jul 3 2007, 01:52 AM Putzinger Well, I've done some research and found the fo... Jul 3 2007, 03:39 AM alek This tutorial works even for USB wifi?
I have an U... Jul 11 2007, 08:43 PM OxDraztikxO I have a Dell Latitude D610 with a Broadcom mini P... Aug 3 2007, 08:45 PM darkfiremp3 I have a acer 3680-2682, it has a Broadcom 4311, m... Aug 5 2007, 06:46 AM   |
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