Intel Wireless 2100, 2200bg, 2915bg, 3945abg, 4965agn, IWIDarwin drivers for mac os x 10.4 and 10.5 *under development* Options

[Gabik123]

anything new knuckles?

[Firemac]

Cheap wifi "N" USB Adapter - can get it at Fry's It's on sale often, or find it cheap online

Airlink awll6070 working driver for MAC OS X FOUND. It's the same driver for the Edimax
EW-7718Un, go to the sight download the driver and it should work, it did for me. You may have to configure in System Preferences (I can't offer more help than that).
1. Download & Install
2. Reboot
3. (just after rebooting) click on Ralink icon in dock to setup
Note: I had to tinker with Network Settings in System Preferences to get it working

Everyone at Insanely MAC has been so helpful, thank you so much , and I'm glad I can give back

http://www.edimax.com/en/produce_detail.ph...1&pl2_id=44

[GAOO]

Hi jalavoui,

I followed the tutorial on

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...rt=#entry925693

to test my Intel Wifi 4965agn and posted my result on that thread.

The result is minimally successful, I was able to use the networkSelector program to turn on the wifi card, and scan for the available networks. But when I try to associate with one, it only says "trying to associate" then returns to the menu. No internet accessibility afterwards (pinged my router and it's 100% loss).

I'm a pretty proficient programmer but I haven't done any driver development before. I would be interested in helping you to develop this driver, but any suggestions on how/where to start? Such as what topics I should be familiar with before I attempt to make changes.

Feel free to contact me, thanks.

as soon as i get i laptop that is good for making the drivers i'll update this thread and iwidarwin

i don't know when the drivers will be ready...

thanks for helping


driver status:

iwi2100/2200
working
need to fix some bugs

iwi3945/4965
don't work
need other developers to look at old code and try to fix it

i'd really like to see some developer work in this thread

[faw]

hi,



i was looking for a solution for this wireless stuff, and found a solution that might be handy, virtualization



check out "vmware fusion", its not a driver for 3945 and 4965 wifi cards, but it lets xp run under os x, they both work at the same time, and a good thing about that is that you can run the windows programs you like in os x, it lets hardware with out mac drivers to run under mac os (in xp actually but in os x screen, not xp) check it out for yourselves, worked for me, you can play direct x 9 games in os x too btw



but made my notebook a little slow (fujitsu siemens amilo pi 1556 with intel 1.83 dual core, 1 gb ram, 256 mb geforge go 7600)

[MACOX]

For that to run efficiently, at least 3gb of ram is required. Mac eats up 2gb of ram within minutes. In that sense it resemble Vista, but if we assume that Leopard is not that graphics hungry, still it requires a minimum of 1Gb ram to run. Perhaps it's the redundant machine code? I wonder how people render 3D graphics on Mac and how much ram do they require!

[lebidou]

For that to run efficiently, at least 3gb of ram is required. Mac eats up 2gb of ram within minutes. In that sense it resemble Vista, but if we assume that Leopard is not that graphics hungry, still it requires a minimum of 1Gb ram to run. Perhaps it's the redundant machine code? I wonder how people render 3D graphics on Mac and how much ram do they require!

I render 3D graphics under mac os as efficently as under xp (with the same hardware and software). And leopard uses about 600 MB of ram after running for hours. The amount of "inactive" memory increase rapidly, but as far as know this is only cached ram, usable by any process, it is there only to speed up an application that has been launched before.

The memory and performance issues that may occur testing those non working driver can be due to logging or a possible memory leak. 3945 and 4965 driver are work in progress, aren't they ?

[undefined]

I guess there's absolutely no progress on the driver whatsoever, we would certainly hear about it!
About the virtualization, AFAIK, virtual machines use hardware only that's operative in host system. You can pass USB devices directly to your virtual system, but I don't think you could pass any PCI cards that weren't recognized by computer in first place.

[fernando.kreutz]

sorry, as i was asked for, i removed the reply

[polax]

as soon as i get i laptop that is good for making the drivers i'll update this thread and iwidarwin

i don't know when the drivers will be ready...

thanks for helping
driver status:

iwi2100/2200
working
need to fix some bugs

iwi3945/4965
don't work
need other developers to look at old code and try to fix it

i'd really like to see some developer work in this thread

Have experience with working on Linux Drivers ... would be happy to review / code parts of your driver if you are interested.

I have i3945abg card on my lappy - let me know how i can help

[undefined]

I'VE GOT A WORKING BROADCOM WLAN CARD IN AN HP DV2660 LAPTOP!!!!! SO, DON'T BIOS HACK ANYMORE, CHANGE THE BROADCOM SUB ID'S AND ENJOY!!!

dude, chillax, it's not even a right thread. and we could read that smaller font, too.

[booger_sniffer5000]

dude, chillax, it's not even a right thread. and we could read that smaller font, too.

Agreed.

[adityadev93]

Get a cheap Linksys WG111v3 usb dongle of fry's...it works perfectly with the driver guide on this thread, and works fast too:

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...mp;#entry666235

[Aubron]

How much $$$ are we lacking to get this thing running eh?

4965 - need drivers badly.

[Advokit]

Yes please a solution to WM3945 would be fantastic.

Unless any else knows if there is a compatible replacement for DELL D620. I have a compatible card in my other DELL but the new one is half the size.

Dammit!!!

[killswitch911]

Still no working 4965 driver???

[lostproc]

I'm with the other USB adopters. It's been a long wait and I needed to move on. Picked up an ASUS WL-167g for $26 and it works fine with my Kaly 10.4.10 and 10.5.4 images running on a Thinkpad T-60. Good luck to all and if something does get working then even better, but for now, I have CI/QE, audio and now working wireless and I am very happy with my hackintosh

[MACOX]

That's being resourcefull! Good luck Lostproc. I'm planning for a dualboot b/w XP and OpenSuse. My MAC(ed) laptop is completely offline, so just need to utilize the hardware I paid for.

[jazzminos]

Have experience with working on Linux Drivers ... would be happy to review / code parts of your driver if you are interested.

I have i3945abg card on my lappy - let me know how i can help

This will be great! If You can help with compiling a driver for 3945 a lot of people will be extremely happy If You contact jalavoui maybe he will be able to tell what the problem is.

With great respect, jazzminos.

[azeaze]

I guyz, i'm new here, will we have drivers for 3945 soon ? it would be great, so good luck in your work !

[buildersofmachines]

Can't we just buy used (or new) airpot minipci cards with broadcom chips in them and replace our slow intel 3945? It should run native in OSX.