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

[mercurysquad]

Hey guys, thanks for the hearty laugh I got this morning reading through the replies. It's ridiculous what sense of entitlement some people have. People even suggested I go out and buy a 3945 card to code drivers for you.. when you won't buy an apple-supported card for your own use. Heh.

Anyway, let the whininess competition continue! Lurkers rate each post 'whiny' or 'not whiny'. Good way to pass time while we're waiting.

Cheers.

[booger_sniffer5000]

Hey guys, thanks for the hearty laugh I got this morning reading through the replies. It's ridiculous what sense of entitlement some people have. People even suggested I go out and buy a 3945 card to code drivers for you.. when you won't buy an apple-supported card for your own use. Heh.

Anyway, let the whininess competition continue! Lurkers rate each post 'whiny' or 'not whiny'. Good way to pass time while we're waiting.

Cheers.

Well I am glad that you had good humor about what people said.

[puzzela]

I just want to mention to anyone who didnt read my post about 3 pages back...

on my 1st, VERY FIRST, OS86x install on my Dell XPSm1210 (Dual Boot with XP)... my WIFI 3945 WORKED! It was my first test and the display and other things were NOT working right so i thought id try a few other versions (kalyway, iAtkos, JAs) blah blah...

ONE OF THE AFOREMENTIONED Was my first install.... Ill have to dig up the discs to check which versions. I dont recall changing any of the default settings but perhaps that was what i did to create the miracle.

When it worked It appeared like a functioning AIRPORT card, I could select my wifi network and enter security info aka FULLY FUNCTIONAL.

After, when I tried other installs, never got it to work again. It just leads me to believe that ITS POSSIBLE with the RIGHT Combination of drivers...

anyway...ive tried all my discs again..but cant recreate that day...so i just wait too. doh.

I did read it. And that's very interesting, not more. It is a strange situation that you only and no other (so far) have experienced, so we can't start a "ghost chase" for the "misterious lost combination". When you come with something more tangible then the experts can try to study why does it work; until then it is like I say that I saw a flying pig and request others to start chasing it...

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Are you sure you could connect to networks? Because It's not a big deal that the card is visible and detected as Airport, but you can't really do anything about it.

[wingrunr21]

Think Mark - has no option but to wait. Then spend hours compiling the Kext until people donate enough to Merucurysqquad...

Or just install xcode, open the project file in the source, hit Command-B, load the kext...

Plus why would mercurysquad not give out a compiled version of the kext? I mean, I could compile the source and post the compiled kext for people. So either he gives out the kext and doesn't give out the source until he gets enough donations (which is what I believe the plan is) or he gives out the source and makes everyone compile it (which is pointless for the reason I just mentioned).

[vjkevlar]

Its DEF. a Intel PRO wireless 3945ABG card. Just checked device manager in XP to be sure.

[booger_sniffer5000]

Its DEF. a Intel PRO wireless 3945ABG card. Just checked device manager in XP to be sure.

Not possible, no drivers have ever been written for these cards, let alone any wireless anything with an Intel chipset.

[vjkevlar]

Its DEF. a Intel PRO wireless 3945ABG card. Just checked device manager in XP to be sure.

Sorry guys, I just realized I was refreshing the page to update my view of this post and it was resubmitting my last post!

As far as the comments doubting I had it working, I would give you more details but this is a side project for fun and not priority one. When I get a moment I will try and submit a full detail of what I did to get it working.

I can tell you right now it WAS a 3945abg, I used a Kalyway 10.5.2 disc, I had both XP and OSX partitions, Dell XPSm1210, I could connect to Secured wireless networks using keys, I could browse available wireless networks, use the internet like an MADE FOR OSX wireless card.

I didnt have sound working (I hadnt done my research on what updated drivers to install, I was testing what OSX86 Natively got me the most compatibility)... and I was doing all of this without reading sites and forums. Basically it was a blind test. If I had read about the card not working, and the Kext updates for sound and graphics, I would have just left that original installation and fixed the other elements.

IT did work BUT perhaps trying to nail down how exactly it worked that time may be "a flying pig". It doesnt hurt to let people know that it did work on my machine on the 1st try.

K

PS: Kudos to whoever gets it working, and thanks for spending your valuable time creating solutions for those who dont have the time and/or skills.

[crazy_sumo]

Dude, I dont believe you, many people try to fool people in this thread, so you reinstall the kalyway 10.5.2 on your own and prove us that it work, or we will just ignore you.

[geiman]

Or just install xcode, open the project file in the source, hit Command-B, load the kext...

Plus why would mercurysquad not give out a compiled version of the kext? I mean, I could compile the source and post the compiled kext for people. So either he gives out the kext and doesn't give out the source until he gets enough donations (which is what I believe the plan is) or he gives out the source and makes everyone compile it (which is pointless for the reason I just mentioned).

Exactly, there would be no point in only releasing the source code of the kext to try and solicit money; it's too easy to compile it, and I mean it's EXTREMELY easy, you need no knowledge of programming whatsoever. Trust me, if you end up needing to compile it, it's not a big deal. I compile code everyday; it takes little to no time.

[vjkevlar]

Im not here to convince you or anyone anything. I thought if someone else had a similar experience or some insight it would expose a potential solution... Ive tried installing Kalyway once again but Im not sure what kexts I selected during that 1st install, like i said I just basically clicked through to see what would happen.

Anyhoo.... when I get a chance ill try reinstalling KALYWAY 10.5.2 again with a few different options. One thing I remember is that without explanation during some of my OSX86 installs, it takes HOURS AND HOURS...other times it only takes 30-40 mins. Really strange and also why im hesitant to install Kalyway 10 times trying to recreate something...

K

[penginman13]

DAMN RIGHT Mercury squad shouldn't have to buy the card. I actually have a huge problem with that fact, for some reason it makes me angry. Mercurysquad should literally buy NOTHING. We should be happy as hell to supply him with the card. And if you're not, then you should not be on this page. If you think you have a sense of entitlement that you should simply receive the driver after he has put in so much work, while you have simply waited, and think that they should buy everything themselves and don't deserve a thank you, then GTFO. You don't respect devlopers, you don't respect this thread, and you dont respect anyone who has every tried to code something.

Also, SO WHAT if he starts with whatever card he wants to. Screw it, I say. I say MercurySquad should just start with the most obscure card out there just to show that its their
******* show and they can do as they damn well please. He said he would get to the 3945, so just wait! If you think that your card is more important shut up, because its really not. Even if more people have it that doesn't make it more important. It just means more people want it. And then more people like some certain people in the last couple pages start ******** about the fact that they should get their driver first, and then they just look like jack*****.

And I completely agree with MercurySquad. There should be no donations untill the card is finished. You have no idea if the money is going to the devlopment, or whether or not its actually going to anything related to the code.

MercurySquad is the BEST thing to EVER happen to this squad, and if you cant appreciate that then you dont deserve to use any driver written by him.


P.S. I swear to god. The next person who posts "Is anyone working on XXXX card?" I'm going to track down and punch in the face. They obviously have not read the thread, and don't deserve to post. You could even read the first posts and see that the card isnt working!

[psedog]

Hey guys, thanks for the hearty laugh I got this morning reading through the replies. It's ridiculous what sense of entitlement some people have. People even suggested I go out and buy a 3945 card to code drivers for you.. when you won't buy an apple-supported card for your own use. Heh.

Anyway, let the whininess competition continue! Lurkers rate each post 'whiny' or 'not whiny'. Good way to pass time while we're waiting.

Cheers.

You have a PM
I just installed a 1505 BGN card, so my 3495 pcie is up for grabs.

[deek]

I just replaced my intel 3945abg with an Atheros one, which dev would like to use the hardware for driver development?

It is a mini-PCIe form factor with two connectors for antenna.

[::Se7eN::]

vjkevlar

I'm not the kind of guy that uses believe... I use reason!
So make several cups of coffe and start to work on what you claim!! This way you would shut up those who critesize you and help lots of others who are having that problem with Inter Wireless....

Go by attempts... you will find the correct combination of kests that make this wireless work....

One thing i now is that even on Windows this wireless cards need a Broadcom codec... so the solution must be on the right combination between Broadcom and Intel codecs... or kexts...

Less talk and more work

I'll be waiting for news from you soon



Se7eN

[booger_sniffer5000]

...One thing i now is that even on Windows this wireless cards need a Broadcom codec...

Sorry to burst your bubble, but this is not true at all. The Intel wireless cards use a completely different driver set than the Broadcom cards.

[::Se7eN::]

Sorry to burst your bubble, but this is not true at all. The Intel wireless cards use a completely different driver set than the Broadcom cards.

well... you are not sharp enough...

In Windows Vista I have installed "Broadcom 802.11 Wireless". And i've tested that if i uninstall that my wireless card stops working... No matter what Intel drivers i install... latest or the provided by HP...

I have a HP Pavilion dv6179ea...

Check this link HP Pavilion dv6179ea in HP Website and tell me why is there a "Broadcom Wireless LAN Driver for Microsoft Windows Vista"....

Who's bubble bursted now?


Se7eN

[booger_sniffer5000]

well... you are not sharp enough...

In Windows Vista I have installed "Broadcom 802.11 Wireless". And i've tested that if i uninstall that my wireless card stops working... No matter what Intel drivers i install... latest or the provided by HP...

I have a HP Pavilion dv6179ea...

Check this link HP Pavilion dv6179ea in HP Website and tell me why is there a "Broadcom Wireless LAN Driver for Microsoft Windows Vista"....

Who's bubble bursted now?


Se7eN

Then you obviously have a Broadcom card...

[::Se7eN::]

just check that link, and you will see just below the Broadcom link the Intel PRO/Wireless Drivers for Vista

now tell me: DO I HAVE 2 WIRELESS CARD ON MY LAPTOP?
Of course not!

Obviously the Intel Wireless cards have components provided by Broadcom, that's why the need some codecs...

This is my last response to this question... You should believe in whatever you want...



Se7eN

[booger_sniffer5000]

just check that link, and you will see just below the Broadcom link the Intel PRO/Wireless Drivers for Vista

now tell me: DO I HAVE 2 WIRELESS CARD ON MY LAPTOP?
Of course not!

Obviously the Intel Wireless cards have components provided by Broadcom, that's why the need some codecs...

This is my last response to this question... You should believe in whatever you want...



Se7eN

Whatever, I am just telling you that there is no combination of kexts that will make this card work. And if the Broadcom drivers make your card work, then you have a Broadcom card. Believe what you want, I don't care, but Broadcom doesn't supply chipsets for Intel's wifi cards.