InsanelyMac Forum > WUSB54G WORKING! No joke, come in to find the solution...

FatPenguin

May 7 2008, 09:41 AM

QUOTE (yoshizinho @ Mar 29 2007, 05:33 AM)

Hi guys,

I have tryed to install wusb54g V4 and i did it

I followed some hints and tips in this topic (wich is a very good one

) and finally after 5 days I get it working.

The driver altered by me is atached to this post.

Ill copy here the begining of my info.plist of original rt2500usb wireless driver from manufacturer suport site.

On file info.plist I add the bold section, and save the file.

Beggining of file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>CFBundleDevelopmentRegion</key>
<string>English</string>
<key>CFBundleExecutable</key>
<string>RT2500USBWirelessDriver</string>
<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
<string>com.Ralink.driver.RT2500</string>
<key>CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion</key>
<string>6.0</string>
<key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
<string>KEXT</string>
<key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
<string>1.1.3.0</string>
<key>CFBundleSignature</key>
<string>Lens Wang</string>
<key>CFBundleVersion</key>
<string>1.1.3</string>
<key>IOKitPersonalities</key>
<dict>

<key>Wireless-G USB Network Adapter</key>
<dict>
<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
<string>com.Ralink.driver.RT2500</string>
<key>IOClass</key>
<string>RT2500USBWirelessDriver</string>
<key>IOProviderClass</key>
<string>IOUSBDevice</string>
<key>bcdDevice</key>
<integer>4</integer>
<key>idProduct</key>
<integer>13</integer>
<key>idVendor</key>
<integer>5041</integer>
</dict>

then in terminal

sudo chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions
sudo chmod -R 755 /System/Library/Extensions
sudo kextcache -k /System/Library/Extensions

repair permissions

reboot

It wont fail

If anyone need some help just ask in this post

Best reg everyone, now im going to try to fix HDA sound......

Alvaro Martins

Hi Alvaro,

Did what you mentioned, and now it works!

But now there's a weird problem, everytime I boot into my admin account, I can't start the driver. Instead i have to logout and log in to 'root', manually activate the kext, then log back into my normal admin account. Is there any way to get around this?

Thanks

yoshi_sx

Sep 21 2008, 02:48 PM

alvaro martins, what do I do with the info.plist file? do I place it somewhere or?

I am sorry for asking this newbie question as I am new to all this stuff, tried to read through the search, but could not understand the complex terms..

I would greatly appreciate your inputs!

Regards.

yoshi_sx

Sep 23 2008, 04:22 AM

anyone kind enough to help a newbie?

Richard NYC

Oct 29 2008, 02:48 PM

QUOTE (Pablo(2) @ Mar 31 2008, 04:23 PM)

So now in the System Preferences Network application I was able to configure the WUSB45G adapter as en1 and bingo - I was connected. But after a bit of snooping I found out that my adapter was connectiing to an open Linksys router in my area - not my router; the dhcp assigned ip addresses were not from my router.

So I launched the Ralink USBWirelessUtility to configure my adapter. The touble

is that the application always displays "No Device !!!" and no matter what I try to do I can not get this application to work

I also found that there should be 4 .Plist files in my ~/Library/Preferences folder but they are not there. They are:
• ~/Library/Preferences/AdvancedProfileSetting.plist
• ~/Library/Preferences/ActiveProfileSetting.plist
• ~/Library/Preferences/Profile.plist
• ~/Library/Preferences/com.Ralink.RaConfig.plist

Hi Pablo

Did you ever resolve this issue? I'm having the EXACT same issue. The device is conncting to the neighbors apple airport (!) rather than my local router. When I open the Ralink USBWirelessUtility it still shows no device.

I'm also missing the profile .plist files that you are mentioned in your post.

Any ideas??

Thanks

-Rich

JoshJC

Nov 9 2008, 09:24 PM

Hi.

My solution to this is to boot up with -f. This fixes the "No Device"
I am looking for a fix so I don't need to boot up with -f

QUOTE (Richard NYC @ Oct 29 2008, 02:48 PM)

Hi Pablo

Did you ever resolve this issue? I'm having the EXACT same issue. The device is conncting to the neighbors apple airport (!) rather than my local router. When I open the Ralink USBWirelessUtility it still shows no device.

I'm also missing the profile .plist files that you are mentioned in your post.

Any ideas??

Thanks

-Rich

shidevil

Dec 15 2008, 12:38 PM

i have the same problem as joshjc,richard and palbo. any1 got solution??? my ralink keep showing no device even after booting from -f.

i only got • ~/Library/Preferences/com.Ralink.RaConfig.plist. the other 3 is not there.

christophski

Dec 30 2008, 07:32 PM

Heya im really baffled by this one, mainly because i have little experience with macs as probably alot of people on here do.
My WUSB54G shows up in the system profiler which im guessing is a good thing, i installed the railink utility but it says no device found.

I've been desperetly trying for days now to get this working and trawling through this thread to try and understand the solution but i just dont seem to understand it, could someone please explain to me how to get the WUSB54G working in newbie baby steps please lol bit by bit and applicatin by application

This really is starting to drive me up the wall now lol

christophski

Mar 30 2009, 06:37 PM

After ages of trying i still dont understand how to do this, i really hate to be a pain but would someone be kind enough to write up a step by step guide for babies on how to get the WUSB54G working, or at least point me in the right direction.

Aubron

Apr 5 2009, 02:37 AM

I also need a step-by-step, this isn't working for me.

homestarr

Apr 8 2009, 02:52 PM

Solution to the USB Wireless Utility

Like most of you guys I got my driver working but I coudln't tell it which access point to connect to, it kept picking up unsecured ones around me. But this post: CLICK HERE by J.Sylar works COMPLETELY.

What you do is use the driver from this post but use the Belkin wireless utility - he details how you can delete the RT2500 utility and the Belkin driver to have a cleaner install. I was able to choose the correct network and enter my password details, etc.

Now, does anyone know how to make the driver work on startup and after sleep? I have to manually reconnect my wusb54g everytime!

InsanelyDutch

May 21 2009, 11:47 AM

Is it possible to get this working for a WMP54G v4 (pci version)?

The card has the RT2500 chip.

Thnx

greythorne

Jul 27 2009, 09:42 AM

QUOTE (homestarr @ Apr 8 2009, 10:52 PM)

Solution to the USB Wireless Utility

Like most of you guys I got my driver working but I coudln't tell it which access point to connect to, it kept picking up unsecured ones around me. But this post: CLICK HERE by J.Sylar works COMPLETELY.

What you do is use the driver from this post but use the Belkin wireless utility - he details how you can delete the RT2500 utility and the Belkin driver to have a cleaner install. I was able to choose the correct network and enter my password details, etc.

Now, does anyone know how to make the driver work on startup and after sleep? I have to manually reconnect my wusb54g everytime!

I am having the same problem... there is a work around but now if you want to get it you need to pay for it, its no longer donationware..

QUOTE (InsanelyDutch @ May 21 2009, 07:47 PM)

Is it possible to get this working for a WMP54G v4 (pci version)?

The card has the RT2500 chip.

Thnx

I think so long it is Ralink chip based and version 4 then you are good to go!!

henrikroxs

Aug 23 2009, 02:40 AM

QUOTE (kramer2k @ May 22 2006, 04:56 AM)

Well, here's the fix people...Currently posting this using my Linksys WUSB54G V4 with Ralink RT2500 Drivers...

The Product ID and Vendor ID are the same as they've always been..

BUT...
The one other value you have to change is the bcdDevice it needs to be 4 NOT 1

<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
<string>com.Ralink.driver.RT2500</string>
<key>IOClass</key>
<string>RT2500USBWirelessDriver</string>
<key>IOProviderClass</key>
<string>IOUSBDevice</string>
<key>bcdDevice</key>
<integer>4</integer>
<key>idProduct</key>
<integer>13</integer>
<key>idVendor</key>
<integer>5041</integer>
</dict>

Verified and it works...

Have at it boys, enjoy those Linksys V4s!

K

does this work with v2 also? by changing the 4 to a 2?

clumsygenghis

Aug 25 2009, 09:41 PM

QUOTE (kramer2k @ May 21 2006, 08:56 PM)

Well, here's the fix people...Currently posting this using my Linksys WUSB54G V4 with Ralink RT2500 Drivers...

The Product ID and Vendor ID are the same as they've always been..

BUT...
The one other value you have to change is the bcdDevice it needs to be 4 NOT 1

<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
<string>com.Ralink.driver.RT2500</string>
<key>IOClass</key>
<string>RT2500USBWirelessDriver</string>
<key>IOProviderClass</key>
<string>IOUSBDevice</string>
<key>bcdDevice</key>
<integer>4</integer>
<key>idProduct</key>
<integer>13</integer>
<key>idVendor</key>
<integer>5041</integer>
</dict>

Verified and it works...

Have at it boys, enjoy those Linksys V4s!

K

HAHA wow thank you very very much. Managed to get a $19 ZIONCOM b/g usb wifi adapter working with this fix.. on a Dell D620 that has an Intel 3945 wifi card that so far has no drivers.. cheap fix so THANK YOU again.