221 replies to this topic

[trangir]

Ok, a make it rebranded, but still have error
"unable to attach hardware: HAL status 13
IO80211Controller : : stop called!
start [SourceCache/AirportDriverAtheros....loaded unsuccessfully" ( I try it on another Notebook, because of my Notebook BIOS ).
I do a rebrand of another Atheros WiFi card and got the same error.
After login in MAC OS X and type in terminal "lspci" it shows me that I have Network Controler Atheros ...blabla.... AR5006EG b/g [168c:001c], Apple ......blablabla.... [106b:004e] and other info.
I dont know what to do.

How did you do that? I have the same HP crap, and I'm unsuccessful with the rebranding, by the same reason you wrote above.

[althon]

I did it following the guide from the first post, but whit already installed Linux-Ubuntu and working WiFi Card ( I skip the steps of installing drivers ).
After that got Error form the BIOS. Here was the beginning of the Game , because I can't use the card with the HP notebook.
By following of another guide, I back it to the original ID's on the same notebook.
After that I try with other notebook ( MSI ) with Atheros card. Got the same same error after rebrand and loading MAC OS X.
I must say that with rebranded and no rebranded card I get the same error.
Today I make a update to 10.5.5 from SoftwareUpdate and after restart I got another error ( with no rebranded card on HP ).
There was something like:
"ath0: 0x2..."
"ath0: unable to attach the device"
and after that the other error like before.
That is for now.
Will try more this night.

See ya!!!

[diogan]

I have a couple easier questions that I hope someone can clear up for me.

1. When entering the locations in the EEPROM for the various IDs, what is the proper format? For example, if the location is 008a, should you put it into the command exactly like that, or 0x8a?

2. When entering in the class ID like in the guide:

ath_info -g 3:0 -w 0x<memory_loc> <class_id_loc> 280

Should it just be "280" or should it be "0280"?

3. How do you determine which number to use when changing IDs (the 3 after the -g flag in the example)?

4. Which subvendor and subdevice ID should I use if my card only supports wireless g? I left info about my specific card in a previous comment.

Sorry if these are stupid questions, I just like to nail down any unknowns before I start messing around so I don't brick my card.

[diogan]

Ok... just ignore my last comment; naturally I figured out the answers to my own questions right after posting.

I changed all the IDs successfully and I can see the updated values in the EEPROM, however lspci still shows the old card information.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

[althon]

Did you make a reboot after rebranding the card?
I was able to see the new info only after reboot.

[diogan]

Did you make a reboot after rebranding the card?
I was able to see the new info only after reboot.

Yes; that was the first thing I thought to try but it didn't make any difference. I'm re-installing OSX at the moment so I have a fresh installation to work with.

[diogan]

Did you make a reboot after rebranding the card?
I was able to see the new info only after reboot.

Well slap me silly. After I installed Leopard, I booted back into Ubuntu and checked again and now it is rebranded. Go figure. Wonder why it didn't show up the last time I rebooted.

Hmm... Leopard still acts like there is no wireless card in the laptop. Odd.

[althon]

I try many things last night. No success anyway
Still the same f.....g ERROR.
I think that this is not from the driver, but from the kernel or something.
I did a research in Google and find something for FreeBSD with the same error.
The peoples there was talking about kernel extensions and HAL........ I didn't understand nothing.

[redratfish]

i have an hp with whitelist. i edit my atheros card eprom chip via external willem programmer. and change the ven-id and all with broadcom id . the laptop now boots with out the 104 whitelist error.
its a atherous card . now showing as broadcom card in leopard . i need to know what i should edit in leo for the card to work.

[kc8jdc]

I have followed the instructions for rebranding. Now lspci shows like the last step of your instructions.

Network controller [0280]: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5006EG ...................... [168c:001c] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Apple Computer Inc. Device [106b:004e]

I have rebooted, checked System Configuration, apple airport utility and my card still does not show up. I do get an error from console that shows:

ath_attach: devid 0x1c
unable to attach hardware; HAL status 13

I have also checked the AirportAtheros.kext and made sure that both the 168c:1c and the 106b:4e were in there. I have also tried it with only one of these. I have deleted the cache and the mkext and have repaired permissions in disk utility.

I am using an Acer Aspire One with Kalyway 10.5.2 (with updates to 10.5.5 vanilla kernel).
What is the next step?

[kizwan]

Even if we successfully rebrand AR5007EG (AR2425 chips), I don't think it will going to work in OSX. On linux, this card require new driver (with new HAL) to get it working. With current madwifi driver (new driver still in snapshot) same error message, "HAL status 13", appeared.

Is it possible if we try to modify HAL in OSX?

[betorcs]

Even if we successfully rebrand AR5007EG (AR2425 chips), I don't think it will going to work in OSX. On linux, this card require new driver (with new HAL) to get it working. With current madwifi driver (new driver still in snapshot) same error message, "HAL status 13", appeared.

Is it possible if we try to modify HAL in OSX?

for example, at this command
ath_info -g 3:0 -w 0x<memory_loc> <2nd_subdev_loc> <004e or 0086>
change for
ath_info -g 1:0 -w 0x<memory_loc> <2nd_subdev_loc> <004e or 0086>

[chuckcalo]

I've my card working in OS X using modded drivers by me it works most of the time, the card shows as AR5007EG in Windows but when I ran "lspci" it shows as AR5006EG (and Airport Extreme in System Info). So here are a few questions, mostly for the OP or someone with enough knowledge regarding this:

1 - Can the card be sucessfully rebranded so it can be detected as Airport ?
2 - Would it work in Windows after being rebranded?
3 - If its succesfully rebranded, would that worsen its performance?

Thanks in advance.

chuckcalo.-

[betorcs]

Hello Guys,

I have been read many topics about this subject, was a hard work, but i did do my wireless work at mac os leo 10.5.2 . It is not perfect yet , but work. In while dont work, so i restart my laptop and work again.

I did that steps that iHack13 posted. My wireless is AR5006EG 802.11 b/g Wireless PCI Express Adapter, the difference was:

Capabilities

802.11a suport: No Turbo A.......: Yes
802.11b suport: No Turbo B.......: Yes
802.11g suport: Yes 2gh.............: Yes
32..................: No 5ghz............: Yes

But I used the sames values. 004e.

Initialy, dont work, so search anwsers at google, i found www.softpedia.com and downloaded OWC_Wireless_Setup_v3_3t.sit and installed it. When i tested KisMAC, found my wifi. Great....

Thx for all... i am still looking for sollutions...

[kizwan]

I've my card working in OS X using modded drivers by me it works most of the time, the card shows as AR5007EG in Windows but when I ran "lspci" it shows as AR5006EG (and Airport Extreme in System Info). So here are a few questions, mostly for the OP or someone with enough knowledge regarding this:

1 - Can the card be sucessfully rebranded so it can be detected as Airport ?
2 - Would it work in Windows after being rebranded?
3 - If its succesfully rebranded, would that worsen its performance?

Thanks in advance.

chuckcalo.-

Hi,
Is it possible for me to get a copy of your modded drivers? If you don't mind I want to have the copy of the source code too? I can answer your question but since I brick my wireless card when attempting to rebrand it, so I can be considered as less "enough" knowledge on this particular subject. But, if I may, the answer will be Yes for question #1 & #2 and No for #3, only if you absolutely know technically about your card & absolutely understand the process.

kizwan

[EqUaTe]

Hey kizwan,

If you still have that bricked card, I may be able to help you get it fixed.. PM me here, we'll try a few things.. If it works, we'll update the thread..

[kizwan]

Hey kizwan,

If you still have that bricked card, I may be able to help you get it fixed.. PM me here, we'll try a few things.. If it works, we'll update the thread..

Hi EqUaTe,

That great. I still have my bricked card. Let me know what I need to do.

kizwan

[jasballz]

I used DCMI, I.D.'d my card as atheros ar5006eg, but I get a 4096 byte output for eeprom and can't write. working on solution. will post.

[jasballz]

I'm trying to get the eeprom down to the right bytes

sbdv:0006,0045
sbvn:0007:0044
classid:003f


EEPROM dump (4096 byte)
==============================================
0001: 0000 0020 0001 0000 5001 0000 <sbdv> <sbvn>
0009: 1c0a 0100 0000 01c2 0002 c606 0001 0000
0011: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
0019: 0000 0000 0000 0000 09de 3ab9 001f 0000
0021: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
0029: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
0031: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
0039: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 101a
0041: 050a 0000 1400 168c 001c 1402 0001 <class id>
0049: 140a 5001 0000 140b <sbv> <sbdv> 140f 0100
0051: 1c0a 1410 5001 01c2 1419 0cc0 0504 1005
0059: 0000 0000 101e 0001 0000 101f 000f 0000
0061: 1020 fc00 9248 1020 4924 2492 1020 0039
0069: 2800 1020 0824 5316 1020 0579 f680 1020
0071: efff 001d 1020 be40 1aaa 1020 5554 be10
0079: 1020 3007 000e 1021 0000 0000 ffff ffff
0081: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff
0089: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff
0091: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff
0099: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff
00a1: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff
00a9: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff
00b1: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff
00b9: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff 0065 70f9
00c1: 5003 da6c 0000 b1b8 016e 00ff a4ff 15a3
00c9: 0005 0400 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
00d1: 0000 0000 0000 2d2c 0000 0000 0000 0000
00d9: e028 a492 1c00 000e b8ca 0013 0000 08f8
00e1: 6b4b c059 0971 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
00e9: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
00f1: 0000 2d2c 0000 0000 0000 0000 e022 1c00
00f9: 000e b8ff 0013 001b 0000 ff70 10ff 0000
0101: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
0109: 0000 0000 0000 0000 2864 00a1 8400 018a
0111: 2000 da44 001c 000e b0ff 2015 001b 2828
0119: ff70 1226 01ff 0080 a801 002c 0587 0000
0121: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 1112
0129: 4142 3132 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
0131: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 2328
0139: 8000 0000 0000 0000 8000 0000 0000 0000
0141: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
0149: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 4d31
0151: 7f54 3c93 1205 1931 492d 7f50 3c93 0e01
0159: 192d 8e70 00ac 8140 6a45 aa29 1e06 dd25
0161: 1656 9140 7645 aa69 2e06 1505 2476 9140
0169: 6245 2a49 2e05 54e5 2675 0000 0000 0000
0171: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
0179: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 7092 4924 b892
0181: 4924 7092 27db 8992 27db ac92 27db 7075
0189: a200 0000 0000 6464 6400 0000 0000 7075
0191: a200 0000 0000 6364 6300 0000 0000 7075
0199: a2ac b800 0000 6262 6262 2400 0000 7075
01a1: a2ac 0000 0000 6465 6524 0000 0000 7075
01a9: ac00 0000 0000 6060 6000 0000 0000 7075
01b1: ac00 0000 0000 6060 6000 0000 0000 0000
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0351: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff
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0361: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff
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0371: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff
0379: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff
0381: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff
0389: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff
0391: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff
0399: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff
03a1: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff
03a9: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff
03b1: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff
03b9: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff
03c1: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff
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03d1: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff
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03e1: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff
03e9: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff
03f1: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff
03f9: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff a55a
0401: 0000 0020 0001 0000 5001 0000 <sbdv> <sbvn>
0409: 1c0a 0100 0000 01c2 0002 c606 0001 0000
0411: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
0419: 0000 0000 0000 0000 09de 3ab9 001f 0000
0421: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
0429: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
0431: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
0439: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 101a
0441: 050a 0000 1400 168c 001c 1402 0001 0200
0449: 140a 5001 0000 140b <sbvn> <sbdv> 140f 0100
0451: 1c0a 1410 5001 01c2 1419 0cc0 0504 1005
0459: 0000 0000 101e 0001 0000 101f 000f 0000
0461: 1020 fc00 9248 1020 4924 2492 1020 0039
0469: 2800 1020 0824 5316 1020 0579 f680 1020
0471: efff 001d 1020 be40 1aaa 1020 5554 be10
0479: 1020 3007 000e 1021 0000 0000 ffff ffff
0481: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff
0489: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff
0491: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff
0499: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff
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04b1: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff
04b9: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff 0065 70f9
04c1: 5003 da6c 0000 b1b8 016e 00ff a4ff 15a3
04c9: 0005 0400 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
04d1: 0000 0000 0000 2d2c 0000 0000 0000 0000
04d9: e028 a492 1c00 000e b8ca 0013 0000 08f8
04e1: 6b4b c059 0971 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
04e9: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
04f1: 0000 2d2c 0000 0000 0000 0000 e022 1c00
04f9: 000e b8ff 0013 001b 0000 ff70 10ff 0000
0501: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
0509: 0000 0000 0000 0000 2864 00a1 8400 018a
0511: 2000 da44 001c 000e b0ff 2015 001b 2828
0519: ff70 1226 01ff 0080 a801 002c 0587 0000
0521: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 1112
0529: 4142 3132 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
0531: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 2328
0539: 8000 0000 0000 0000 8000 0000 0000 0000
0541: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
0549: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 4d31
0551: 7f54 3c93 1205 1931 492d 7f50 3c93 0e01
0559: 192d 8e70 00ac 8140 6a45 aa29 1e06 dd25
0561: 1656 9140 7645 aa69 2e06 1505 2476 9140
0569: 6245 2a49 2e05 54e5 2675 0000 0000 0000
0571: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
0579: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 7092 4924 b892
0581: 4924 7092 27db 8992 27db ac92 27db 7075
0589: a200 0000 0000 6464 6400 0000 0000 7075
0591: a200 0000 0000 6364 6300 0000 0000 7075
0599: a2ac b800 0000 6262 6262 2400 0000 7075
05a1: a2ac 0000 0000 6465 6524 0000 0000 7075
05a9: ac00 0000 0000 6060 6000 0000 0000 7075
05b1: ac00 0000 0000 6060 6000 0000 0000 0000
05b9: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff
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05c9: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff
05d1: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff
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07e1: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff
07e9: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff
07f1: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff
07f9: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff a55a
==============================================
jonathan@jonathan-laptop:~$

[jasballz]

You don't need to rebrand this card!!! Check out my posts here:

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=156272&st=0&gopid=1101087&#entry1101087

Attention: There is a more or less high possibility to brick your card, in case you don't know what you are doing.

Identifying the device: It doesn't mean your card will not be bricked "following another guy's guide" or "using his IDs", although you two have the "same card"... Most people think tools like lspci provide sufficient information, in order to judge whether your card is the same as another guy's card or whether it's an "a/b/g" or "b/g-only" card. An AR5006EG for instance. These cards aren't all the same since their chipsets and subchipsets differ.

Possible scenarios are: You don't have the EXACT same card as the guy you got information form (such as ID's and Memory and byte locations => you ignore the previous fact and apply the foreign settings on your card's EEPROM => usually leads to grief , sorrow and suicide

The idea: Replacing the Subsys IDs (Subvendor and Subdevice ID) of your device (e.g. Hp, Gigabyte or "Unknown") with Apple's IDs

Profits: You will end up with a fully functional Apple Airport Extreme Card. No more disconnects and no CRC Errors in your files. Use Apple's kexts nomore modifications. Just fully native a.k.a. Vanilla.

First Step: Install Ubuntu (Hardy Heron) and Subversion

Install this OS. Do not use Live CDs for this guide if you aren't familiar with Linux.
If you need help with installing it without {censored} up your Partition Table and Bootloader check this post (GUID).

When you are in the OS ensure you are connected to the Internet and launch the terminal.
Type following: (Enter your password if you have one.)

sudo -s
 apt-get install subversion

Second Step: Install madwifi tools in Ubuntu

http://www.stchman.com created a wonderful guide for this. Even a script to get things easier for you. Here are the most important excerpts offering 2 ways to install the madwifi tools

A) Easy Way

Get the script created by stchman (attached to this post), copy it to your home directory and run it by typing:

chmod 755 ~/madwifi.sh
 sudo ~/madwifi.sh

Not-so-easy Way

Get the source here.

Get what is needed to compile the source:

sudo apt-get -y install build-essential bin86

Once that is done you will need to do the following:

Copy the .tar.gz to the /usr/src/ folder. This command assumes you downloaded the archive to your home folder. replace ~ if your downloaded to a different location.

sudo cp ~/madwifi-0.9.3.2.tar.gz /usr/src/

Change to the /usr/src folder.

cd /usr/src

Decompress the tarball.

sudo tar -xzf madwifi-0.9.3.2.tar.gz

Install the sharutils from the package manager.

sudo apt-get -y install sharutils

Change to the folder that the tarball extracted to.

cd /usr/src/madwifi-0.9.3.2

Make the drivers (during this time the procedure may ask you to remove the older drivers, let it do so)

sudo make clean
 sudo make
 sudo make install

Third Step: Install ath_info

To get it type:

svn co http://svn.madwifi.org/ath_info/trunk ath_info

Change to the directory:

cd ath_info/

And install it:

make
 make all

Fourth Step: Get essential Information with lspci and ath_info

Type following in your terminal and look for your Atheros named device in the list:

sudo lspci -vvnn

Here are my definitions which are going to be used until the end of the post

• <class_id>: should be 0200 by default, meaning Ethernet Controller
• <vendor_id>: is the first ID in brackets after the name of your device. Should be 168c for Atheros cards (won't be changed)
• <device_id>: is the ID right after the colon . Should be 001c for AR5006EG-series (won't be changed)
• <subven_id>: is the first ID on the second line of the device, starting with Subsystem:..
• <subdev_id>: the second ID on the same line, the one after the colon
• <memory_loc>: the value in the 7th line which begins with Region 0:.. (8-digit)

Check if your card is b/g or a/b/g by typing following with the correct memory location

ath_info -d 0x<memory_loc>

You can find the information somewhere at the beginning of the output. It is supposed to look like this:



As you can see, mine is b/g only. This is important to know since Apple doesn't use only one Subdevice ID. So their b/g and a/b/g IDs differ and you will have to replace your old Subdevice ID by the respective one from Apple, which are:

• 0086 for a/b/g cards
• 004e for b/g cards

Now scroll down to until you see the EEPROM dump. Copy-Paste it somewhere, so you can restore it easily if you mess up. It's supposed to look like this:



Of course yours will look different. So use Ctrl+F or anything to look for your

• <class_id>
• <subdev_id> (2x)
• <subven_id> (2x)

You are supposed to end up with 5 locations of the IDs. Subdev and Subven ID will each show up twice, so each has 2 different locations. I prepared a legend, so you should easily find out the locations. Look where you found your IDs and write down each location.



So write down your

• <class_id_loc>: location of your <class_id>
• <1st_subdev_loc>: a <subdev_id> location
• <2nd_subdev_loc>: the other <subdev_id> location
• <1st_subven_loc>: a <subven_id> location
• <2nd_subven_loc>: the other <subven_id> location

each is 4-digit.

Fifth Step: Replacing the Subsystem IDs

Class ID

Replace your old Class ID, 200 which stands for Ethernet Controller with the new 280 which stands for Network Controller

ath_info -g 3:0 -w 0x<memory_loc> <class_id_loc> 280

Subvendor ID

Replace the old Subvendor ID with the one from Apple, which is 106b

ath_info -g 3:0 -w 0x<memory_loc> <1st_subven_loc> 106b
 ath_info -g 3:0 -w 0x<memory_loc> <2nd_subven_loc> 106b

Subdevice ID

Replace the old Subdevice ID with

• 004e if you have an "b/g" card
• or 0086 if you have an "a/b/g" card

ath_info -g 3:0 -w 0x<memory_loc> <1st_subdev_loc> <004e or 0086>
 ath_info -g 3:0 -w 0x<memory_loc> <2nd_subdev_loc> <004e or 0086>

Confirm all operations with 'y' as it will ask you. I used the value 3 for all operations. If it doesnt work for you feel free to try out the digits from 0 to 5.

Check your new EEPROM dump and verify the new data

ath_info -d 0x<memory_loc>

If everything went flawlessly lspci is to show your card as

• Network controller [0280]: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5006EG ...................... [168c:001c] (rev 01)
• Subsystem: Apple Computer Inc. Device [106b:<004e or 0086>]

At least that's what OS X Terminal shows you, when you are back on OS X. The Ubuntu lspci output gives some less cosmeticly results, like Apple Inc Unknown etc..


So pls report back about the results.

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You will have to tweak your windows drivers for your card a little to get it working there. It's only replacing some IDs in the .ini file. I will upload my .ini file in future and maybe add the stuff for abg cards too. Mine is recognized as AR5007EG in Vista, tho works flawlessly.

Another issue may be your router. Mine doesn't support WPA anymore with the vanilla kexts. This is because my router only supports WPA TKIP and Leopard seems to have issues with TKIP-only routers. So if you have an old router as me, you will have to use WEP or use modded Tiger kexts or get a not-so-outdated router with WPA-AES too.

Oh yeah I almost forgot... HP-Bios users ... good luck