danroj Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 hi buys... anybody have a kext or string for this wifi card ?? help me!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCM770 Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 Ok, i have the same problem and im pissed at nobody answering a thread... I did some research and took a look at the mini PCIe wireless card in my Notebook and it says "Atheros AR5B91" on it, i turned it around and took a look at the actual IC, which read Atheros AR9281. Upon further research the 9281 is a single Band B/G/N chip. Here are some links: http://www.atheros.com/news/AR9280_AR9281.htm http://www.atheros.com/pt/bulletins/AR9281Bulletin.pdf Now here comes the EXCITING part! Take a look at the second link and you'll see it says "Driver support for Windows XP, Vista, Mac and Linux operating systems" I hope this is true but i havent found any driver for mac, i'll keep researching though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombo Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 I just bought an Acer 4730Z laptop with this mini pci-e adapter; a kext for it (and getting the Intel 4500M video working properly) would make me one happy camper! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mynameiszane Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 hey does this mean that the ar9281 can now work on mac osx? if so how do i get it to work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowDoYouDeleteAccountHere? Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Re: AR9281 driver supportFrom: Atheros Information <info@atheros.com> To: d00c4@***.com Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:00 am Sorry for the confusion. We are under legal agreement with Apple not to provide the requested drivers to anyone. For issues regarding driver support or customer service related to your wireless card, please contact Apple. We suggest you refer to the Apple's website, as they typically offer online technical support pages where software drivers, updates, and other related information can be obtained. Thank you for your understanding. Atheros Communications, Inc. On Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:10:50 -0500 <d00c4@***.com> wrote: > Thank you for fast response, but I couldn't find drivers >for OS X (and drivers for 9281 at all) on that page. > D.K. > > -----Original Message----- >From: Atheros Information <info@atheros.com> > To: d00c4@***.com > Sent: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 1:50 am > Subject: Re: AR9281 driver support > > Please refer to our website's Chip Driver Downloads. > > http://partner.atheros.com/Drivers.aspx > > Thank you for purchasing an Atheros-enabled product. > ATHEROS Communications, Inc. > > > > > On Mon, 9 Feb 2009 17:21:48 -0500 > <d00c4@***.com> wrote: >> Recently I bought AR9281 wireless card for my Mac. But, >>I can't find >> any driver for your AR9281 chip (altough there's >>document that says there's a driver support for Macs: >>http://www.atheros.com/pt/bulletins/AR9281Bulletin.pdf'>http://www.atheros.com/pt/bulletins/AR9281Bulletin.pdf). >>Can you help me somehow, or I'll need to replace wifi >>card (again)? >> Thanks. >> > > > Hi, MAC OS is not supported. Regards, David -----Original Message----- From: d00c4@***.com [mailto:d00c4@***.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 9:11 AM To: info Subject: Re: AR9281 driver support Thank you for fast response, but I couldn't find drivers for OS X (and drivers for 9281 at all) on that page. D.K. -----Original Message----- From: Atheros Information <info@atheros.com> To: d00c4@***.com Sent: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 1:50 am Subject: Re: AR9281 driver support Please refer to our website's Chip Driver Downloads. http://partner.atheros.com/Drivers.aspx Thank you for purchasing an Atheros-enabled product. ATHEROS Communications, Inc. On Mon, 9 Feb 2009 17:21:48 -0500 <d00c4@***.com> wrote: > Recently I bought AR9281 wireless card for my Mac. But, >I can't find > any driver for your AR9281 chip (altough there's >document that says there's a driver support for Macs: >http://www.atheros.com/pt/bulletins/AR9281Bulletin.pdf). >Can you help me somehow, or I'll need to replace wifi >card (again)? > Thanks. > Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jojitsu Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 With the new EEE 1000HE's all having this card and it being a pain to replace now, I was wondering if anyone had any updates on getting this card to work with os x. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krauli Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 I found this: http://www.orangeware.com/endusers/wirelessformac.html Dont know if works, cant try it now.. please try it and leave feedback Im hoping it works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
normd Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 No, the Orangeware driver does not work with Intel machines or 10.5. This is from their FAQ: Is your Wireless Driver supported under Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)? We do not support Mac OS X 10.5 and are not planning an upgrade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassy Sweeeeet Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 Can someone please help me with my post? im trying to get my Atheros wireless to work with 10.5.6 but it just isn't working. Go to this link http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=161634 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxcielle Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 any news on AR5b91? does this work? AttansicL2Ethernet090224.kext.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
green3333 Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 hi, i need also the driver for the atheros ar5b91 ! Is there a solution rls yet ?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enzobelmont Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 i think it works on snow leopard. can anyone confirm this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teknokracy Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 yes, in this thread they discuss how it did not work in the Acer 4710TZ but now works with SL. Drivers do exist for mac for the base chip of this card (named something else) but were never included with Leopard http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=170965 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jam_Tha_Dj Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 Yes!! I have that same wifi card and it does work in Snow Leopard as a native Airport... I wanna downgrad my system to leopard and im trying to find that same driver to make it work as airport but i don't know where I should look for it in SL... If someone have any ideia i could install snow leopard on my system and provide you guys with any info or kexts you want... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leveliv Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 thanks guys and why in the world would you want to downgrade from Snow Leopard haha! oh well each to his own. I am going to get Snow Leopard and try it. Thanks a lot guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deuk11 Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 how did you get him works then.? with MyHack? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorer13 Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 I have the same card AR5B91 (168c:002a) but it doesn´t work. I have Snow Leopard 10.6.4.What should i do? Thanks for your help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lokjutus Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 so any new for the drivers? i cannot find it anywhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LatinMcG Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 so any new for the drivers? i cannot find it anywhere http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=234570 that works for this except device id 2a is supported already.= (tape pin 20 to turn on wifi. to bypass oem switching method.) SNow Leo only. i have askey from toshiba A305 after 10.6.5 it stopped working. i dloaded combo update 10.6.4 and pacifist and installed io80211.kext then it started working again. however the similar card with DUAL transmitter wont work most times aw-ne772 AR5BXB92 in my dell but AR5BXB91 tohiba does. ( had to check my HPET, RTC and TMR irq's in DSDT) i add subvendor id of apples card 0x8f in dsdt Device (ARPT) { Name (_ADR, 0x00) Name (_PRW, Package (0x02) {0x0B, 0x05}) // If you want WOL(Wake on LAN support) if not use desired sleep state Method (_DSM, 4, NotSerialized) { Store (Package () { "AAPL,slot-name", Buffer () {"AirPort"}, "device_type", Buffer () {"AirPort"}, "model", Buffer () {"Atheros 928x 8802.11 b/g/n Wireless Network Adapter"}, "subsystem-id", Buffer () {0x8F, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00}, "subsystem-vendor-id", Buffer () {0x6B, 0x10, 0x00, 0x00} }, Local0) DTGP (Arg0, Arg1, Arg2, Arg3, RefOf (Local0)) Return (Local0) } } if this dont work you might need to "tape pin 20" also Leo 10.5.x wont work with ar5b9x cards that i know of (apple has not made driver if ever). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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