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[Azimutz]

Check my answer on the guide...

[mil0sh]

Intel PRO/100 VE works under OS X Lion and Mountain Lion.

Download this kext:
 AppleIntel8255x.kext.zip   51.66K   610 downloads

Unpack it, right click on AppleIntel8255x.kext, Show Package Contents, open file Contents/Info.plist

Find this line and change it to match your card VEN and DEV id:

<string>0x10928086</string>

Go to /System/Library/Extensions/
Remove AppleHPET.kext and after that find IONetworkingFamily.kext

Right click on IONetworkingFamily.kext, Show Package Contents, go to folder /Contents/PlugIns/ and copy here AppleIntel8255x.kext you modified.

[f1computerexperts]

I can verify that this works in lion, too.  I pulled the hardware ID from a ubuntu live cd and lspci -nn.  It didn't work on the first try but then I copied IONetworkingFamily.kext from S/L/E to the desktop and reinstalled it with kext helper.  After reboot the adapter worked perfectly.

Thanks so much for the guide!

[BugsB]

why so complicated? No need for AppleIntel8255x.kext to be inside IONetworkingFamily.kext .. it does not even need to get installed into S/L/E - it works perfectly out of E/E .. Lion 10.7.3, Cham. 1957.

[ciarand4580]

ANY 1 GOT THIS WORKING YET? Took me a while to get it sorted this is what i done.


1: Go to /System/Library/Extensions/
Remove AppleHPET.kext and after that find IONetworkingFamily.kext

2: Go to /System/Library/Extensions/

Right click on IONetworkingFamily.kext, Show Package Contents, go to folder /Contents/PlugIns/

unrar the AppleIntel8255x.kext.rar file  that is attached and copy AppleIntel8255x.kext then paste into the above folder.

3: Now open Terminal.app and type in sudo vi /System/Library/Extensions/IONetworkingFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleIntel8255x.kext/Contents/Info.plist and press Enter.


4: You will be prompted to enter your password. Do it.
5: press 'J' key to move down your cursor and you will find something like the following below.

<key>IOPCIMatch</key>
<string>0x10518086 ********** 0x10508086 0x10298086 0x10308086&amp;0xfff0ffff 0x12098086 0x12278086 0x12288086 0x12298086 0x24498086 0x24598086 0x245d8086 0x10918086 0x10608086&amp;0xfff0ffff</string>

6: Insert your device ID and venderID where i have 10 *'s above. mine is 0x27DC8086, my deviceID is 27DC and venderID is 8086.

7: It should look like this after -
<key>IOPCIMatch</key>
<string>0x10518086 0x27DC8086 0x10508086 0x10298086 0x10308086&amp;0xfff0ffff 0x12098086 0x12278086 0x12288086 0x12298086 0x24498086 0x24598086 0x245d8086 0x10918086 0x10608086&amp;0xfff0ffff</string>


8: To insert, press 'I' key and now you are in inserting mode, now move across to where your going to type then write your ID where i have the *'s. When done, press 'ESC' key to exit from inserting mode.

9: Its now time to save. write ':wq!' to save and exit vi mode.

10: now, write the following line on Terminal.app to clear kext cache.
rm /System/Library/Extensions

11: Quit the Terminal.app

12: Reboot MAC OS X and will show your connected to internet.

NOTES: In vi mode you can move your  cursor up and down, or right and left using J(down), K(up), H(left) and L(right) keys.

Attached Files

•  AppleIntel8255x.kext.rar   184.76K   65 downloads