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[iSpliff]

Hi,

Im running Snow Leopard 10.6.0 on my laptop but my Broadcom Wifi doesnt show up, although it should work OOB. My custom kexts in /Extra/Extensions are:
fakesmc
OpenHaltRestart
PlatformUUID
VoodooHDA
VoodooPS2Controller
...everything else is vanilla
Help please :S

iSpliff

[traderdude]

iSpliff, on Oct 30 2009, 06:29 PM, said:

Hi,

Im running Snow Leopard 10.6.0 on my laptop but my Broadcom Wifi doesnt show up, although it should work OOB. My custom kexts in /Extra/Extensions are:
fakesmc
OpenHaltRestart
PlatformUUID
VoodooHDA
VoodooPS2Controller
...everything else is vanilla
Help please :S

iSpliff

Hi I have the kexts your looking for use kext utility to install IONetworking and put IOPCMCIA in your extra file after you reboot you should have wireless I hope this works for you I got them from an other member and they have helped me get my wireless going

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•  IOPCMCIAFamily.kext.zip   145.27K   783 downloads
•  IONetworkingFamily.kext.zip   947bytes   696 downloads

[iSpliff]

traderdude, on Oct 30 2009, 06:57 PM, said:

Hi I have the kexts your looking for use kext utility to install IONetworking and put IOPCMCIA in your extra file after you reboot you should have wireless I hope this works for you I got them from an other member and they have helped me get my wireless going

Hi! Thanks much for your help but your method didnt work for me. But now i got it working too with the broadcom43xx enabler: http://www.insanelym...showtopic=51725

[Gordon Alfred]

iSpliff, on Nov 3 2009, 03:16 PM, said:

Hi! Thanks much for your help but your method didnt work for me. But now i got it working too with the broadcom43xx enabler: http://www.insanelym...showtopic=51725

The enabler works? It doesn't work for me

[traderdude]

Hi just realized I forgot to tell anyone who down loads these kext don't forget to repair permissions

[rushtrader]

If you got the enabler to work then you are not running 10.6.x, it only works on 10.5.x.

[Cissiboy]

I have a weird problem with this BCM4321 wireless card

It is seen as an Airport but it is off. If i try to turn on nothing happens.
What can i do ?

[rajas]

Cissiboy, on Nov 17 2009, 10:14 AM, said:

I have a weird problem with this BCM4321 wireless card

It is seen as an Airport but it is off. If i try to turn on nothing happens.
What can i do ?

try this:
http://www.insanelym...showtopic=44114

[Cissiboy]

rajas, on Nov 18 2009, 01:34 AM, said:

try this:
http://www.insanelym...showtopic=44114

cool hope it works ! (it is supposed to work also in Snow Leopard right ?)

Thanks

[rajas]

Cissiboy, on Nov 17 2009, 08:38 PM, said:

cool hope it works ! (it is supposed to work also in Snow Leopard right ?)

Thanks

yup. i used that method for my e1505 running snow leopard 10.6.2 (also worked on 10.5.2 & 10.6.0)

[Cissiboy]

no luck so far..the "airport" is recognized but always off..

will try the "tape" trick

[Cissiboy]

also the tape trick on pin 10 didnt work..what to do ?

[rajas]

did you repair permissions after doing the steps?

[Cissiboy]

rajas, on Nov 20 2009, 12:15 AM, said:

did you repair permissions after doing the steps?

yes..will try again tomorrow reinstalling Snowy

[Cissiboy]

Cissiboy, on Nov 20 2009, 09:16 AM, said:

yes..will try again tomorrow reinstalling Snowy

repaired permissions,reinstalled snowy, boot with -f

NO LUCK AT ALL

Always off

I have 3 wireless card available

Ralink 2780
RTL8191SE
BCM4321

no one working on Snow Leopard so far

[omz]

Hi, I am facing the same issue on a differnet laptop but same card,, did you manage to get this working since last month?

[rajas]

try this:
http://www.insanelym...p...t&p=1364000

[ZPK]

http://www.applelife...-airpor...B5но/

russian page but do not worry.....screenshots have)

[desireder]

Its seems good and I hope you will keep it up

[Tobicool]

someone got a working solution?