modsoap Posted July 1, 2010 Share Posted July 1, 2010 Hi, I have a Samsung R730 (see it here...) and install Mac OSX Snow Leopard. All is working without the Atheros AR9285. Can some one help me, pleace. Soap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jal44 Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 I'm looking for some ar9285 drivers too. Ive been reading tons of forum posts from the past months and it looks like airport recognises it correctly also OS X does but it doesnt find any wifi spots.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asstastic Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 I'm looking for some ar9285 drivers too. Ive been reading tons of forum posts from the past months and it looks like airport recognises it correctly also OS X does but it doesnt find any wifi spots.. The problem is airport doesn't recognize the card correctly. It's trying to load drivers for another wireless chipset, hence the card doesn't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jitters Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 The problem is airport doesn't recognize the card correctly. It's trying to load drivers for another wireless chipset, hence the card doesn't work. Oh this would be awesome to have working... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdy362143 Posted July 24, 2010 Share Posted July 24, 2010 so do I!I modify the dsdt.aml file and system can recognise it,but It dosen't work!So,I need the kext to drive it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jorge Rosa Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 I have it installed and recognized, but it doesn't show any country code or locale... That's where you should get in , fix it to your country (ask a friend who has a real mac in your country about your country code and locale), fill in, and luckily scanning and having native airport extreme working Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simkard Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 Hi all ! I installed iATKOS S3 V2 on an ASUS eeePC 1005-HA. Everything is running fine except for the WiFi part that is an Atheros AR9285 ... the famous one. I tried a lot of thing, adding the DevID to the kext directly but soon after i discovered that AtherosFix.kext that is located in the Extra/Extensions directory was doing the job for me. So i removed the line added from the kext (AirPortAtheros21.kext). I then tried to install the kexts that i found on my MacBook which is a SL 10.6.4 because they had a newer version number : IO80211Family.kext from 10.6.4 <key>BuildVersion</key> <string>12</string> <key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key> <string>3.1.1</string> <key>CFBundleVersion</key> <string>311.1</string> <key>ProjectName</key> <string>AirPortFamily</string> <key>SourceVersion</key> <string>3110100</string> AirPortAtheros21.kext from 10.6.4 <key>BuildVersion</key> <string>2</string> <key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key> <string>4.2.3</string> <key>CFBundleVersion</key> <string>423.9.9</string> <key>ProjectName</key> <string>AirPortDriverAtheros9380</string> <key>SourceVersion</key> <string>4230909</string> But these ones didn't contained more DevID than the previous one from iATKOS. So i thought that perhaps adding IO80211Locale and IO80211CountryCode directly inside the kext could do something ... but no ! I ended going on the atheros website and then i understood why the kext actually embedded could never make the AR9285 works. Despite the fact the the AR9280 and AR9285 are from the same family (AR928x) they are cleary not offering the same features. The AR9280 is a A/B/G chip with 2.4Ghz and 5 Ghz radio. The AR9285 is only B/G chip with 2.4Ghz radio. So i'm stuck here with you guys, don't know what to do ... ?! Buying a new card for replacing the actual one surely could do the trick but it is the expensive way and i don't like it. See you ... Perhaps netkas can do something for us ... As it's this dev-team that made the AtherosFix.kext. It is just speculation, nothing else ... but i think this team surely understand better than us the way Atheros kexts works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Fang Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 I have it installed and recognized, but it doesn't show any country code or locale... That's where you should get in , fix it to your country (ask a friend who has a real mac in your country about your country code and locale), fill in, and luckily scanning and having native airport extreme working Where can I fill in country code and locale? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asstastic Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 [quote name='simkard' date='Jul 27 2010, 09:35 AM' post='1519630' I ended going on the atheros website and then i understood why the kext actually embedded could never make the AR9285 works. Despite the fact the the AR9280 and AR9285 are from the same family (AR928x) they are cleary not offering the same features. The AR9280 is a A/B/G chip with 2.4Ghz and 5 Ghz radio. The AR9285 is only B/G chip with 2.4Ghz radio. Perhaps netkas can do something for us ... As it's this dev-team that made the AtherosFix.kext. It is just speculation, nothing else ... but i think this team surely understand better than us the way Atheros kexts works. Yeah, the cards have similar names but different chipsets with a different number of antenna channels. I'm pretty sure both cards support 802.11N as well as B/G. AtherosFix.kext just adds device id's to the Atheros kexts. It's for people who can't be bothered to edit .plist files. I'm certain nothing short of a driver port from BSD will get these cards working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simkard Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 Yeah, the cards have similar names but different chipsets with a different number of antenna channels. I'm pretty sure both cards support 802.11N as well as B/G. AtherosFix.kext just adds device id's to the Atheros kexts. It's for people who can't be bothered to edit .plist files. I'm certain nothing short of a driver port from BSD will get these cards working. I would like to know how does a rewriting of a "kernel extension" from a BSD-like OS to Mac-like OS works ... I would like to do the trick and test it by myself but i think i lack some knowledge to do this. I just need someone who already managed to do the trick on another driver then i'll try to do the job. Perhaps if we are many needing this, in spite of asking for it, why should we couldn't do the work by ourselves ? See you i'll try to give a try on the building of a kext from a BSD driver ... I'll keep you in touch ! If you want to participate, don't hesitate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwig Bartholomew Posted August 1, 2010 Share Posted August 1, 2010 Once mercury squad finishes io80211.n will this card function? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cestbeau Posted August 2, 2010 Share Posted August 2, 2010 I join you here and would appreciate help. As an interim solution, I recommend a USB stick, it runs smoothly and stable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jawcl Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 I am also looking for this driver. Isn't there any way to get it working? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jorge Rosa Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 I sent an e-mail to Atheros support to make the fix for it. as soon as I receive the fix and test it, i give to you all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwig Bartholomew Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 I sent an e-mail to Atheros support to make the fix for it. as soon as I receive the fix and test it, i give to you all. Any News? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jorge Rosa Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 Any News? Yes, but negative answer.. They say they make the chips , not the drivers for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ltent Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 wow.... I hope someone gets this working.. I will pay at this point to get the wireless card working.. I have everything else working on my laptop but wifi! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doabit Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 wow.... I hope someone gets this working.. I will pay at this point to get the wireless card working.. I have everything else working on my laptop but wifi! please update to mac 10.6.5,and the Ar9285 can be drivered! 1.update to 10.6.5 2.install the kext into /s/l/e you can see : http://bbs.pcbeta.com/thread-779858-1-1.html LegacyAtheros.kext.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drade Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 The card works on version OSX 10.6.5, legacy is unnecessary, to add id cards (168c, 2b) in info.plist AirPortAtheros21.kext. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riws Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 Finally its working Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ltent Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 I dont see a 10.6.5 update.. am I missing something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ltent Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 wow.. updated to 10.6.5.. using legacy kext no editing... wireless connects just fine. Laptop runs quite a bit faster and up down volume keys work flawless now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osx7 Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 I've got the AR9285 as well and am using iATKOS S3 V2. If I update to 10.6.5 will it screw up iATKOS or will it keep working? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
man_of_the_oak Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 You don't need to update whole system (since it's still beta update), better simply put this file in your s/l/e: http://uploading.com/files/94fm2e33/IO80211Family.kext.zip/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ltent Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 True, I just wanted to try it out. But if you do want to update it, all I did was install the update and before you reboot delete the kexts you dont need and reinstall the kexts you were using. Repair the permissions then let the system reboot and finish the install.. no problems here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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