RobM Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 Is there such a thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 Check out the wiki. Look at the compatibility lists http://wiki.osx86project.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobM Posted August 7, 2006 Author Share Posted August 7, 2006 I did check there, but most of them just say chipsets and idk what chipset for what card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobM Posted August 7, 2006 Author Share Posted August 7, 2006 Anyone? Is there anyway to find out what chipsets go with which cards? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 Look closer at the wiki. It is telling you the Manufacturer of the card and the model number. The comments section gives you a clue as to what it takes to make it work. The only chipsets I see are in parentheses or in the comments section. Most don't even mention the chipset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobM Posted August 7, 2006 Author Share Posted August 7, 2006 Oh man, this really sucks. I have WPC54GS, but only WPC54G is compatiable. Is there any chance that WPC54GS would work the same as WPC54G since they are basically the same card? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 A quick SEARCH of the board reveals that some people have had success. First you need to determine the Device ID of your card. Go to System Profiler in the Utilities folder. Click on PCI cards on the left and find your wireless card on the right. Note the last 4 characters of the Device ID. Then follow this: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=23684 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobM Posted August 7, 2006 Author Share Posted August 7, 2006 Thank you very much, Rammjet. And to think, I have had OS X on my Toshiba for about 7 months now with no internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobM Posted August 7, 2006 Author Share Posted August 7, 2006 Actually, you your self said it was only for PCI cards, the big desktop ones. I have a PCIMA card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 I said I think it is only for PCI cards. A PCMCIA card is a special PCI card and calls the PCI drivers, so the proposed fix might work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobM Posted August 7, 2006 Author Share Posted August 7, 2006 Oh, OK. I'll try it out. I'll reply here if I have any problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobM Posted August 8, 2006 Author Share Posted August 8, 2006 I tried it, but it does not even power on. Could it be that the earlier Wireless-G with Speed Booster cards do not use the correct chipset? I also have an old Wireless B (WPC11 v4) if that has any chance of working. Also, all I had to do was look under network config, and my device would be listed there as airport or something, right? Or was I looking in the wrong place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 It should show up as Airport in the Network system preference and a baseball diamond shape should show up in the menu bar near the volume and time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobM Posted August 8, 2006 Author Share Posted August 8, 2006 So I guess there is no chance for me to get this to work? Or will they work with later versions? (I am using deadmoo's image as the install DVDs don't work for me) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 Deadmoo is pretty old. A lot of things won't work with it, particularly most of the new apps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobM Posted August 8, 2006 Author Share Posted August 8, 2006 Anyway I can update it without reinstall DVDs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 Here is what someone with 10.4.1 did: with my Linksys WPC54GS back in 10.4.1, heres what I did... Firstoff, I changed my IO80211Family.kext with the one I had on my OS X install DVD (I thoroughly screwed mine over by playing with it too much). Second (and most importantly), I went into the AppleAirPort2.kext and added my device ID into the Info.plist. After repairing permissions, I was back in business. Hope this works for you You can leave the IO80211Family.kext alone, the extra entry won't hurt it. But if you did the en0 > en1 trick, you might want to reverse that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobM Posted August 8, 2006 Author Share Posted August 8, 2006 yeah, I read that, but because I don't know what he changed, and what my device ID is, it is of no use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 Anyway I can update it without reinstall DVDs? If you mean update to another version of OSX, if you can't use an install DVD, you'll probably have to go the VMware route. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobM Posted August 8, 2006 Author Share Posted August 8, 2006 How do I do that? And did you read my post above? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 yeah, I read that, but because I don't know what he changed, and what my device ID is, it is of no use. Then without the Device ID, you didn't really do anything useful with patch anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobM Posted August 8, 2006 Author Share Posted August 8, 2006 What do you mean? I did not patch because I did not have the device ID because it did not show up. Anyway to make it showup? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 A while back, you said "I tried it, but it didn't power up..." You didn't say until later that you couldn't find the Device ID and thus didn't really "try it". If you have Windows available, but the card in and go to Device Manager, find the card, click on Properties and then click on the Details tab to get the Vendor ID and the Device ID. To install with VMware, go here: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=11314 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobM Posted August 8, 2006 Author Share Posted August 8, 2006 I have VMware up and running. I'll take a look at the link And what I ment by tried it is that I thought when I put it in, it would appear as an Airport card OK, I found it in Device manager, but that device ID is long... I am guessing it is 4320? untitled.bmp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 Vendor is 14e4 and Device is 4320. Use the 4320 for the XXXX in the guide above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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