MJVH Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 hello, can this wifi dongle work on mac ? I have mac os X 10.4.7. it's the only thing that i don't use on mac... Can you help me ? thanks P.S. Sorry if my english is bad, i'm french Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJVH Posted August 9, 2006 Author Share Posted August 9, 2006 up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowmoses Posted August 10, 2006 Share Posted August 10, 2006 I think it does work but check the osx86 hardware Wiki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJVH Posted August 10, 2006 Author Share Posted August 10, 2006 i check in the wiki, but i don't find it ... have you a solution thx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dragon Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 pcmcia version works... usb version doesn't i think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJVH Posted August 15, 2006 Author Share Posted August 15, 2006 is there a solution to work it ? why doesn't she work in usb ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 i don't know... i have a wg511t in my laptop and i heard from somewhere that's it's supposed to be compatible as pcmcia only... i can't install osx on my laptop because of no sse2 but i'm gonna buy a new laptop very soon. i'll look into the pcmcia/usb thing. dragon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogabean Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 As far as I know the wg511t is only good with the pcmcia version as well. Be aware that you can not use the 10.4.6/7 extensions though with it. (This coming from experience) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 No guarantees, but here is something to try. Your USB device has an Atheros chipset. OSX has some Atheros drivers and we are going to modify them to see if it will work with your device. I'm going to reference a procedure for modifying Broadcom drivers. Don't let that throw you - the procedure is the same and I'm going to give you the changes you need to make. Follow this: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=23684 Edit this file: sudo nano System/Library/Extensions/IO80211Family.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AirPortAtheros5424.kext/Contents/Info.plist Look for: <string>pci106b,0086</string> <string>pci168c,1c</string> Add these: <string>pci1385,4250</string> <string>pci1385,4251</string> Make sure you indent these lines to match the ones above it. Except for these changes, follow all the other steps. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJVH Posted August 15, 2006 Author Share Posted August 15, 2006 I will try Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbmac Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 Did it work? I have a WG111v2 that is detected in the System Profiler! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJVH Posted September 9, 2006 Author Share Posted September 9, 2006 i changed my motherboard and mac os x dont want to work now so i don't try to do work my wireless dongle my motherboard is a msi k9ngm, socket am2 with an athlon 3500+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User001 Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 There is info about my Wlan card : Name [00000010] Atheros AR5005G Wireless Network Adapter Product Type Atheros AR5005G Wireless Network AdapterService Name AR5211 PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_168C&DEV_001A&SUBSYS_04181468&REV_01\4&AD1B67F&0&28F0 Memory Address 0xB0100000-0xB010FFFF RAMMJET : Where can I start ? VID is 168C ? and PID 001A ? Should I add <string>pci168c,001a</string> after <array> <string>pci106b,0086</string> <string>pci168c,1c</string> </array> ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 Go for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cocodile Posted October 21, 2006 Share Posted October 21, 2006 I have a 5211 based wl-card, the vendor id is also 168c, dev. id is 0013, that's the info I got with regedit (windows) so I added this string in info.plist but the card is not being recognised. I added the new entry directly under the 2 existing entries. Are the existing entries for 2 cards or for 1 card ? I'm running 10.4.6 from the goatsec dsitri. The subsystem id is 730216ab, should I do something with this ? I also tried a SMC 2802W card with gtdriver 0.93 and the gtdriver from totosoft, but in both cases NO SHOW. At the moment I'm out of options, so if here's somebody who can assist me, I would be grateful, did a search on all the topics, but no succes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellioT Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 cocodile, did you have any luck? I have a netgear and its a 168c, dev id of 13. I have tried the 10.4.5 drivers, 10.4.6 and 7 drivers, to no avail. I was doing 168c,13 in the kext and it wasn't finding it. Mine is the pcmia version of this card btw, lemme know if you figure anything out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cocodile Posted October 29, 2006 Share Posted October 29, 2006 cocodile, did you have any luck? I have a netgear and its a 168c, dev id of 13. I have tried the 10.4.5 drivers, 10.4.6 and 7 drivers, to no avail. I was doing 168c,13 in the kext and it wasn't finding it. Mine is the pcmia version of this card btw, lemme know if you figure anything out Ok, wow a reply, well it is working now, but I sort of forgot what I was doing, was busy with so much installations, anyway it didn't work on 10.4.4 and 10.4.6 didn't boot on my system, but then I installed 10.4.6 on another system and that one booted, and the built in drivers works (Atheros) I have some oem-card from E-tech but with the same id's. So I think you'll first have to check if your pcm-cia is being detected, I suppose you know where to look for the id's in the kext ? Sorry for the late reaction, but haven't visited the board since I got it working. Well, good luck with it and keep me updated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellioT Posted October 29, 2006 Share Posted October 29, 2006 yeah, turns out my PCCardBus isn't even working cause I don't have drivers for the chipset. So maybe if that worked, the pcmcia card would work! I don't think there is any support for my laptops cardbus at the moment, but hopefully there will be soon. I have a USB wifi but its not looking likely for working under OSX Thanks buddy, eL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitkit Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 Hello, everybody, I want to buy Benq Joybook T31, and I find that wifi card is base on Atheros 5211. It really work in osx86 ? Thank you ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellioT Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 find out the chipset for the PCI bridge will work, i think only some texas instruments chipsets work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Gera Posted December 29, 2006 Share Posted December 29, 2006 No guarantees, but here is something to try. Your USB device has an Atheros chipset. OSX has some Atheros drivers and we are going to modify them to see if it will work with your device. I'm going to reference a procedure for modifying Broadcom drivers. Don't let that throw you - the procedure is the same and I'm going to give you the changes you need to make. Follow this: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=23684 Edit this file: sudo nano System/Library/Extensions/IO80211Family.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AirPortAtheros5424.kext/Contents/Info.plist Look for: <string>pci106b,0086</string> <string>pci168c,1c</string> Add these: <string>pci1385,4250</string> <string>pci1385,4251</string> Make sure you indent these lines to match the ones above it. Except for these changes, follow all the other steps. Good luck! Hi, I'm new here (and I think this may be the wrong place to post this since I have a PowerPC Mac but I'm desperate) so please bear with me. I own a ibook G3 500 without any wireless. I recently bought the Netgear WG111T USB not knowing that it didn't work with a Mac. Now I'm stuck since my ibook won't read it. My System Profiler says this: WG111T: Version: 0.01 Bus Power (mA): 500 Speed: Up to 12 Mb/sec Manufacturer: Atheros Communications Inc Product ID: 0x4251 Serial Number: 1.0 Vendor ID: 0x1385 So the specs are the same as per your earlier post but I can't seem to find the kext file that you mention. When I run sudo nano System/Library/Extensions/IO80211Family.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AirPortAtheros5424.kext/Contents/Info.plist I get an empty file for editing. Please help. Thanks, Andy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger K Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 Still no solution? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaigandhi5 Posted September 16, 2007 Share Posted September 16, 2007 bump ive got a wg111T usb as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nano07 Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 Hi guys, I have a Netgear WG111T usb too that is also recognised in profiler. I still can't manage to get Airport working. I also have WG511 v2 PCMcia plugged in, but i can't see anywhere if it's detected or not. Anyone got it working? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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