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Buy a real AirPort card. :) Those will obviously work OOB and perfectly.

 

And in answer to your question, (almost) any Atheros or Broadcom WiFi card will work.

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any broadcom or atheros wont work... some dont

 

apple branded cards dont always work example is ar5bxb72 on a dell laptop wont work.. but the real apple ar9280 might.

 

the trick to ar9285 is the firmware in the appleairport kext version 4 works.. version 2 doesnt

 

to make it work in 10.7.3 u need 10.7.2 io80211familly

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Updated: My card has just been recognized as an Airport card!

 

-I updated 10.6.6 to 10.6.7, with a new kernel too

-I tried several io80211family kext and one worked, as I have tens of them (i may make a link to it later as it may interest those who have trouble with that like me)

 

Now : It can't find any networks... How may I do ? Usually I only connect through a public network (the one of my university - and the one availiable nationwide in France SFR WiFi Public)

 

 

35] Version des logiciels :

925] Menu Extra : 6.2.1 (621.1)

925] module configd : 6.2.4 (624.2)

925] Informations Système : 6.0 (600.9)

925] Préférences Réseau : 6.2.1 (621.1)

925] Utilitaire AirPort : 5.5.1 (551.19)

925] Famille IO80211 : 3.1 (310.6)

35] Interfaces :

15]
en0 :

15] Type de carte : AirPort Extreme (0x168C, 0x8F)

15] Version du programme interne : Atheros 9285: 2.1.8.10

15] Locale : FCC

15] Code du pays : X0
(country code)

15] Modes PHY pris en charge : 802.11 b/g/n

15] Canaux pris en charge : 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13

15] Wake On Wireless : Géré

15] état : Non associé

 

 

Used RegDomain Utility for Atheros Adapters in Windows it says:

 

Current adapter settings: 0x65(WOR5_ETSIC)

 

What should I do to see/ connect networks ? i'm unfamiliar with dsdt, aml, etc..

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Got the wireless card yesterday(AR9285)! installed and running with this kext:

http://www.mediafire...e3tb7nb274xdx21

 

 

but afaik if you modify the kext urself adding the device id, it should be the same

:) im on 10.7.2

 

or dsdt inject id 2A ..but if it doesnt work.. the kext has rev 2 firmware atheros. needs ver 4

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Hello,

 

Now I taped pin 20 with a very small piece of paper (pin 20) with adhesive tape (transparent adhesive tape covers adjacent pins, like 16 to 24)

 

I had no better luck, so I don't know if my attempt was effective...

 

In Windows, The only thing that changed is that my Wifi Hotspot from SFR provider (french affiliate for Vodafone), litterally says "Go Away" in English sometimes, instead of "type your creditentials to log in", in French, like I'm trying to hack their hotspot.

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