guitmz Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Hey! I have a RTL8188CE wireless pci-e card, but i cant manage it to work.. thing is.. should i buy a usb dongle or another mini pci-e card to use with snow leo/lion? please give me some recommendations! thanks a lot is this a good idea?? http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Atheros-AR5B95-AR9285-Half-Mini-PCI-E-card-antenna-/230456770114 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LatinMcG Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 ar5b91 work better if it needs half size on ebay theres a sony vaio version that works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitmz Posted March 2, 2012 Author Share Posted March 2, 2012 well i've bought this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/230456770114?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649 AR9285 will this work? thnx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LatinMcG Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 with ar9285 dsdt fix it might. and atherosairport with version 4 firmware and 10.6.5+ ar9285 is id 2B ar9281 is id 2A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitmz Posted March 6, 2012 Author Share Posted March 6, 2012 I've saw several fixes/kexts for AR9285 (Lion). So i guess i'll be good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TH3L4UGH1NGM4N Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 I actually just bought a mini pcie adapter for myself then bidded and won an airport extreme card for ~$4 so around $14 spent and I have a native solution to an always working Airport card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitmz Posted March 7, 2012 Author Share Posted March 7, 2012 yeah but that is PC, im talking abt a laptop.. but wow, great find on that card! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LatinMcG Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 the older apple cards atheros (2006- 2009) wont work in dell laptops for some reason. only the newer ath9k work. so if thats ar5008x Ar6bxb72 i couldnt use it in my laptop. but works fine in some other laptops and in desktops. if i rebranded device id of ar5bxb62 to non mac it worked exambple change 1c to 1014 (ibm) subven 58A then it would work.. seems it alters the way it uses pci-e bus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitmz Posted March 7, 2012 Author Share Posted March 7, 2012 I have a Clevo P150HMx laptop, do u think that the one i've bought (http://www.ebay.com/itm/230456770114?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649&afsrc=1) will work? Hope so, cant find any other on ebay that ships to brazil and is supported :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LatinMcG Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 I have a Clevo P150HMx laptop, do u think that the one i've bought (http://www.ebay.com/...7.l2649&afsrc=1) will work? Hope so, cant find any other on ebay that ships to brazil and is supported :/ AR5B91 half size works OOB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitmz Posted March 12, 2012 Author Share Posted March 12, 2012 great! hope my AR9285 too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LatinMcG Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 ar9285 is device id 2B not 2A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitmz Posted March 12, 2012 Author Share Posted March 12, 2012 yes but there are some fixes around the web, guess it will work.. if not OOB, with a kext Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teme Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 The broadcom 4322 works out the box. Recognized as third party card. You can rebrand it to an apple one too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitmz Posted March 19, 2012 Author Share Posted March 19, 2012 yeah i've tought abt the 4322 but it doesnt support monitor mode and i need this to work with linux.. atheros seems to support it, hope it works on lion.. still waiting for it arrive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teme Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 gotcha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitmz Posted March 22, 2012 Author Share Posted March 22, 2012 Got the wireless card yesterday! installed and running with this kext: http://www.mediafire.com/?e3tb7nb274xdx21 but afaik if you modify the kext urself adding the device id, it should be the same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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