eddiebelfast Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Hi, I have an Acer Aspire 1804 laptop which has an Iprocomm IPN 2220 wireless card. I have checked into it and it appears to be a Broadcom MXF-M920808G chip. These cards have a variety of drivers depending upon which version of Windows is being used and under Linux need Ndiswrapper to make them work. In mac it shows up as an iprocomm . To avoid any probs with my Hackintosh I checked around and found that a BMC 4318 works very well and found one advertised on Ebay under the heading of Acer. When I installed it in my Hack it recognised it as an Aircard ?, I noticed the "on" button which has a bright red light wasn't lit. I then tried it in a Windows laptop and whilst Windows recognised it , even loaded the correct driver it had no power. I was wondering if Acer might have whitelisted it and ifso how do I unwhite list it? I would appreciate any tips or advice, cheers, Eddie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LatinMcG Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 tape pin 20 IF THE CARD IS A SUPPORTED DEVICE like AR5B91 or MOST broadcoms not device id 4727 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddiebelfast Posted March 9, 2012 Author Share Posted March 9, 2012 Hi, the 4318 is this type...http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/54-Mbps-Broadcom-BCM4318-MiniPCI-802-11g-Wireless-card-/270738296252?pt=UK_Computing_LaptopAccessories_PCMCIACards&hash=item3f09428dbc I have been reading up on it and the Linux forums mention it a lot. Apparently it needs a firmware update. I cannot find any info on the Broadcom site re- Firmware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LatinMcG Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 in mac it works. device id is 4318. are u using smbios and what model ? os x version ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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