Ambush Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 hi all i now have yosemite 10.10.5 installed and have a usb wifi card made by liteon, i beleive the card uses the ralink rt2500 chipset, the card shows up in system information as 802.11g wlan and is recognised as ralink manufacturer. i am guessing that this will need kexts to work properly and the connect utility, my question is does anyone have the right kexts / utility for this to work and if not could someone explain if it is possible to modify a kext to get it functioning properly and how ? i will attach the system info screen shot here as well tnx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Frio Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 hi... try this one.. put at /kext/10.10 folder..if you are using clover.. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/4kpa4n0fzp8tjew/AACzFLiQ5JtCIdg4XmDty9rma?dl=0 c.frio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambush Posted September 16, 2016 Author Share Posted September 16, 2016 hey thanks for that, i have added it using kext utility but after i check in the system preferences nothing shows up in the network, any ideas ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Frio Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 hi.. did you put it at /kext/10.10 folder..? if using clover don't need to use kext utility.. at my rigs I just put it at 10.10..10.11 and 10.12 kext folder which is the exact model of USB dongle? reboot... c.frio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambush Posted September 16, 2016 Author Share Posted September 16, 2016 hey again, i am not using clover i am using chameleon to boot i am booting with kext-dev-mode=1 tnx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Frio Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 hi... I think you should repair kext permission..too after use kext utility.. c.frio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambush Posted September 16, 2016 Author Share Posted September 16, 2016 ok thanks, i will give that a go and see what happens ok, i have tried that but unfortuantly its still not working, i might give it a go by reinstalling yosemite and then installing clover, but i have had nothing but problems with clover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Frio Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 hi.. ready little more about the chipset of your dongle.. and for another user opinion.. c.frio 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rampage Dev Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 Here: http://www.rampagedev.com/?page_id=1020&page=6 I have a direct link to the drivers. Please take note that the last time the drivers for your USB Wifi was released for Mac OS X 10.6. So they may only be 32-bit drivers and not work past Mac OS X 10.7.5. Also the USB Profiler showing the device has nothing to do with being recognized. That's the device firmware handing over pure letters to the OS. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambush Posted September 16, 2016 Author Share Posted September 16, 2016 hey thanks man, that explains a bit more about the system profiler as well, i was always under the impression that if a profiler, windows, mac etc listed the device as what it is, like the usb wifi card, then it recognised it even though it wouldn't work. i guess the only thing its usefull for is basic device info, i wander why they didn't just call it device info then. the link you gave me is not working though its a 404 at mediatek, but i think its prolly gonna be quicker and easier to by a new wifi card and fit it, good bookmark though tnx @C.frio thanks for you help as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rampage Dev Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 Here is a updated link: Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambush Posted September 17, 2016 Author Share Posted September 17, 2016 thanks i will give it a go, and let you know how i get on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambush Posted September 19, 2016 Author Share Posted September 19, 2016 well i think i found a problem with my wifi card, in that the signal was really low, about 10% or 20% signal only, luckily i found an old wifi card with an RTL8191S chipset, plugged it in and downloaded the 10.8 RTL8191SU drivers from http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=21&PFid=48&Level=5&Conn=4&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false&Downloads=true and that was it, it worked straight away on yosemite 10.10 again, many thanks for your help 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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