FreakyMac Posted March 3, 2007 Share Posted March 3, 2007 Ok Heres the deal, people with Broadcom Wireless (aka Dell Wireless) have been having trouble with getting it to work , or getting it recognize on 10.4.8 and people have been going to thread-to-thread just to find a solution so i decided to make this SIMPLE little tutorial to help all you Broadcom People, Ok lets begin 1: Open Terminal (Hard Drive icon -> Applications -> Utilities) 2: type this -> sudo su 3: then this -> cd /System/Library/Extensions 4: then -> cd /System/Library/Extensions/IO80211Family.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleAirPortBrcm4311.kext/Contents/ 5: then nano -w Info.plist 6: Ok then scroll down until you see: <key>IONameMatch</key> <array> <string>pci14e4,4328</string> <string>pci14e4,4329</string> <string>pci14e4,432a</string> <string>pci14e4,4311</string> <string>pci14e4,4312</string> <string>pci14e4,4313</string> <string>pci14e4,4319</string> <string>pci14e4,431a</string> 7: before <string>pci14e4,4319</string> add this: <string>pci14e4,4318</string> (change the 4318 to your ID, Mines is 4318 because i have Dell Wireless 1370) 8: then Control X, then Y then hit Enter 9: then Do: sudo reboot 10: then you should see a Blank Baseball Feild Icon (airport icon) on the finder bar 11: Open up Terminal then type -> sudo su 12: Then -> cd /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/ 13: Then -> nano -w /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/NetworkInterfaces.plist 14: You should See this <key>BSD Name</key> <string>en0</string> <key>IOBuiltin</key> <false/> <key>IOInterfaceType</key> <integer>6</integer> <key>IOInterfaceUnit</key> <integer>0</integer> <key>IOLocation</key> <string></string> <key>IOMACAddress</key> <data> 15: change that to this: <key>BSD Name</key> <string>en1</string> <key>IOBuiltin</key> <false/> <key>IOInterfaceType</key> <integer>6</integer> <key>IOInterfaceUnit</key> <integer>1</integer> <key>IOLocation</key> <string></string> <key>IOMACAddress</key> <data> 16: then Ctrl-X -> Y -> Enter 17: Then sudo reboot 18: After Reboot, Click the Airport Icon on the finder bar and click 'Network Preferences' It'll Say Has Found the following Port 'Airport' 19: Click Ok then click the drop down box that has Show: next to it then click 'Airport' then click Apply Now and then, Click the Airport icon then select your Network and then Your Done Congrats, You have Wireless in 10.4.8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreakyMac Posted March 5, 2007 Author Share Posted March 5, 2007 Hoped this Help some people Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boris pulsar Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 I believe this was mentioned in the genius bar under wireless solutions and worked for me thanx anyways and very clear explanation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreakyMac Posted March 6, 2007 Author Share Posted March 6, 2007 No problem Feedback is ALWAYS appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilmario Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 Hey, great How-to! This worked great on my Belkin F5D7001. The only thing I did differently was delete all the unneeded ID entrys, and replaced them with the two for my card (4306 and 4320). Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreakyMac Posted March 6, 2007 Author Share Posted March 6, 2007 Glad to Help! Thanks for the Feedback and a i'm glad it Worked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dualBooter Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 Heya FreakyMac, Great guide. It worked like a charm. WiFi is going. I'm wondering if there is any way to also enable the regular RJ-45 10/100 connection as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t.skid Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 Thanks FreakyMac. I've 10.4.7, Acer Travelmate 2482, and it works wi fi like a charm now! You're great :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreakyMac Posted March 10, 2007 Author Share Posted March 10, 2007 Thanks You everyone , Feedback is ALWAYS appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxL Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 Hi everybody! But how I can found ID for WiFi card? I have a Samsung X11 with Intel WiFi. Thanx! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill price Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 Brilliant. I went out and bought a Belkin F5D7001 specifically because I had read this post; followed the instructions and now have a perfect internet connection. Joy. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hidden Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 Yes!! My wireless network is working on my aspire 1510 Thank you very much ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreakyMac Posted March 16, 2007 Author Share Posted March 16, 2007 THANKS PEOPLE!!! FEEDBACK IS ALWAYS APPRECIATED Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackmup101 Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 (edited) can anyone tell me the id i need to add for the dell wireless 1390? EDIT* or let me know if 4311 is the right id... http://pci-ids.ucw.cz/iii/?s=1 Edited March 19, 2007 by jackmup101 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Morgan Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 I have the broadcom 4311, my laptop is a Compaq c306US (c300 series) - I've followed the steps above to the letter (I'm on JaS 10.4.8, Intel) but my wireless refuses to work - the card isn't in System Profiler, and no Airport icon shows up anywhere. Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KellerKind Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 Hi, i have broadcom BCM94306. In 10.4.7 everything was ok. I switched to 10.4.8 and there was no airport symbol at the menu bar. Ive installed wireless network package from 10.4.7, now i have an airport icon, my mac adress seems to be correct but i cant see any networks, the airport is on but no networks. Anybody an idea? The switch trick doesnt work because the card is recognized properely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreakyMac Posted March 26, 2007 Author Share Posted March 26, 2007 Keller, When you update from 10.4.7 to 10.4.8 Don't EVER use the Wireless Support.pkg in the cd, I've learned the hardway, Keller, When you update from 10.4.7 to 10.4.8 Don't EVER use the Wireless Support.pkg in the cd, I've learned the hardway, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moleshome Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 Thanks very much. I've just followed these instructions with the appropriate changes to suit my card and got my W500 (Atheros) to work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreakyMac Posted March 30, 2007 Author Share Posted March 30, 2007 NO PROBLEM! Glad you got you Anthro Card to work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henben248 Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 does this work for the Dell draft n card??? if it does, how do I find the device id? My situation is that the card is recognized as an Airport extreme in the system profiler, but is always turned off. The baseball diamond shaped wifi symbol shows up on the menu bar, but tells me that it's not configured, and its not detected in the network options in system preferences. The wifi light on my laptop doesn't even turn on. The only time the card has ever been on and actually working (although still not recognized by network preferences) was during first boot up (I still had no control over it; I couldn't turn it off). Has someone had a similar issue? Help!! Audio: SigmaTel 9750 STAC AC97 (Natively Supported) also, how did u get that sound to work? I'm also using 10.4.8 (JAS, 2 patches) ive tried applehda patcher but I can't find the linuxcodedump for it anywhere. the sound card isn't even detected... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreakyMac Posted April 5, 2007 Author Share Posted April 5, 2007 Um in windows it should say in Device Manager and My sound is Nativily supported i dunno how but it is, Im using the JaS OS 10.4.8 AMD SSE2 SSE3 Install DVD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortyman87 Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 hi, for those who have the same problem i had: i have the DELL 1390 Mini Wlan Card and i did exactly the steps in this HowTo. But for some reasons when i opened the NetworkInterfaces.plist i couldn't see anything. the file was completely blank. but here's the very simple solution. you transfer the file to your windwos partition and there you open it with the editor. then you take the required changes and save the file. finally you copy it back to the original folder on the mac partition and go one with the HowTo. this worked for me. hope that i could help somebody with the same problem shortyman87 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GimmeRed Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 hi, for those who have the same problem i had: i have the DELL 1390 Mini Wlan Card and i did exactly the steps in this HowTo. But for some reasons when i opened the NetworkInterfaces.plist i couldn't see anything. the file was completely blank. but here's the very simple solution. you transfer the file to your windwos partition and there you open it with the editor. then you take the required changes and save the file. finally you copy it back to the original folder on the mac partition and go one with the HowTo. this worked for me. hope that i could help somebody with the same problem shortyman87 You should be able to drag it to your desktop. This ceates a copy. Open and edit with textedit,save and drag you old one to the trashbin and replace it with the copy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortyman87 Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 hi, ok right that's a much easier way. damn why didn't i get this idea? anyway, it works and that's what important. thanks shortyman87 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George123 Posted April 11, 2007 Share Posted April 11, 2007 Thank you very much. It solved the problem for my broadcom WI-FI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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