Ralink RT71 in Leopard

[Apple X]

Hello

 

As the 3945 wifi don´t works i put it one usb adaptor Edimax EW-7318UG (with Ralink RT71 Chipset)

 

In the official page, i have the driver to mac os x 10.4 Tiger, i have installed it on Leopard waitint to work fine in leopard.

 

I have configured all, installed the utility of Ralink, and ohhhh, works!!!! detect my network!!!!

 

I configure my ipv4, gateway, dns etc... and I have Internet!!!!!!!!!!!

 

but ten minutes after, system crash, kernel waring, a screen grey invader my screen and i have to restart the notebook

 

Can is it for put the 10.4 Driver in Leopard that it cause the reboot?

 

I don´t have how more do...

 

Thanks for all

[macgirl]

there are new drivers at the Taiwan site:http://www.ralinktech.com.tw/Home/Support/Macintosh.html

 

now they have 10.5

[Apple X]

thanks i am goint to look there and i comment you... thanks

[Apple X]

For the moment with the adaptor inserted and the driver for leopard works fine if i don´t use more the conection, only conected to access point..

 

I´m going to use more and i coment you... thanks for all macgirl

[Apple X]

Solved, thanks for all macgirlI have installed the drivers for leopard in that page, and perfectI am using internet one hour ago and the systems go perfectly...THanks for all and for your work because yoy help to all, to had a better system.Solved, thanks for all macgirlI have installed the drivers for leopard in that page, and perfectI am using internet one hour ago and the systems go perfectly...THanks for all and for your work because yoy help to all, to had a better system.

[MacKing]

What Leopard do you have?? I have a Edimax 7318Ug also and it doesn't want to be detect it. In the system profiler it is listed down as USB WLAN 802.11b/g but in the network preferences I can't access it. I have installed the latest drivers from ralink web site for leopard... Can someone give me an idea pls

 

Thanks,

[macgirl]

In ordert to make the network interface appear on the Network Pane of System Preferences you need to run the Wireless Utility app.

 

It will appear as Ethernet interface, AP setting are on the Wireless Utility and TCPI setting on the System Preferences.

[Amitai Bar]

I installed the driver but I kept getting kernel panic during heavy duty traffic.

I investigated a little and found out that that kext which been loaded is not using the right section in the kext.

After 5 min of googling i found this workaround:

 

[GUIDE] Linksys WUSB54G V4 and other RT2500 Wireless USB Chi

 

Postby Lkr on Mon Aug 20, 2007 12:58 am

-REQUIREMENTS-

Ralink RT2500 USB Wireless Driver(can be found here

BASIC Terminal knowledge. I will post all of the commands, so it won't be too difficult.

 

Step 1

Mount the RTUSB dmg file and then copy the contents to the desktop

open up USBWireless-10.4 and run USBWireless-Tiger.pkg

Reboot when prompted

 

Step 2

When you reboot, the Ralink USB Device Utility should pop up

Completely Exit it

 

Step 3

Pop open Terminal and put in

 

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sudo -s

 

 

and put in your password when prompted

 

Step 4

Type in

 

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sudo nano /System/Library/Extensions/RT2500USBWirelessDriver.kext/Contents/Info.plist

 

 

 

Step 5

At the end of where it says:

 

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">

<plist version="1.0">

<dict>

<key>CFBundleDevelopmentRegion</key>

<string>English</string>

<key>CFBundleExecutable</key>

<string>RT2500USBWirelessDriver</string>

<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>

<string>com.Ralink.driver.RT2500</string>

<key>CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion</key>

<string>6.0</string>

<key>CFBundlePackageType</key>

<string>KEXT</string>

<key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>

<string>1.1.3.0</string>

<key>CFBundleSignature</key>

<string>Lens Wang</string>

<key>CFBundleVersion</key>

<string>1.1.3</string>

<key>IOKitPersonalities</key>

<dict>

 

 

hit Return to create a space and copy the following under it:

 

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<key>Wireless-G USB Network Adapter</key>

<dict>

<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>

<string>com.Ralink.driver.RT2500</string>

<key>IOClass</key>

<string>RT2500USBWirelessDriver</string>

<key>IOProviderClass</key>

<string>IOUSBDevice</string>

<key>bcdDevice</key>

<integer>4</integer>

<key>idProduct</key>

<integer>13</integer>

<key>idVendor</key>

<integer>5041</integer>

</dict>

 

 

 

Step 6

On your keyboard hit Ctrl+O and then enter and then Ctrl+X to Quit.

 

Step 7

In terminal type:

 

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sudo chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions

 

 

hit enter

 

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sudo chmod -R 755 /System/Library/Extensions

 

 

hit enter

 

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sudo kextcache -k /System/Library/Extensions

 

 

hit enter

 

Step 8

Exit Terminal

 

Step 9

Open up Disk Utility, choose your current OS X and under First Aid hit Repair Permissions and let that run.

Step 10

Reboot

 

Step 11

When OS X boots, the Ralink USB Utility should come up again. If it doesn't detect a network and still says No Device!! unplug your USB adaptor and plug it back in. If it still says no device, go into terminal and type

 

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kextload -t /System/Library/Extensions/RT2500USBWirelessDriver.kext

 

 

 

Step 12

If you have no internet, but are connected to your internet, go to Network under System Preferences and it should say New Ethernet Device Found or something along those lines. Follow the guidelines there and you will be able to connect to the internet with your wireless device

 

After everything is working currectly and you wish to feel like you are using airport you can use this optional steps:

Get at it here: http://www.brandon-holland.com/software.html

 

Installation Instructions: (Will work for Tiger not sure about Leopard tho)

 

SIMBL.pkg:

This app uses SIMBL so you must install it first before this will work.

 

Ralink AirPort.app:

Copy to Applications Folder. Set Open at Login through system preferences.

 

RalinkAirport.bundle:

Copy to /Users/yourUsername/Library/Application Support/SIMBL/Plugins/

 

Ok thats all for me. Give it a test and let me know how it works for you.

 

Enjoy!

Amitai

For more info go to:

http://forum.osx86scene.com/viewtopic.php?...657&p=12562

http://hackint0sh.org/forum/showthread.php?t=22369

[Elad Nava]

Link by MacGirl is down, they have moved the page, the new link for Mac downloads is:

 

http://www.ralinktech.com/support.php?s=3