Mackjenzie Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Hi guys, I did a lot of research befor I opened this topic. But now, I really need your help! PC specs: Dell XPS 710 Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E6700 (2,66 GHz, 1.066 MHz, 4 MB cache) nVidia nForce 590 SLI motherboard 2.048 MB 667 MHz DDR2 RAM 768 MB nVidia GeForce 8800 GTX DVD image: iATKOSvi.R03 10.5 --> upgraded to 10.5.2 (with Kalyway combopack) First, no connection at all: I searched a long time and found that my motherboard has BCM5751 for ethernet chip. Then I installed this kext: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=34433 Result: the red orb went green ... But still no Safari working: There must be something wrong with my configurations I guess? Some more pictures: Can anyone help me find a solution to my problem? Thanks in advance! Mackjenzie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mackjenzie Posted March 30, 2008 Author Share Posted March 30, 2008 *Bump* Nobody? I'm allready glad with some kind of clue ^^!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alimac Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Same problem as I had. Your OS has attempted to obtain an IP address from your router or whatever but can't so has allocated a local IP. Open up terminal and type ifconfig en0 - you will probably find that the MAC address of your adapter is 00:00:00:00:00:00. If your router allows, see if you can assign a fixed IP address based on that MAC address - my router allowed me to do this and on rebooting my hackintosh it allocated the correct fixed IP. If your router does not allow, then you could in terminal do this: sudo ifconfig en0 ether xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx Replace the xs there with the actual MAC address of your adapter - if you've a dual boot machine you can obtain this easily in Windoze by looking in device manager or typing ipconfig at a command line. This should be enough to wake the adapter up. Unfortunately I couldn't find a way to make the MAC address change persistent and I lost it on reboot. HTH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mackjenzie Posted March 31, 2008 Author Share Posted March 31, 2008 Thx for the reply! I'll give it a try! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flynhawaiian Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 When I try to do the sudo ifconfig en0 ether xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx command in 10.5 it says network is down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mackjenzie Posted April 2, 2008 Author Share Posted April 2, 2008 sudo ifconfig en0 ether xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xxReplace the xs there with the actual MAC address of your adapter THIS WORKED ! thx alimac! (still searching to change it permant, now I have to type this every boot ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 You can put that in /etc/rc.local or as a Startup item in /Library/StartupItems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alimac Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 You can put that in /etc/rc.local or as a Startup item in /Library/StartupItems Cool - just off to try that, thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mackjenzie Posted April 3, 2008 Author Share Posted April 3, 2008 You can put that in /etc/rc.local or as a Startup item in /Library/StartupItems Thanks macgirl!! Great help!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraBlur Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 Hey just wanted to say that I've been following this thread and applying it to my own system and it works great! I actually have AirPort running as well, but was running into the KP issue that lots of people have when downloading Torrents. Now I can start stress testing on the Broadcom and see if it will take. The system is now very very stable, so thanks everyone =P -Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osx-tim Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 I tried this also (BCM5752 on hp dc7600) but when I try to configure the mac address it just tells me that the network is down Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaspoli Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 Yes it workes with a startupscript on my Lenovo R60, but Timemaschine doesnt work. The Timemaschine needs a real readable MAC-ADRESS, not a fake Adress! Somebody have a solution for this... ######################################### Now it runs a SL Retail install with Rebel Efi and chameleon RC4 (32bit). But Systempreferences doesnt show me the eathernet card. Idea? Should i boot with option ethernet Built-in yes, or better without. I tried both options, but it doesnt work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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