Hack your Core Duo MacBook or MacBook Pro to 802.11n

also find a atheros XB72 in the wild and have it for your hackintosh

I guess the only catch is you have a Mac Pro in the first place, then you need to be willing to rip the Airport card out of it. I don't think many people would be willing to do this.

On that note, is there any 802.11n WiFi card that can fit into a standard PCI slot and work with Apple's newest Airport Extreme? I'd sort of like one for my 2004 Sony Vaio, but I'm a total WiFi n00b.

I guess the only catch is you have a Mac Pro in the first place, then you need to be willing to rip the Airport card out of it...

Well, no. My article includes a link to the spares service, which will sell you a card.

Not to nitpick (who am I kidding, I am nitpicking) but replacing an airport card isn't a hack. You're upgrading apple hardware to be compliant with apple software... there's no hacking there.

Otherwise, great post!

/Scott

Ah...

But....

It needs a screwdriver.......

So......

Oh never mind.

Ah, I see what you mean. In a normal situation it's an upgrade, but in a mac it's a "hack" since you use tools.

Well my desk chair is getting a little wobbily, so I think I'll tighten the screws do some hardcore chair hacking, to the xtreme.

/Scott

You can also order the Airport Kit for the MacPro from smalldog.com for 49.00 which is nice, but they're backordered right now. It went out of stock earlier today before the sales person responded to me in e-mail saying that yes this is the Mac Pro Airport Card and is compliant to 802.11b/g/n with the appropriate driver.

http://www.smalldog.com/product/41116

...Well my desk chair is getting a little wobbily, so I think I'll tighten the screws do some hardcore chair hacking, to the xtreme...

That's the spirit!

Thanks for sharing Ampidire. I'll consider looking into that.

I think a "hack," in the sense that it's used these days, means using one fully functional thing in place of another... but only if someone said it wouldn't work in the first place.

Me too... looking forward to this hardware upgrade/hack... even its a hack or something, it nice to know my macbook CD can still be current on some component/s..

this really would be cool on my macbook!

will it work on mac minis

will it work on mac minis

It (most likely) works on any Intel Mac with an airport card

I found the same card from another website for 59.99 and have placed my order.

Smalldog.com was backordered and wouldn't let me buy it unless I was a prior customer of theirs.

http://www.lacomputercompany.com/cgi-bin/r...u&sku=24364

That's where I ordered mine with ground shipping. Should be here middle of next week.

I don't suppose anyone has found a good UK/Europe source of these cards, have they?

Would these same cards perhaps work in a hacbook?

Hi,

I ordered this card from the local shop, for $59.99. I have a CD 2.0ghz Macbook Pro, so not like the article describes, but I got brave in May :-)

I opened up the machine and replaced the card and put everything back together again. After installing the software that comes with the Airport Extreme N, it recognizes the card as Airport (a/b/g/n).

I setup the Airport Extreme to work in 2.4ghz N mode using wide channels, I was able to connect at a link speed of 130kbps, when I configured the Extreme N to work in 5ghz N mode using wide channels, I was able to connect at a link speed of 270kbps, and throughput seems to be wonderfully fast, although I haven't timed it yet.

The purpose of this port is to let everyone know that this card swap works in the first gen macbook pros as well. For me, a nice $60 upgrade.

cheers,