I have got an Atheros5004 in my notebook but Leopard doesn't recognize it. When I try the solution from matt-hieu ergosteur, I encounter a problem.

Can anyone explain to me what is meant by:


Because when I type this:

Leopard responds:


Am I suppose to type this line in the console, or should I verify that there is a line somewhere that matches the line above? If so, where can I find this?

Wow. Just wow. This site really needs a super-duper newbie forum. I can see why it doesn't have one, however. 3 out of every 4 posts would be in it.

ls -al /System/Library/Extensions

That's what you type, but you're in way over your head already.

Somebody know how to get the dlink dwlg-520m (Atheros AR5005VL) working?

tk

i following his when successfully message and I open Network but I dont see wirless

can somebody help me please

utterly amazing as someone else stated...

Now that I've stopped laughing I can resume my tour around here.

This is my first attempt at installing osx. When I first installed Kalway 10.5.2 and started to investigate why my Atheros cad wasn't working. I saw the 1080211Family.kext was listed in extensions in red and at one point following instructions from somewhere to run the kext it returned a 'bus error'. Now after following instructions at the beginning of this thread I have successfuly copied the 10.4.5 kext into the extensions folder and edited the networkinterfaces.plist changing en0 to en1. I got 'extension loaded successfully' and the airport icon shows up in Network however it won't start. I also notice that in the system info there are no PCI cards listed and my Atheros AR5005GS card is PCI. Can anyone advise what might be wrong with my setup at this stage?

thanks so much for helping everybody, but in this case i couldnt make it work because I have Leopard Kalyway 10.5.2 any suggestions?

(my ethernet Wireless LAN card is a DWL-G520 V. B1, it has an atheros AR5005G chip as far as i know)


can you help me????

AR5005G should be working right after the installation is done.

iATKOS v1.0i, v1.0i r2, and Kalyway 10.5.2 DVD.

Tested on ThinkPad X31 with AR5005G mini-pci card.

Hi all,
I've updated my Kalyway 10.5.2 to 10.5.3 using Kalyway 10.5.3 ComboUpdate + kernel 9.3.0, but now my Atheros 2005(g) dont work, both in boot or in Terminal show this:

Can anyone help me with this?

Thanks!

Hi again,

I solve my problem with attached IO80211Family.kext drive.

It works fine with 10.5.3. If anyone have problems with atheros 5005(g) and kalyway 10.5.3 comboupdate +kernel 9.3.0 Download It!

Thanks!

Click to view attachment

Thanks, your kext did help me recover my connection (although I still have to use the wizard to activate it each time I boot).

Having picked up a couple of Atheros miniPCI cards to play with, I started with the AR5005VL and it appears that the subsystem ID's are used by the apple extension so it knows which driver to load, by having the incorrect ID's it loads a basic 11b driver which does not appear to be compatible with this card.

I decided I'd hack the card and change the ID's so I did a fresh unmodified vanilla install of 10.5, changed the ID's and wouldn't you know it, the card now works and I don't have to edit any plists to make the card be recognized or work.

I've done the same with the AR5006E and AR5008E cards, while the AR5008E card worked before I changed the ID's I couldn't get a connection greater than 130mbps, after the change I get connection speed of 300mbps so I have concluded that just editing the info.plist does make some cards work but it does not provide full functionality or capability and the only way to do this is to change some ID's within the card itself (no easy task for Atheros cards) so that it loads the correct driver.

You can google about changing the ID's for Atheros cards, it's a long drawn out process and requires an installation of linux cause you have to download and build some tools to help in the process.

I don't have instructions and don't see myself making the time to write out any so asking would be a waste of time, the information is available via google and in a day you can perform the task yourself.

I am not able to find "NetworkInterfaces.plist" file.

how could I get this file?

Thanks.

I have gone through the steps listed on page one with no problems. The only noticeable differences are when I do


I get


Notice the at sign. Is that a problem? I have never seen the at sign in permissions before, what does that mean?

Second, when I run


I get


Also, I am running Kalaway 10.5.2.

When I look in my Network Preferences I can see an AirPort connection listed but I cannot turn AirPort on. When I click the 'Turn AirPort On' button, nothing happens.
Does anyone have any suggestions and or ideas?

One last question, how do I determine my exact wireless card in OS X? Is there something similar to the Devices Hardware List on XP?

Further research and testing has brought me to the conclusion that installing the older 10.4.x Airport kexts in 10.5 is a bad move.
The dependancies are broken and this is a contributing factor to non-functional wireless adapters.You are far better off rebranding the device than you are installing those kexts, performance is superior and the device tends to be more compliant with the environment and the OS in general.
The bigger issue is knowing which chipset should bear which ID's.Having the wrong ID's is just as destructive as having the wrong kexts, wrong drivers are loaded and the potential for a panic increases.
I've played with Broadcom and Atheros cards, I've had very good luck rebranding cards and I'm careful to select ID's that closely match the device being modified to ensure the correct driver is being loaded.

The secret is knowing which chipset is contained in the device.
WMP300N (LinkSYS) I set subsys ID's to 0x106b,0x0087 (unfortunately you can't modify this card due to lack of software).
WMP54GS (LinkSYS) I set subsys ID's to 0x106b,0x004e (you can change this adapter).
All BCM4306 a/b/g miniPCI cards I set subsys ID's to 0x106b,0x004e (you can change this adapter).
All BCM4309 a/b/g miniPCI cards I set subsys ID's to 0x106b,0x004e (you can change this adapter).
All BCM4318 a/b/g miniPCI cards I set subsys ID's to 0x106b,0x004e (you can change this adapter).
Atheros AR5001 (b/g) I set subsys ID's to 0x168c,0x0024 (you can modify this card due to lack of software).
Atheros AR5001EX (a/b/g) I set subsys ID's to 0x106b,0x004e (you can modify this card due to lack of software).
Atheros AR5005 (b/g) I set subsys ID's to 0x168c,0x0024 (you can modify this card due to lack of software).
Atheros AR5005X (a/b/g) I set subsys ID's to 0x106b,0x004e (you can modify this card due to lack of software).
Atheros AR5006 (b/g) I set subsys ID's to 0x168c,0x0024 (you can modify this card due to lack of software).
Atheros AR5006XS (a/b/g) I set subsys ID's to 0x106b,0x004e (you can modify this card due to lack of software).
Atheros AR5008 (b/g/n) I set subsys ID's to 0x106b,0x0085 (unfortunately you can't modify this card due to lack of software).
Atheros AR5008X (a/b/g/n) I set subsys ID's to 0x106b,0x0086 (unfortunately you can't modify this card due to lack of software).

One drawback to this approach is that you need to modify the ID's in your Windows driver (the .inf) file for the device to have continued support in windows.

Fortunately I was blessed with drivers from Broadcom that are WHQL so I don't have any issues with Broadcom cards, Atheros on the otherhand, I have to search and find drivers that are WHQL and contain the generic PCI ID's to match the device or modify existing drivers and ignore the not WHQL messages.

Another little secret, HP Pavilion Elite 9080, if you have one or can get your hands on one and it came with an HP PCI-Express wireless adapter, borrow it and stick it in your hack, you'll be very impressed, I would beg, borrow or trade a card of similar functionality just to obtain that one.


It sounds like you have one of the AR2412 cards and while you can get it recognized, there is no compatible driver in the Atheros kext and switching to the 10.4.x kext is a mistake despite what any one else tells you.

If you want to get your wifi working pm me your e-mail and I'll help you make it work.
Just understand that I'm not a patient person so resolving it quickly would be my goal, getting you to understand how or why doesn't even factor into the process otherwise your welcome to try and figure it out on your own.

I offer to help, you can accept or reject it, you can't reject now and expect to accept later, at that point I'd probably tell you "you should have accepted my offer when I made it" and that would be the end of it.

There are others on this forum who can tell you I have resolved their wireless issues, even by providing a driver for a device that none publicly seem to exist for.

It's up to you now.

The "at" sign means there are extended attributes on the file. It took me a week to figure that out. This site was no help, naturally. Google around and you will find the commands you need to look at the extended attributes and add/remove them from files. In general, they don't affect most things.

Hey Guys, I could use some help. I have it fully working with the IO80211Family.kext from 10.4.8 and it recognizes in Network Prefrences, but I have this problem:



It does not want to turn on, if I press Turn On Airport, it does nothing.

If I go into Assist me... Diagnostics, and check this box here:


It will see my network here:


And say that is was able to connect to the network:


When I hit quit, nothing changes, and network stays off. Help? I have Leopard 10.5.2 and a Atheros AR5005G With Vendor ID 168c and Device ID 7094.

I HAVE done the en0 to en1, or it was already that way.

Thanks in advance

Please stop with the gigantic pictures that take forever to download! Can't you scale them down to a reasonable size?

Daverto,
Until today I did not obtain to place the Atheros natively to be initiated, without using the Assistant. Certainly that it is not possible to make the Atheros 5005g kext to function natively. However, in Tiger 10.4.11 atheros works natively.

@Smuxbr

I understand that, and if I run assistant though, it does not enable. it stays off.

@BigPimpin

I post images in their full resolution because when you scale down a image you lose quality, which means that they might miss something that could help. At least I am not posting about my 1680x1050 screen, that would take a while. You are the first person to complain.

i have exact same problem as daverto!
i have AR5006X card...i copied the IO80211Family.kext from another thread, the one that was from the updated airport utility...
and i replaced my old one with it, then chown,chmod, and removed the extension.mkext file....
airport was then there "under name parallels NAT", which may be caused because i have installed parallels desktop...
ne-way...
it does the same thing, wont "turn on" however it connects to the internet through diagnostics...

any help = awesome

cheers

Small update,

I wanted to update to N and got a Apple MacBook PRO WiFi Card 802.11n AR5BXB72 on Ebay here:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Apple-MacBook-PRO-WiFi...1742.m153.l1262

Had to put the ID's into the IO80211Family.kext to get it working. And for N to work I took IO80211Family.kext from my iMac that have the N enabler as I have Airport Extream. Now im screeeeming fast.

I was going to ask a similar question and it's, would I be able activate the airport option without going through the process of using the network diagnostics and I'm using a DWL-G510

I can confirm that some AR5005G and AR5005EG can be made to work in OSX and not have any issues with drivers if your card supports 802.11a/b/g, if your card only supports 802.11b/g then it requires a lot more work which involves decompiling the Atheros AirPort kext, modifying the source to support your chipset and build a new kext.

I have tried all of the things that you have tried, I have experienced the KP's due to unsupported chipset and cards that wont scan or connect to networks and the only thing that gave me a working solution was to rebrand the a/b/g cards or make a driver for the b/g cards.

My suggestion to you is this, find someone to decompile the kext who knows how to, have a programmer modify the source to support your chipset and make a new kext and use the new kext or buy a different card.

You are not limited to Atheros, Broadcom cards are much easier for the novice or less skilled OSX user to get working than Atheros cards or buy an actual apple card.

To see an example of a proper working solution look at AR5001X (yes I've done this a couple of times).

I'll even go one step further, make the source (C or C++) and post it and when I have a moment (that's all it takes) I'll make a project out of it and post the project so you can benefit from a good driver, I have no issues helping you fix your source code to work but I don't have the time to do all of the work for you, how you generate the source is entirely up to you.

hello fellow mac users i have a AR5005G wireless build in my airports dectected but i can not turn it on any solutions ? i followed the guid was plain an simple said new airport detected clicked apply nothing tried turn on airport nothing .... tried the en0 to en 1 trick repair perm then again nothing do i need to reboot or what ? any solutions

I wish no one had suggested that en0/en1 thing, that is really a waste of time and only shows how people can be mislead into doing something they think is beneficial when it really does nothing.

Have you tried shutting down, starting up in OSX, opening safari, clicking on the diagnostic button and selecting airport and following the directions to see if it prompts you to enable the card?

If you've installed any 10.4.x extensions/drivers in your 10.5.x installation start by performing a fresh install and skip any apple provided 10.4 extensions/drivers that anyone suggests, they will cause you more problems than they can ever do you any good.

If you have an AMD processor, I'm done helping you, the AMD hacks make most of the stuff unreliable and I don't have the patience to deal with the stupidity of AMD related issues.

Umm your a waste of space bud thanx anyways im running 10.5.4 had my wifi working then dual booted vista with it vista messed up had to redo everything and now i cant get it working again thats why i was wandering bud and if you cant help dont comment id rather have it that way than someone saying amd sux when theyre faster and cheaper than the $HIT intels ......thanx for your time and your energy put forth in the post but honestly i dont care what you think about amd nor what im running on my system

MY REGARDS

TROWSKIE

You obviously can't read and only saw the words "AMD CPU" and assumed the worste.

The issue is not the AMD CPU or it's speed, it's the hacks that make the software work on the AMD CPU that cause problems.

If you have an AMD CPU in this machine then I'm not interested in helping and asking for help on a forum that is predominantly Intel based and then insulting them wont win you any favors either.

Since you imply this machine is AMD powered all I can say is good luck and I hope you find a proper solution.

I agree that the en0/en1 switching can be confusing, but it is necessary for those people whose interface numbers got messed up because they have extra or missing NICs.

That isn't true, if it's messed up it's because they've been messing with things they shouldn't have been, the OS is intelligent enough not to assign the same value to two device simultaneously and they don't need to be en0 and en1, they can be anything.

I have two identical wireless devices installed in my machine and if I add a third one it assigns it a non conflicting ID and if I remove one it doesn't mess up the other ones so the thought that this does anything of value is wrong.

All this playing with 10.4 drivers in 10.5 and modified kexts (excluding modified Info.plist files) are the root of most problems and unfortunately system dependent extensions should not be mixed (like the IO802NetworkingFamily.kext from 10.4 installed in 10.5) but someone one got the idea that if it worked in 10.4 then perhaps it will work in 10.5 so they install it and have some kind of success but fail to see the other issues it causes and then recommend the solution to everyone who is experiencing the problem and looking for a solution.

UPDATE: Working on 10.5.4 i used

f8
-s
mount fsck command at root
seems to be ok

I AM AN AMD USER

hehe and i randomly found a solution
now where is my cd drive kect located at or called ?

hey

I have an Acer travelmate 2400 and have just got ethernet to work but i just cant seem to get the intertnal wireless card detected...I cant even find any reference to which card is installed but there was one guy on here who mentioned it had an intel 2200 but iv tried tht with no soceess. There is a mention of this Authorus card under Travelmate 2420 in the wiki and it says that following the instructions on this thread made the wifi work...iv just done this and there is no mention of the aireport card anywhere...plaese help

thanks

XLabs, install PCIUtils v3.0.0 then execute in terminal:and report the results here.

thanks but i had tried updating to 10.4.9(to get grapics to work) and got the bule screen at startup so am downloading kalyway 10.5.2 now...hope it works and will post the result from PCIUtils if it does

Everything works - and I get the Airport Icon next to the Bluetooth Icon - but my Network-Diagnostics says: There is no AirPortCard installed!?

Can someone help me out of the dark?

Wow long read! I have been looking allover to find out if I can use a Atheros AR5523 USB with 10.5.4 or 10.5.2. Is there anyone who has goten this to work? Is there anywhere I can look for a place to start?
Iam running a HP dv6573cl laptop with the intel 965 chipset (if that helps) running 10.5.2 but Iam ready to upgrade to 10.5.4 later today. Thanks!!

Hello!

I have some problems with my airport. I`m using D-Link DWL-G510 PCI Card, Mac OS X 10.4.8 and when I`m doing thes steps I have an arror in my terminal:

When I`m writing: kextload AirPortAtheros5424.kext

I have this:



Please help me!

I have a Dlink DWL-G510 rev B (Atheros AR5005G 802.11abg 168c 001a). I was able to get this working out of the box when I installed iDeneb v1 and selected the Atheros WiFi adapter during custom install.

Hope this helps.

If anyone needs the install package...here it is!

Atheros.pkg.zip for wireless.

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FYI, before reformatting, I had the same issues where the card was detected, but I couldn't "turn it on". Now it works flawlessly

I did the same thinng like matthieu/ergosteur did!

But my NC6000 Airport doesn´t work!

After changing the kexts and repairing the permissions the airport sign is in the taskbar but I cannot switch the airport on!

I do have the Atheros W400 installed - is it because the card does not wrok with this trick!?

PLEASE HELP!

System:
NC6000
Atheros W400
JAS 10.4.7

Bought a D-link WDA-2320 yesterday, though id just put in and it would work... but there is no way to get it working...

Its atheros something, dunno wich version, the card is b/g only.. im using mac osx kalyway 10.5.2 and i cant get this damn wifi card to work... i aint sure what i should do to get it working.... thanks for help.

Yes, the OS will assign interface names sequentially. However IIRC OSX requires that the wireless card be en1 for the airport menu bar icon to work properly.

Also note to everyone, this tutorial is intended for Mac OS X Tiger (10.4). If you're using 10.5, your system will be much more stable using native Leopard kexts!

hi, I have a satellite A205-S5831 TOSHIBA, and the wireless network adapter is the ATHEROS AR5007EG.
and i have a dual boot on this laptop, a vista ultimate on one partition and KALYWAY leopard 10.5.2 mac os x on the other partition.
my wireless works just fine with vista, but it does not work on mac os x.
can anybody help me with this problem so i can get my wireless to work on mac os x please.


thanks,

Guess I have to do a new update here.

After learning more about osx86 I have seen now that I do not need to put my id's into IO80211 file. The reason I had to do it when I using 10.5.2 was because I was using patch driver to get my old card to work.

So if you have card made by Apple the right id's should of course be in the driver.

The pack i posted in this thread has the iAtkos WiFi fix and the 10.4 .kext that you all are referring to.

I am, however, having trouble connecting to a password protected network with my DWL-G520 that is otherwise working great with the fix on this post too.

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...mp;#entry898251

Thanks, that works for me!

FOR THE PEOPLE HAVE CHIPSET ATHEROS 5005 OR NETGEAR WG311T, THIS IS THE RIGHT KEXT!! FROM iATKOS v.2.0

http://rapidshare.com/files/147104171/IO80211Family.kext.zip

REPLY IF IT WORKS!

Any one that can help me out with my problem please, or if there is no fix for "ATHEROS AR5007EG", What is my optinos, and What do i need to do to get WIFI to work on my laptop.



Thanks,

i have the same problem !! .. seven weeks searching and nothing .. help!!!

my atheros ar5007. problem !! help!! i'm desesperado !

This works with my Atheros AR5005G! But it says airport is off. Is there anyway to get it to see it on when it's on? TP-Link TL-WN550G
AirPort Card Information:

Wireless Card Type: AirPort Extreme (0x168C, 0x1052)
Wireless Card Locale: Unknown
Wireless Card Firmware Version: 0.1.12
Current Wireless Network:
Wireless Channel: 9

my configuration
hp notebook nc 6000 with w400 minipci card atheros chipset
osx10.4.11
looks like anything works fine...connect to router displays as airport
but

my problem
i only can use connection inside of my home
behind the router i cant get any connection
my desktop works and the notebook as windows works too
if i connect with the router i dont have any problems
if i use safari there is no connection outside
NO
i dont forget to set the dns
in all configurations on all places here i do the same config
no chance to go outside
no ping no traceroute

is there anyone who can help me