I have tried all the diff methods to get this BCM5789 working. The only thing I haven't tried is Tinman's fix cause they link is dead. Any ideas?
Acer 5672/////dev_id:169d

Thanks!

Any news related to the zero mac address problem? I have the same laptop and using 10.4.9 on it about a month, didn't get to have a mac address yet. Did you get any way to have mac address?

BTW, we should open a DELL D610 thread.

hi all, i got my 5751/5752m (dev1677) working in leopard now, but with only 00:00:00:00:00:00 mac,
and to low-life, your method is very very interesting, and insightful
but i found a solution which does not require so lightning fast typing, thats,
after the kext loaded, just type this in console
sudo ifconfig en0 192.168.0.111
or any ip address you like, then this command has the same effect as the system preference does.
hope this helps, and hope we all could find a solution to over come that 00*6 problem.

copied the .kext file into the extensions folder of my acer travelmate 3012 with Broadcom BCM5789 Vendor-Id/device-id: 14e4/169d, but nothing changed??

there came some "authenticate" and overwrite messages with password boxes... i clicked them through so that file must be fine under the correct folder. repaired permission via disk util... rebootet - but there is no lan card in my about this mac :-(

it's a kalyway v1.4i rev3 10.4.10...

any ideas? what shall i post for help?

Which tool can i use to disassemble AppleBCM5701 kext ?

Ok, here is the deal. I have setup my Broadcom network card. I can access the internet now via a webbrowser and anything. Only thing not working is browsing networkshares.

So I have to use the setmac script I found in this thread. This is not working for me since it has to be executed as root.

So what I do now is the following.

I open terminal and type in:

su
(password)
ifconfig en0 ether my:ma:ca:dd:re:ss

Then after I execute this command i can access all networkshares and copy files etc etc. Thing is, it is ok to do some times, but after a while it gets boring, how can I automate this command so i don't have to go over this all time when I login.

Thanks in advance

Cupe

You can make a script using the macosx automator under /Aplications or you can make a script by yourself and launch it under the preferences/user/startup items.

By the way, which version of the driver have you installed? the version for 57xx i'm using hangs while i try to set up the mac address

Nisa-it,

Edit: Okay, It doesnt work. I dont even have a MAC Address (not even 00:00:00:00:00:00)
Leopard is constantly telling there's no cable connected at the build-in ethernet (network settings)...
But the wierd thing is that, it IS connected..

ifconfig returns:

Good morning all! I am, as so many are, new to the forums and am seeking any help that may come my way so I thank you in advance for taking the time to read this post. Here is my specific problem:

I have a fresh install of uphuck v1.4i r3 on a HP NC2400 laptop. The laptop uses an onboard Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet controller (14E4 169C). I have installed Nisa-it's AppleBCM5751Ethernet.kext and the NIC is detected however, as has come to be expected with many cards, the MAC address displays all 0's. I can get the adapter working but am looking to simplify the process of doing so. These are the steps I am currently taking to enable the hardware:

(In Terminal)
sudo -s
ifconfig en0 ether MY:MA:CA:DD:RE:SS
I recieve the following error:
ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): Network is down
I then bring the network up using:
ifconfig en0 up
I can then change my MAC address using the first command:
ifconfig en0 ether MY:MA:CA:DD:RE:SS

After these steps are taken I can verify that my MAC address has been changed successfully by running ifconfig however 'Network Utility' still shows all 0's and the system will not connect to the internet until I enter the following command:

ipconfig en0 BOOTP

This change will not hold through a reboot. What can I do to either permanently change my MAC address, or simplify this process? I hope I have been clear enough in my explanation and again, I thank you for any help that may come my way. Take Care.

How does one check their device-id? I have a Dell D820, and I still havent been able to get my network running on it. It doesnt appear in the network device list on the system preferences panel.

It looks like and upgrade of this driver is not expected and the zero mac address problem is not going to be resolved.is there anyway to get the sources and try to compile them to have a hardcoded mac address?

Maybe customizing a mac address in the driver like mac spoofing could be a solution to avoid the zero mac address for passing through network switches.

Cool guys, I finally got my BCM 5721 builtin card with the BCM5751Ethernet.kext to work on my DELL SX280.

Unfortunatly I cannot have the kext in the Extensions directory as it crash the system but I realized that if I load the kext after the boot it work great.

I have put an new plist in the LaunchDaemon to do the kextload and that works fine.

What left to do is the MAC address which is 00:00:00:00:00:00 but it still work on our network due to our configuration.

What I also found, is that using that mac address allow me to have free internet access in some internet cafe!!! Yep, won't work everywhere but all of them that uses the MAC address as the ID of the client computer will most probably let you thru without getting their loggin page... therefore Free Internet Access!!!

that works especially for e z e x c e s s from a n t l a b s (dont spread the news!! if you still want to enjoy free internet !! :-)

This kext works with 5788 and leopard?? thanks in advance!

It looks like there is an improvement on 57xx

take a look on mthis thread

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...256&hl=57xx

It works, running a BCM5788 under 10.5.1

does this driver support Leopard??
Thanks

hey all

has any one figured out a fix on how get around "Network is down" when you are trying to set the mac address?

and do i use the mac address i got from doing "ipconfig/all" in windows OR do i use the mac address from my router's page??

they are 2 different one...

thanks

Hi Guys,

I have been reading all posts for last 3-4 months to get around my problem of getting on network. here are some details.

I have successfully installed Leopard 10.5.0 + later the 10.5.1 patch with original ToH image. My machine details are below:

Dell PowerEdge SC1430 with 2 Xeon 3.00 GHz CPUs, 4GB PC5300 FB-DIMM, ATI RN50 (ES1000) graphics, Broadcom 5750A1 ( BCM5750A1) Gigabit Ethernet Card, added Creative X-Fi Sound Card.

I just first want to get my machine on the network ....

I applied AppleBCM5701Ethernet.kext and patched string to my device id 1677 (correctly) .... My Network Adapter is not even detected on the PCI-X bus

The All Messages option in the Console Log shows below:



I also created the link to com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily and added device pci14e4,1677 into the Info.list

Anybody can help resolving this ????

Also, Is there a work around for ATI ES1000 (aka RN50) to get on higher resolutions ?

Thanks a lot in advance

This is my integrated ethernet controller Broadcom Netxtreme BCM5782 Gigabit:

Click to view attachment

Help my for configuration kext...

Looking for Broadcomm BCM5787A Gigabit Ethernet driver (devid: 0x1693). I'm very far into installing IATKOS 1.0 r2 onto Acer Extensa 5620 laptop- getting ethernet running is last critical step. Any help would be appreciated.

I've tried the following but no success:
- used Broadcom Ethernet kext (AppleBCM5751Ethernet.kext.zip)
- Drop you new .kext file ( driver ) in extensions then delete your .kextcache and .mkext
- open terminal,
sudo chown -R root:wheel /system/library/extensions

sudo chmod -R 755 /system/library/extensions
- then repair permissions.

any help is appreciated.

mabre,

Try *BCM57* and *IO*Home*Network* kexts from Kalyways Leopard 10.5.1 DVD rip ... It works fine for my broadcom gigabit card.

If I can extract the files, I would be happy to attach them for you

rest of the steps remain the same

Thanks
luv2rip

luv2rip, thanks for your reply. I've tried to find "BCM57* and *IO*Home*Network* kexts" on Kalyways Leopard 10.5.1, with no success. Any further hints/assistance is appreciated- can you extract???

I've also tried to install Kalyway- but seems to crash on X3100 video (which the laptop has).

Any assistance appreciated...

Thanks Nisa-itI have the bcm5755 on a Dell D830 and had to add the device add to your info.plist and works 100%14e4:1673added it above your 14e4:1677 id.I am confused I see the next id below the 1677 as 1648? should that be in a numerical order or it really does not matter?Nisa-it bcm5755M 14e4:1673 Id works 100% on Dell Latitide D830.Just added the id above your 14e4:1677.I noticed just below that id you have 14e4:1648 isn't that out of numerical order or does that matter?Nisa-it bcm5755M 14e4:1673 Id works 100% on Dell Latitide D830.Just added the id above your 14e4:1677.I noticed just below that id you have 14e4:1648 isn't that out of numerical order or does that matter?

Nisa-it or whoever can help. bcm5755 id=14ee4:1673 from a Dell Latitude D830.

It seems as though my adaptor will not enable. Here is my dmesg:


BCM5751Enet: Ethernet address 00:1d:09:b5:f0:f5
AirPort_Brcm43xx: Ethernet address 00:1e:4c:31:26:07
AppleBCM5751Ethernet: 0 0 resetAdapter - FTQ initialization failed
AppleBCM5751Ethernet: 0 0 wakeUp - reset adapter failed
AppleBCM5751Ethernet: 0 0 enable - failed
AppleBCM5751Ethernet: 0 0 resetAdapter - FTQ initialization failed
AppleBCM5751Ethernet: 0 0 wakeUp - reset adapter failed
AppleBCM5751Ethernet: 0 0 enable - failed
AppleBCM5751Ethernet: 0 0 resetAdapter - FTQ initialization failed
AppleBCM5751Ethernet: 0 0 wakeUp - reset adapter failed
AppleBCM5751Ethernet: 0 0 enable - failed
AppleBCM5751Ethernet: 0 0 resetAdapter - FTQ initialization failed
AppleBCM5751Ethernet: 0 0 wakeUp - reset adapter failed
AppleBCM5751Ethernet: 0 0 enable - failed7



ifconfig -a

en1: flags=8823<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
ether 00:1d:09:b5:f0:f5
media: autoselect (<unknown type>)
supported media: none autoselect 10baseT/UTP <half-duplex> 10baseT/UTP <half-duplex,hw-loopback> 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex> 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex,hw-loopback> 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex,flow-control> 100baseTX <half-duplex> 100baseTX <half-duplex,hw-loopback> 100baseTX <full-duplex> 100baseTX <full-duplex,hw-loopback> 100baseTX <full-duplex,flow-control> 1000baseT <full-duplex> 1000baseT <full-duplex,hw-loopback> 1000baseT <full-duplex,flow-control>



So as you can see it is assigning a Mac address so all goes well there. Then the initialization part is not working. I even turned my airport off even switched en0 with en1. RIght now en1 is assigned to Ethernet and en0 assigned to wlan.

This appears to be an active forum on BCM 57xx support. Any suggestions appreciated. I'm trying to get a bcm5787A (devid: 1693) ethernet controller on an acer extensa 5620 laptop to work.

Hi

i have BCM 5752 (14e4 1600) and with modding the .kext i can get my card recognized but with MAC all 0-s. I can set the correct MAC address and it even WORKS, unfortunately only for some seconds (or bytes).
Funnily it works for a long time (maybe even indefenetely) when using telnet or similar, when browsing internet or fetching mail it hangs within few secs.

The situation has been the same for Tiger as well Leopard. Now in Leo i have to load the BCM.kext manually.

Where is that second nisa-try file? I had several kexts and no one of them worked properly with the zero mac address problem. Could you put the exact link to that page or to that file in order to try it?

Dear guys, does this really support my 5753 (HP NC6400) on Leopard?

Now be online is a huuuuuuge problem for me on my newly-installed Leopard.

HP NC6400 has a 5753 and a 3945. Well..........now 3945 is a no end story. So I am really desperate!!!

Please HELP!!

Support on this Thread ANYONE? If so please read my post about 4 up.


Thanks!!

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...987&st=160#

Post 174 of this thread.

Trying it myself, but not expecting too much..

Ok, I'm seeing the same results as d3ll..
I've got the same NIC as he does, in a d630. I'll try one or two other things when I have a chance, but based on previous tests with a tiger install, not expecting to get very far.

thnx equate, i'm gonna give it a try

i have the same prob as d3ll and equate..

AppleBCM5751Ethernet: 0 0 resetAdapter - FTQ initialization failed
AppleBCM5751Ethernet: 0 0 wakeUp - reset adapter failed
AppleBCM5751Ethernet: 0 0 enable - failed

i'm trying nisa's kexts on d630 (5750 14e4 1673).. i'm sad.. I feel that we're near to our dream..

That's exactly what I get. So close, but no cigar
I'd try asking nisa-it for help, but he/she seems to have vanished.. Not been on here in quite a while.

We may have to wait for the driver that's being developed from the ground up :-/


Necronoid: did you see anything different? Which model do you have?

wiruzik and I have BCM 5755M's. I suspect d3ll does as well.

the kextload AppleBCM5751Ethernet.kext command gives the following error:

MCXD.initializeDirectoryServices: Unable to get the ethernet address
Jan 7 15:27:57 necronoids-computer /System/Library/CoreServices/mcxd.app/Contents/MacOS/mcxd: MCXD.initializeDirectoryServices: Unable to get the ethernet address

I don't have physical network interface either. I revert back to the old one at least I had dhcp working.

I have a dell d610 with bcm 5751/di 1677

Is Broadcom 5721C1 working?

5787 dev id 1693 not work! laptop Acer Extensa 5220 Help!

idem on laptop Acer Aspire 5920g

Any advance in using 57xx with mac REAL address? I've bee trying several versions posted and i still with zero mac address

Hello all,

I have same problem:

5787 dev id 1693 not work! laptop Acer Extensa 5220.

Cany somebody modify some existing kext and try it???
Thanks,

bozon42

Hello NecronoiD,

I have read somwhere in the forum, that you can add the real mac setting is the first init script.
It will change your zeros to your values.

regards,

bozon42

The interface configuration command ifconfig available in most unix (including macosx bsd) have the ability to change mac address on the fly using the ifconfig interface new:mac:address: Later you can add that command to a custom boot script if you want to.

The problem is that the kext available can't read the real mac address and thats why we all have zero mac address. When you try to change that mac address, the system tries to bind the old mac address to the new mac address that is why all of us have a freeze problem when trying to do this.It would be great to have a new kext whith a prebinded mac address to bypass the network switches, independly if the prebinded mac address is the real or not.

SOME BODY PLS FIX THE MAC ADRESS ISSUES!!!!

I guess I should call myself lucky as it works for me on a Fujitsu-Siemens latop. Well, no MAC address but if I add it I'm fine....

....that's when I boot from the docking station !

I won't get the network to work if I boot without docking station. The ethernet is still recognised, but it does not go 'up'.
Adding the mac address and ifconfig en0 up works, but I can't ping my default gateway.

I also don't have a /var/run/resolv.conf

Has anyone seen the situation where the system does not configure the same device the same way depending if the laptop is on a docking station or not ?
As far I could see using a linux live cd, I have the same mac address with and without docking station....

After hours of failed attempts I am finally able to get on the internet from OS X. Using the AppleBCM5701Ethernet.kext found on this thread, I believe Nama-it is the man to thank, but I might have miss spelled the name, sorry!

I have a BroadcomNetExtreme Gigabit Ethernet Device ID 167D from a IBM T43, this NIC was listed as one of the Broadcom 57xx that should work with this patch.

After installing the kext according to these instructions:

1. unpack AppleBCM5751Ethernet.kext.zip
2. move AppleBCM5751Ethernet.kext to /System/Library/Extensions/
3. open Terminal
4. sudo -s
5. chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions/
6. cd /System/Library/Extensions/
7. chmod -R 755 AppleBCM5751Ethernet.kext
8. reboot


Now, I initially did get an IP but internet did not work, my Mac was 00:00:00..etc.

I followed these get MAC instructions to get my internet to work:

sudo ifconfig en0 ether 00:13:72:18:XX:YY

(machine should get IP address if you connect cable)

# renew IP
sudo ipconfig set en0 BOOTP
sudo ipconfig set en0 DHCP


Now this works some of the time. When it works under network preferences it says I have an IP, shows my IP and the icon is green.

Most of the time it doesnt work. After my first restart my device was listed as inactive under ifconfig and could not get IP. Sometimes under network preferences It will say Network Cable Unplugged, even when its plugged in. Other times nothing shows up at all.

After many restars, I can get the adapter to show up again, it is listed as PCI Ethernet Slot ethernet. And after getting MAC everything is up and running.

Sometimes though under network preferences it says cable for PCI Ethernet Slot ethernet is connected, but your computer does not have an IP. This is strange because I do have an ip when i use ifconfig in terminal, and I can connect to the internet. Strange behavior to say the least.


Either way, my internet works okay for now. Hopefully there will be some improvements in the future.

I am running Jas 2.0 10.4.8 .

Which patched kext are u using? Most of us get a osx hang when we try to change the mac address

I am using Tinheads kext found on page 2 of this thread, here is the link to the .zip file containing the kext.http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?act...ost&id=1185

Also, not sure it his makes any difference, but under Network Preferences my computer detects 2 Ethernet devices, one is listed as Ethernet and the other is PCI Ethernet Slot ethernet. The adapter labeled as Ethernet never works, although it does have a MAC... Furthermore PCI Ethernet Slot ethernet is listed as en1 and Ethernet is en0.Also, not sure it his makes any difference, but under Network Preferences my computer detects 2 Ethernet devices, one is listed as Ethernet and the other is PCI Ethernet Slot ethernet. The adapter labeled as Ethernet never works, although it does have a MAC... Furthermore PCI Ethernet Slot ethernet is listed as en1 and Ethernet is en0.

That driver should work on 570x systems. I have a 5751 network card and i didn't even get a new interface when loading the driver.

Thnx anyway

i hav 14e4,1693 Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5787M Gigabit Ethernet

i tried AppleBCM5751Ethernet.kext.zip but didn't work. is this compatible with 5787?

Why it does not work? What error message you get?