Ok, BuildSmart helped me with this WEP problem.
Working solution here: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?s=&...st&p=852179

I have been saying this exact thing in all of the Dell posts and you're the first one to actually place a public post about doing it, most get it working and then vanish.

A thank you is not required but sinc you performed the task on your laptop, did you use a Linux Live CD or did you install Linux to perform the change, would you consider putting together a proper little tutorial on how to do it so others with these laptops can achieve the same results, the forum admin can post the tutorial as a sticky making it easy for everyone to find.

I haven't looked at the driver provided by Dell and I can't confirm if you need to mod it or download one from somewhere so you might want to include instructions on fixing the windows driver (it's a small edit to the .inf file) or provide a link to an available WHQL driver so windows can continue to function after the change if it's needed cause most noobs are just that.

help me , i have the mac os x 10.4.5 and i have the laptop aspire 4720z with the bcm 4315 i use the scripts that you make, but it doesn't work, why??? can you help meee

another question, how can i do the AirPort-Updates from SoftwareUpdate, if i don't have internet, because the ethernet also is not working,

I know I'm a noob I'm 14 and sooooo happy I got iAtkos on my dv5 how do I install this thing? which file? What do i do?!?!?

You don't do anything, it's beyond your skill level and my patience to explain it to you.

Wow thanks, my issue was in terminal I put the ' =). It didn't work for me I have the Intel 5100 which I thought was based on the broadcom but it turns out HP Crapsupport doesn't even know I have the intel they thought I have the broadcom, NEED 5100 HELP IS IT POSSIBLE????!!!!

Hi! JaS 10.5.4 on an Intel DG33TL board. I just bought the Dynex DX-BGDTC wireless PCI card. XP shows Vendor 14E4 with 4318, manufacturer listed as Broadcom. Ubuntu 8.04 and XP SP3 have no problem using this card. OS X is another story...

I successfully ran your script, which added 4318 (among others) to the AppleAirPortBrcm4311.kext.

Nothing shows up in System Profiler, no Airport icon. Nothing under PCI devices.

Anything I'm missing? Kudos on all the progress!

Hey, you not need the script for you only is necessary make two things:

1.- Search in the forum for IOPCIFamily.kext patched by Chun-Nan and download then install with KextHelper

2.- Optional, finish your work with a Authentic AirPort with this guide: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?s=&...st&p=776755

or try follow the next steps:



Regards.

Note: The guide posted here no is mine, i only make minor changes that worked fine for me.

Hi,
It seams like it should be working... I ran the script and everything went well (it says it was successful) but then when I reboot its just the same old thing (no air port in the menu bar), also when I go in to the network preferences there isn't even a airport option. I have a PCI 802.11 card.
Thanks a lot for help!


~Greg

The lack of information prevents anyone with knowledge or experience from helping you.

You have a PCI card but don't say what model, brand or chipset or if it supports 802.11a/b/g/n and you provide no information about the computer or OS.

As you are finding out, the script only seems to work on about 60% of the cards and while it can provide you with working wireless it may not provide you with stable wireless.

Start by installing PCIUtils v3.0.0 (look in XLabs), provide output for the wireless adapter from the following terminal command:and:

broadcom 4321AG 802.11a/b/g draft-n wifi adapter...

i've tried the sudo ./bcm43xx_enabler.sh and reboot but nothing happens...

bcm43xx_enabler_0.5.1pre.sh.zip

Works Great with Dell Inspiron 1525 2261.

Thanks!

thanks for the reply! ok, do you know how you find the model of wireless card, the computer is pretty old and I don't know where the manual is. It is an IBM think pad r50 with a 1.4ghz intel core solo proccessor with 512mb of ram. I'm running the kalyway 10.5.1 os. I'll try what you said.

Thanks!


~Greg

P.S. I assume what you mean by PCIUtils is the download that you posted Here


UPDATE 1:

ok, so i've done everything and it seams like it should be working (no problems with the installation or with the terminal commands) but nothing is different (I don't know what to expect). So I'll poke around the network prefs and reboot to see what I'll come up with.

thanks

UPDATE 1.1:

Any thoughts?

mcsmart
Thanks. Many-many thanks!
bcm43xx_enabler_0.5.1pre.sh.zip This one finally made my Lenovo G410M (it has bcm4311 inside, but on mini pci-e, with soft wifiswitch) online. Wifi is now working and its a miracle )) Cos' it was totally invisible to macos before this enabler and previous versions of enabler didnt work. In all the hack-mac-os-versions - kalyway, ideneb, leoforall - even with broadcom patches etc. But now its fine ) Im sooo happy about it ))

No ideas? Please throw em out even if there is a small chance of it working, just so I can keep trying. Right now I'm kind of stymie. :'(

Thanks,

~Greg

thanks mcsmart, and thanks to every one here.....im finaly connected via AirPort

My Laptop; MSI wind
WLan: Dell 1395 , Device ID: 4315

i run the script and reboot, change the string of 4320 to mine 4315
reboot again and bingoooooo.....thanks again guys

Due to the lack of provided information no one will be able to help you, I gave instructions and it appears you didn't follow them.

Last time I ask for the information, if you don't provide the info you will be ignored.

Well thanks for the reply but, evidently you didn't read my post! (scroll up, its the one with a big UPDATE in it) quote: "It is an IBM think pad r50 with a 1.4ghz intel core solo proccessor with 512mb of ram. I'm running the kalyway 10.5.1 os." also I asked how to get more specifics on getting information on the wi-fi card. So I've given all I really know, if you would please ask exactly what information you need and how to get it I would be very appreciative.
I'm a noob at this kind of thing so please cut me a little slack.

Thanks in advance,

~Greg

Wow, I spent a few hours on this problem. I finally just booted Windows to start the card and then restarted in OS X and it worked. The crappy software power switch was not turning on the card.

Thanks for the help!

No, he read it. So did I and about a hundred other people.

And that's exactly the information that is of no use when you have a problem with device drivers.

You only get slack if you're willing to do some of your own research. There are plenty of topics, including a sticky or two, that tell you how to get the pertinent information. You would do well to find and read those topics and learn WHAT those bits of information are and HOW to find the values. The topics aren't hard to find. It would take all of about 10 minutes to find them. There is no excuse for not doing that on your own FIRST and then asking questions SECOND.

It's bad form, especially for a noob, to expect others to spoon-feed them every step of the way.

ok, well sorry for the bad impression, I don't really know what to look for so I guess I'll just look around the web for a few more years on a quest to get wi fi on my comp.

Spare us the drama queen antics and just admit you want someone else to do your homework. The lone bright spot I see here is that your goal is not difficult to achieve for someone with normal intelligence. You'll never get it to work.

hey man i was wondering if the Broadcom bcm4312 was supported i used a leo4allv4 disc to do the install if i need to use a different disc i am willing to get it and do i i have a HP TX2011au lepod works great apart from the fact that it has no internet any help would be much appreciated.

help me, i have a broadcom 4310

Any thoughts on this?

Dell Latitude C840 up and running with 10.4.8.
Linksys WPC54G v3.1 plugged-in
Script bcm4xx . . . . from the front page of this discussion run with no affect.
sudo dmesg doesn't report a card

Airport admin won't even recognize I've got a card installed.

Any suggestions would be welcome. Anyone know if this version Linksys card has the Broadcom chipset?

NEW ADDITION ON PROGRESS MADE SO FAR:

Made some progress this evening by fixing PCMIA using instructions found here:
http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=36437

The card is now powered up and dmesg sees it! Just need now to get it recognized by Airport as a wireless card and we'll be in business! GREAT FORUM!!!

ANOTHER UPDATE:
Just noticed that dmesg reports: IOPCCard info: Intel PCIC probe: TI 4451, rev 00
Which "I think" means TI chipset on this Linksys card, which means "I think", time to get a different card.
RIGHT???

Well after spending a couple hours working on this in the end I punched a figurative hole though the mac operating system scream at it "die, die, die!!!" Then I pulled the plug and decided I'll try again another day. I guess today is that day...

Let me first describe my computer:
quad booting: xp/vista/kalaway 10.5.2/kubuntu
quad core: Intel core 2 quad (2.4 Ghz)
Motherboard: dg33tl (also known as the devil)
Graphics card: nVidia 8800GT (512mb)
Wireless card: Dynex PCI card: DX-BGDTC Broadcom BCM4318KFBG

So I was searching for drivers... none to be found and then I came across this topic. It looked promising and matched my chipset. I downloaded and ran the file. It didn't work. I restarted the computer and still nothing. I rechecked the ktext file and it was changed. Puzzle I read on to figure out what was wrong. About page 3-4 I ran into these messages


(I have my wireless card and intergated ethernet port... I don't know if that applies, but I tried it anyway. P.S. lan never worked... thats why I'm trying to get the wireless to)



So that looked like the answer to my problems. I change the integer and restarted. To my surprise there was something new in the network connections... to my extreme disappointment it didn't pop up as a wireless card... it popped up as a firewire connection. At that moment at that moment I started to scream at it for confusing wireless internet with a firewire card...

So I'm here asking for everyone's help. Any ideas... I'll try anything. On that note I remember people talking about re-branding/debranding their card. I'm tempted to try this, but I'm not really good at linux(I just started using it yesterday... not even sure what sudo means, but its used alot... I think something with the permissions, *shrug*), so the directions kindof confused me. If I get desperate (or someone gives me a little better instructions, the massive output confused me) I'll try that.

Thanks for all of the help,
Hieros

Hey everyone I'm back. Unfortunately you can't edit your post after a certain amount of time, so I'll have to double post.

Well I tried a couple things. first I tried this: sudo rm /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/NetworkInterfaces.plist
I was hoping that would reset everything and it would find it... no dice.

Then I though to just pull out my firewire connection that's located in the front. really no reason other than to see what would happen... which turned out to be nothing.

Next I found an example of NetworkInterfaces.plist and trying to just make it correct. That didn't really work. Here is what I got so far. (note that instead of using <key> and <value> I just put an equal sign between them here. In the real file, they have the appropriate tags)

I've tried changing the "BSD Name" and "IOInterfaceUnit" to (en)1, but that doesn't do anything
I'm not sure what the IOInterfaceType should be, but from what I have found 144 is firewire and 6 is internet, so I set it to 6
I have no clue about IOBuiltin, if I'm suppose to set this to true/false I don't know.
I didn't touch IOMACAddress... not sure about that either
the IOPathMatch confuesed me the most... please tell me if there are any errors in there. I was working off an example and I don't know.

Also every time I reboot the firewire connect gets added back on, even when I delete it off. Also under network prefences the delete button is grayed out...

So any ideas before I move on to rebranding?

Sorry me one last time. I realized that I was very stupid and didn't look at the simplest of things. In vista, a let comes on to so that the power is on and in mac it doesn't do that... realizing that I just need to get rid of that soft switch. I heard someone saying that if you boot into windows (which turns it on) and reboot into mac it will work (attempting that now).

I've also heard putting some tape on pin #20 will stop this, but I'm not sure if thats the same for my card. I'll attempt it and give the results shortly

Hieros

EDIT: well that wasn't the problem... It probably didn't help, but still no dice

Thanks for your help,

The script also works for my Dell Latitude D630 (Dell Wireless 1395 or Broadcom 43xx)

com.apple.driver.AirPortBrcm43xx (314.46.9) <77 69 17 7 6 5 4 2>

bcm43xx_enabler_0.5.1pre.sh.zip

alright, well like i am a bit of a newbie to using mac, so alright, yeh i get the command not found when i type "sudo ./..." in the terminal, but alright i dont know how to sort it.

ive got a broadcom 4315 wireless card that i cant get to work can anyone help me ?!?

i installed a broadcom 4311 chip on my benq joybook
it dual boots with vista and kalyway 10.5.2 vanilla. i cant get this to work. im new to this macintel thing and
im wondring if im doing the right thing.

when i type the sudo...etc on the terminal, it asks for the password and after typing the password nothing follows.
is it already loaded? system profiler still doesnt show an airport card

thanks in advance

I've installed iATKOS 10.5.4, HP Broadcom 4321 (14e4, 4328).

I've run tried running the bcm43xx_enabler_0.5.1pre.sh.zip, it does not get detected. Tried edited the plist file suggested by buildsmart, does not work either.

I know the card works cos I've dual boot in vista and it works fine.

Any other information needed that can help me setup my broadcom card?

Thanks

I've attached my output from lspci -vvnn

I've tried changing the subsystem id to 0x106b, 0x0087 also no go.

hey guys
I am trying to install the # Dell TrueMobile 1395 Wireless Controller which I have been looking around and it is said that it is the Broadcom BCM4310
I installed all three of the attachments on the first post and i cant get them to work. do i have to do something in the BIOS? or does the swithch has to be a certain way?

please help

i have a Dell Vostro 1510





Ethernet is working
audio not working
graphics working
boot up somewhat need to have the dvd in the drive or else it trys to boot from LAN

I installed kalway 10.5.2 succesfully. However my wifi card, a 1395 dell mini card. When i applied this script it froze. I tried reinstalling it just kept freezing. Has anyone been able to make a 1395 dell work?

Hi

This one work for me in Dell Vostro 1510 with minipcie 1395 Wifi.
Now i can navigate in my kitchen......
Thanks for your time and efforts...

the script work for me
MSI WIND with DELL 1395
thx

I also got such a problem. But during a quite short time after leopard started, I can see the detection of wireless signal. Just a short time, then the wifi keeps in a state " Unkown Vender". What 's the problem? Did anyone have any idea?

Which one of these is the pre2 one I use for the Dell 1395?

Hi. I have a Compaq Presario C571NR with a broadcom 4311 mini pci-e. I have installed Iatkos v1.0 r2, and it didn't recognized it. I tried many advices to make it work, but no success. In lspci my Mac recognize it, but that's all. In the top bar it says "no Airport card installed". Can you give some advices?

Thanks.

I installed IATKOS 10.5.4. My cardbus wireless card is Linksys WPC 54G version 3. I used Chun-Nan 's pcmcia/cardbus driver to activate the slot, but failed to make the wireless work by using this driver. The symtom is like in this post exactly:

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...4&hl=wpc54g

I noticed that soon after I boot leopard the wireless signal come out for a short moment, and then disappear.

But in the second post, the author confirmed that Linksys WPC54G works, that means many people succeed to make it. I was a little wondering if it is because the IOCARDFAMILY driver.

If you have experiences, please help me solve it. I also tried my friends D-link 650+, the same problem.

Hi Mottanu,

I have revised IOPCIFamily. Hopefully it will fix the broadcom 4311 issue in compaq computer this time. You can give it a try.

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=119291

Chun-Nan



Hi seasoul,

Have you tried beta3 IOPCIFamily to see if it makes any difference? In addition, you may wnat to try different AppleAirPortBrcm4311 driver for your wireless since your pccard slot is recognized.

Chun-Nan

It's working!! Wow! great! Thank you very much Chun-Nan! You are the best!

One stupid question. I've seen above that in the log the 4321 has been added. Does it means that if i put this one in my laptop (no whitelist) it will work as an airport ?
(I'd like to replace my 4965)

Problem solved. Thanks a lot for your help, Chun-Nan. I tried beta3 IOPCIFamily this time to make the wireless work. Previously I used rev8 version. I thought the beta version may be not stable, so I missed it.

Other guys who suffered the same thing as me, you can always try the newest one.

Hi,
thanks a lot mcsmart,
5.1pre works well for 1397 WLAN Mini-Cardin in Dell studio 15 laptop (Broadcom 4315)
I'm a newbie so it took me time to understand how to specify directory to run the script with terminal!

Another happy user of BuildSmart's PCI Broadcom 802.11n -- Vendor ID 0x14E4 Product ID 0x4329.



I ran Assistant and created a new location. I was unable to set AirPort under "Automatic" location. Now, fully working.

Cheers.

Hi i have an HP Pavillion dv2000 Laptop with Broadcom 802.11b/g WLAN wireless chipset, i have followed the instructions and terminal says that everything has completed successfuly but when i reboot the operating system doesnt recognize my wireless chip at all and in the system profiler it says that airport is configured to en0 even when i edited the kext to say en1 which is my device's location, help is appreciated