InsanelyMac Forum > Atheros AR5007EG, Who can help me?

mgs

Jun 18 2008, 03:01 PM

QUOTE(bemac @ Jul 18 2007, 01:47 AM)

To Aces, The AR5007 is a superb performer in my Acer notebook. I can sit outside in my garden at the very other side of my house and get a good signal with it. Where the macbook has a usable signal and a powerbook none. It really has surprised me how good a reception it has / wireless link it creates. Must have good antennas too, I guess. That said, it doesn't work with OS X and I am eager to find a solution for it in x86 with my Acer 5570z I can't get wifi nor ethernet. JAS 10.4.8 & Uphuck v1.3 <img src="style_emoticons/default/sad.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":(" border="0" alt="sad.gif" /> (no sound yet either) Atheros AR5007EG wireless Marvell Yukon 88E8038 PCI-E fast ethernet Realtek High Definition sound

Hey, i own an acer aspire 4720z... how did u get the sound working? (i also have realtek HD audio)...

Thanks

BuildSmart

Jun 19 2008, 03:19 AM

The issue I'm seeing with a lot of these AR5007 wifi adapters is that the subsystem ID's are preventing the correct driver form being loaded even if you manage to fool the kext into loading based on your product and vendor ID's.

All of the kexts that have been made to work only involve changes in the info.plist file and this isn't going to be enough for a lot of cards.

The lack of any Atheros kext source also hinders a simple solution but the best solution I've seen is to re-ID the card to apple numbers based on a compatible chipset and in this case it would be the AR5005 or AR5006.

asnbfgfgsdds

Jun 29 2008, 10:42 PM

I have the acer 5570z. Same wifi-card and problem for me. A kext would be simply awesome!

josef_rocks

Jul 6 2008, 12:28 PM

same wlan card on my acer 4715z laptop but not working.. hope it'll be solved asap

inscriptor

Jul 6 2008, 08:53 PM

The same wi-fi card @ notebook Acer Aspire 5520G (Atheros AR5007EG). I've installed the kext provided in the beginning of this thread, but when booting still have "HAL status 13" and error "loaded unsuccessfully"

The adapter hadn't even appeared at m Network tab of the system settings...
Do you guys know if there are any external (usb) wi-fi adapters, which are 100% compatible with our laptops' Mac OS X ? I guess it would be a better decision in our case to obtain an external one, coz U see internal one won't like to get installed.

magnat2

Jul 9 2008, 09:12 PM

QUOTE(mgs @ Jun 18 2008, 04:01 PM)

Hey, i own an acer aspire 4720z... how did u get the sound working? (i also have realtek HD audio)...

Install this package, this will break your shutdown, but theres a fix for it...

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?act...st&id=20137
Thanks

BuildSmart

Jul 11 2008, 06:29 AM

QUOTE(bigberta @ Apr 5 2008, 08:15 AM)

It seems I am not alone...
I have an Aspire 4315.
Everything is working perfectly, LAN, Graphics, Sound etc. But no matter what I try, I can't get my Atheros AR5007EG (VenID: 168C DevID: 001C) to work. I'm desperate for some help with this, as I've fallen in love with OS X

If your wireless card does not support 802.11a then using those ID's will prevent the card from working properly.

feliplay

Jul 20 2008, 07:23 PM

same wireless problem here , atheros 5007EG on compaq c751

any news?

pleasee

neasteflorin

Jul 21 2008, 06:49 AM

I have the same card, any ideas?

hethro

Sep 22 2008, 10:41 AM

i have this card, anybody got it working?

Deejyanate

Sep 23 2008, 02:16 PM

Same card, Obviously same problems. super annoying..
Tried everyhting i can find.
One thing i noticed, in vista I have to open a program to turn my wifi on.
This anything to do with that card? Don't know if anyone else has to do this. I know on my old acer laptop I did (quite alot of you have acer)
I hope someone gets this working, its annoying me!

magnat2

Sep 23 2008, 02:50 PM

QUOTE(Deejyanate @ Sep 23 2008, 03:16 PM)

Same card, Obviously same problems. super annoying..
Tried everyhting i can find.
One thing i noticed, in vista I have to open a program to turn my wifi on.
This anything to do with that card? Don't know if anyone else has to do this. I know on my old acer laptop I did (quite alot of you have acer)
I hope someone gets this working, its annoying me!

So far that I know this card isn´t working in OSx, but you all have an easy and simple solution, buy an broadcom based card and just replace it, if your install dvd is kalliways once you reboot you´ll have airport working with every kind of network (with other install dvd you may have to install the kext), I myself bought an broadcom 4311 on Ebay and it´s working perfectly, cheap and easy:)

Deejyanate

Sep 23 2008, 03:29 PM

Awesoomee. Cheers for the reply.Your right it is a cheap solution, I may just have to buy one of those bad boys next week, when I get paid.
=]
sweeet
x

Deejyanate

Sep 23 2008, 05:42 PM

Oh yeah for the rest of you in here. Looked on ebay, about £8.95 and about £15 for a UK seller, so what about $20, $30 maybe?
Pretty damn cheap for a quick and awesome solution!
Only problem is whipping open the laptop case and replacing the atheros one!!
haha

magnat2

Sep 23 2008, 06:14 PM

QUOTE(Deejyanate @ Sep 23 2008, 06:42 PM)

Oh yeah for the rest of you in here. Looked on ebay, about £8.95 and about £15 for a UK seller, so what about $20, $30 maybe?
Pretty damn cheap for a quick and awesome solution!
Only problem is whipping open the laptop case and replacing the atheros one!!
haha

It shouldn´t be too hard for you to change the card, in my laptop I made it in less then 5 minutes... Dont forget that as to be an mini PCI-e card! Mine is an broadcom 4311, but also bought an broadcom 4321 "airport extreme" but it doesn´t work as well as the 4311 (the light of the wifi doenst work and mal functioning when in windows, to much trouble when I want to connect to encripted networks in windows)

newsman1

Sep 23 2008, 07:32 PM

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,

magnat2

Sep 23 2008, 08:12 PM

QUOTE(newsman1 @ Sep 23 2008, 08:32 PM)

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,

Read the solution mentioned above, it´s the easiest way, the atheros card doesnt work for now in leopard...

Deejyanate

Sep 24 2008, 03:06 PM

Sweet, yeah have found a PCI-e Version and its the broadcom 4311, just need to wait till I get payed on tuesday, which funnily enough is when the bid ends!
wohoo

Chameleon420

Sep 25 2008, 03:57 AM

Can i use the pci-e broadcom 4311 with my HP dv6768se? This 5007 card is annoying...

magnat2

Sep 30 2008, 01:29 PM

QUOTE(Chameleon420 @ Sep 25 2008, 04:57 AM)

Can i use the pci-e broadcom 4311 with my HP dv6768se? This 5007 card is annoying...

If your laptop has an mini PCI-e slot it will fit...

raziiq

Oct 2 2008, 05:29 AM

well i gave up and gonna buy a usb wifi

magnat2

Oct 2 2008, 09:29 AM

QUOTE(raziiq @ Oct 2 2008, 06:29 AM)

well i gave up and gonna buy a usb wifi

I have already used that solution, but isn´t a very good solution...

qzl722

Oct 9 2008, 05:48 AM

any update?

venerzky

Oct 9 2008, 05:10 PM

hopefully they will support drivers for AR5007 in the future,,

raziiq

Oct 12 2008, 07:04 AM

Still waiting for some genius to come up with the solution to this problem

pelayostyle

Oct 17 2008, 12:05 AM

Im still waiting too

raziiq

Oct 17 2008, 04:29 AM

i m gonna buy a USB wifi today , cant wait anymore for this thing to happen, just wanna explore this Beautiful OS and if i have to spend some money on it, i dont care. MAC OS X here i come

bookworm

Oct 21 2008, 03:25 PM

i m still waiting
acer 4315

Donders

Oct 23 2008, 01:19 AM

Argh, I wish someone would come up with something for this.

My Asus EEEpc 1000HA has this wireless adapater and I was REALLY looking forward to running OSx on it.

quinielascom

Oct 23 2008, 01:33 AM

QUOTE(Chameleon420 @ Sep 25 2008, 03:57 AM)

Can i use the pci-e broadcom 4311 with my HP dv6768se? This 5007 card is annoying...

Yes you can, but HP/Compaq have blacklisted others Trademark cards then is possible that you need rebrand the new card.

josef_rocks

Oct 26 2008, 05:31 AM

hey could some post here the kext for broadcom 4311 coz im using iatkos v4i... i guess the driver for this wifi adapter can only be found on kalyway ... tnx

Victor Gil

Oct 31 2008, 05:58 AM

Well, i'm too waiting for someone to come up with a good solution, meanwhile i'll have to buy another wifi adapter...

qzl722

Oct 31 2008, 02:17 PM

any update？

clavanya

Nov 19 2008, 04:09 AM

Any update so far ? still waiting if there is a real working ar5007eg kext

Acer 4520 with atheros ar5007eg chipset

feliplay

Nov 26 2008, 02:16 AM

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=135572

oldmaclover

Nov 26 2008, 02:54 PM

See the link. It is working!

clavanya

Dec 1 2008, 06:48 AM

thanks mate

I'll check up the link