K, update: I'm now using a DWL-D510 which uses the Atheros AR5005G 802.11abg NIC Chipset.

VEN_168c DEV_001A

I tried that Broadcom Guide, obviously adding my product ID as well (pci168c,001A) though it's still not working. Nothing is showing up, nor AirPort utility at the top, I try the AirPort Setup Wizard and it doesn't detect anything.

What am I doing wrong? I just want my internet



(My god... you never realize how much you depend on it until you lose it lol)

Sorry for the triple post here but...

OMFG!!!!1111111oneoneoneoneleven

I got it to work!

I went ahead and tried the 10.4.5 kext files and it worked!

I only used IO80211Family.kext, not the other one. Using both just completely f****d my connections. I repaired the permissions using Disk Utility, rebooted and once I went into "System Preferences > Network" Voila! a pop-up saying "A new connection has been detected: AirPort"

Yay!:D

Just for future reference to others, I am using a D-Link DWL-G510 Rev. B; VEN_168c DEV_001A (Atheros AR5005G 802.11abg NIC Chipset) *adds to wiki*

Few weeks back I freshly reinstalled my laptop with 10.4.7 and 10.4.6, neither of them detected my Atheros wireless card. Then I installed 10.4.5, it is detected as Airport right after installation.

For those who has Atheros card but don't work, it's worth to try the IO80211Family.kext from 10.4.5 update.

Bruce

could someone please upload the 10.4.5 kext files on this? I'm on dialup and I would really prefer not to download a huge file just for 2 kexts...thanks....

Thanks for help , i ahve 5005g and i installed prepatched 10.4.7 , after extracter io80211family.kext from MacOSXUpd10.4.5Intel.dmg ,replace , change a permissions , and NEW AIRPORT DETECTED. WPA WORKING. THX FOR HELP AGAIN !!

If anyone could upload the kext it would be greatly appreciated! Or even email it to me as attachment and I can post on my rapidshare for everyone.

I am totally new to macs and I have a PowerBook (FireWire) or Pismo version. Some one gave me a Belkin wireless card that has an Atheros chipset in it. I have Mac OSX 10.3.9 can't go any higher due to this laptop being old. Will this fix work for me? I have been searching for a driver for this damn card for weeks now with no luck. I've tried Orangewares and IOExperts drivers both with no luck. Some one help me out and tell me there is a way to make this work.

After much trial and error, I was able to get my W500 (168c,0013) working in 10.4.8. Here's the steps required:

1a. open Terminal and enter "sudo nano /System/Library/Extensions/IO80211Family.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AirPortAtheros5424.kext/Contents/Info.plist". Type in your password and hit enter. If you don't have Administrator access to be able to use sudo, you will need to get that worked out first. That is beyond the scope of this thread.

1b. Search for a section that looks like this:

<key>IONameMatch</key>
<array>
<string>pci106b,0086</string>
<string>pci168c,1c</string>
</array>

and add the appropriate device ID for your card like this:

<key>IONameMatch</key>
<array>
<string>pci106b,0086</string>
<string>pci168c,1c</string>
<string>pci168c,13</string>
</array>

If you need to find the device ID for your card you can open up another Terminal window and type in "ioreg -l | grep 168c". As long as you have an Atheros card, you should see a line that has "IONameMatched" that contains the vendor and device ID for your card.

1c. Save the file and exit nano.

2. Reboot.

3. Open System Preferences and choose Network. It may pop up a dialog box that tells you that a new interface was found. If so, click OK and then click Apply Now. You *might* need to reboot again at this point.

4a. (Thanks to mdg for this tidbit, Original post can be found here.)

In a Terminal window, type "sudo nano /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/NetworkInterfaces.plist".

4b. There will be one or more interfaces that are opened by a <dict> tag and closed by a </dict> tag. For each interface, look at the line before the closing </dict>. It should be a <string> tag and you need to find the one with AtherosInterface in it. This is the interface associated with the wireless card.

4c. Once you find the correct interface, look at what the BSD Name field shows. It will have <string>enX</string>, where X is a number (in my case it was a 0). Remember that number and then change the value to en1. Example:

<dict>
<key>BSD Name</key>
<string>en1</string>

4d. You will also need to set the IOInterfaceUnit to 1 to match. Example:

<key>IOInterfaceUnit</key>
<integer>1</integer>

4e. Now you need to eliminate conflicts. If necessary, find any other interface that has a BSD Name of en1 and change it to the X number that the Atheros card used to be (in my case I changed it to a 0.) You also need to do this with the IOInterfaceUnit field for the other card. 1 to 0 in my case.

5. Reboot.

6. Open System Preferences and click on Network. You should get a message that a new interface called Airport was detected. Configure it and you are off to the races!

Good Luck!

Get your Linksys WMP54GS working,

I'm really pleased, thanks to you, I just sussed out how to get Airport working as well, by editing the IO80211Family.kext file. If you are interested, Show package contents/Plugins then in my case as I had a Broadcom Linksys card open Apple AirportBrcm4311.kext show package contents/Contents then open info .plist with text editor and enter your device id of your PCI card over one of those already in there, for example:

<key>Broadcom 802.11 PCI</key>
<dict>
<key>APRoamThresh</key>
<integer>-91</integer>
<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
<string>com.apple.driver.AirPortBrcm43xx</string>
<key>IOClass</key>
<string>AirPort_Brcm43xx</string>
<key>IOMatchCategory</key>
<string>IODefaultMatchCategory</string>
<key>IONameMatch</key>
<array>
<string>pci14e4,4328</string>
<string>pci14e4,4329</string>
<string>pci14e4,432a</string>
<string>pci14e4,4311</string>
<string>pci14e4,4312</string>
<string>pci14e4,4313</string>
<string>pci14e4,4318</string>
<string>pci14e4,431a</string>

My device id is 4318, so I overwrote 4319 with this info. Did all this in root, then repaired permissions just to be on the safe side, rebooted and open Network properties, Bang - New port detected, you know what to do from there!

If you need/want to do this it works a treat.

I have a Belkin F5D7050 v48.10, and the links all over these forums for the Zydas drivers are down. Even the Atheros driver page for the Zydas drivers is down. Does anyone know where I can find these?

Found em.
http://www.filewatcher.com/b/ftp/ftp.zyxel...intosh.0.0.html

thanks for your help, i simply edited the io80211family.kext from the latest jas 10.4.8 with ppf1 and modify the info.plist in the 5424atheros kext to get my orinoco WD-8470, it's working under WPA2.

i'll edit my signature

Hi there,

I've recently bought the Gigabyte GN-WI01GT WLan card, based on ar5006egs chip. Windows claims that it's dev_id: 168c ven_id: 001c. But when I try to load the atheros kext I got "loaded unseccsessfully" message and it doesn't work. Anybody got this one working under OSx86? Or maybe you've got any suggestions? Is it possible to get it working?

Thanks,
mentorek

Hello Mentorek,

I have the exact same mini PCIe card as you in my Mitac Barbone Laptop, did you get yours going?
I am just at the beginning of experiments with it, tried the 10.4.5 kexts to no avail... but it seems like it SHOULD work...

Any news?

cheerio,
ninetto

I, too, have the same card. Any success stories or progress?
Thanks

hey all,
i finally got my netgear 311t running and since it started working my whole system is painfully slow. fixed permissions and used onyx to nio avail. it didnt slow down when i installed the card, it slowed down when i finally got it working. (added the 168,1 line in the atheros plist)
any ideas??? im about ready to giveup on wireless...

Hi yall,

I am also considering to buy the GN-WI01GT (AR5006EGS) WiFi card - has anybody gotten it to work in the meantime?

If not, have you tried what ghw9132 has written?

Cheers,
Bugs

I would highly recommend AGAINST the GN-WI01GT. Get the one in my sig.

Hi MrFuzzemz,

Could you post the steps to activate the GN-WI01GT?
'Cause I just could not make OSX detect it.
Thanks in advance!

Sunny

Guy's I need help with my hp nc8000....i have read everything here and searched now for two days, and now finally to ask...

I have hp W400 wireless, and the driver is installed OK...(after 4th time reinstalling).....when I booted up my system first time it detected my home WiFi, but I didn't join it because I need WiFi at my work...

Now WiFi is installed on Mac OS X 10.4.8, but it is saying that AirPort turned off (and it is not.....it's on)....

Anybody nows how can I fix it (turn it on or something that I need to change)?

Thanks

Sorry, forgot to mention.....I have tryed changing that file (integer....) and when I change it, I dont have WiFi card detected at all any more....
Checked in there aswell, it is 0x168C and 0xE6 wich is correct....

So it is defenetly there, just "Turned Off"

Read again what you've quoted. I advise AGAINST it! I have heard no reports of it functioning.

for those of you with atheros 5006 series cards, go to this post, i just got it working
http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...0&hl=ar5006

Hello all, can anybody send me the io80211family.kext at harbot@gmail.com many many thanks in advance

I have an atheros AR5212 a/b/g mini-PCI card, and after trying the most common Atheros method of using the 10.4.5 IO80211 kext and everything, and now my network preferences show an AirPort option, but it is permanently turned off. Clicking the turn on button does nothing, and I havent found a solution yet.

I'm using the new AMD Leopard 10.5.1, ToH kernel

/wireless vendor id is 168c /device id is 0013

so where do i go from here?

Would my Atheros chipset be compatible? its a D-Link wireless card with the AR5312 Atheros chipset.

I have the Atheros 5008E-3NX chipset (mini-pcie), which should be the same as macbook proz, but I also can't enable airport in network prefs and Atheros drivers loads unsuccesful at startup.... any help or tips would be greatly appreciated.

Chun-Nan's kext should be the solution for many people .. (they were for me)

P5G-MX motherboard, help with lan!? Atheros L2


Help Please

Hi my atheros ar5006x not working on my lgr400 notebook,dual core 1.86 2 giga ram,
it's a built in wireless card.

i am running on leopard 10.5.2

that's what it's show me


bash-3.2# ioreg -l | grep 168c
| | | "compatible" = <"pci1a3b,1026","pci168c,1c","pciclass,02000$
bash-3.2# dmesg | grep PC:"> "
com.apple.security.seatbelt
calling mpo_policy_init for mb
Seatbelt MACF policy initialized
Security policy loaded: Seatbelt Policy (mb)
Copyright © 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

MAC Framework successfully initialized
using 10485 buffer headers and 4096 cluster IO buffer headers
IOAPIC: Version 0x20 Vectors 64:87
ACPI: System State [S0 S3 S4 S5] (S3)
Extension "com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform" has immediate dependencies on both com.apple.kernel and com.apple.kpi components; use only one style.
Extension "com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform" has immediate dependencies on both com.apple.kernel and com.apple.kpi components; use only one style.
Extension "com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform" has immediate dependencies on both com.apple.kernel and com.apple.kpi components; use only one style.pciBridgeAllocateResource(bus 0, state 0)
Allocating resources on bus 0
root bridge resource MEM 80000000 len 7ec00000
root bridge resource MEM d8000 len 4000
root bridge resource MEM d4000 len 4000
root bridge resource MEM d0000 len 4000
root bridge resource MEM a0000 len 20000
root bridge resource I/O d00 len f300
root bridge resource I/O 0 len cf8
root bridge resource BUS 0 len 100
clipped bridge I/O range head to 400:8f8 for 0:400 overlap 400
MEM: 1 sub-range limited to 669e7c00 each
I/O: 5 sub-range limited to 2bdc each
I/O: allocated block 400:8
I/O: allocated block 408:4
I/O: allocated block 410:8
I/O: allocated block 40c:4
I/O: allocated block 420:10
MEM: allocated block a0000:400
pciBridgeAllocateResource(bus 6, state 3)
pciBridgeAllocateResource(bus 5, state 3)
pciBridgeAllocateResource(bus 3, state 3)
pciBridgeAllocateResource(bus 2, state 3)
PCI configuration changed (bridge=0 device=12 yenta=0)

Extension "com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform" has immediate dependencies on both com.apple.kernel and com.apple.kpi components; use only one style.
mbinit: done
Security auditing service present
BSM auditing present
Starting AppleACPIPS2Nub
Found mouse PNP device
AppleACPIPS2Nub startup complete
From path: "uuid",
Waiting for boot volume with UUID 0CCBE012-AB78-3984-B943-A60E15AC6138
Waiting on <dict ID="0"><key>IOProviderClass</key><string ID="1">IOResources</string><key>IOResourceMatch</key><string ID="2">boot-uuid-media</string></dict>
Extension "com.apple.driver.iTunesPhoneDriver" has no explicit kernel dependency; using version 6.0.
Got boot device = IOService:/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0/AppleACPIPCI/SATA@1F,2/AppleIntelPIIXATARoot/PRID@0/AppleIntelICHxSATA/ATADeviceNub@0/AppleATADiskDriver/IOATABlockStorageDevice/IOBlockStorageDriver/Hitachi HTS541612J9SA00 Hitachi HTS541612J9SA00/IOFDiskPartitionScheme/Untitled 2@2
BSD root: disk0s2, major 14, minor 2
Jettisoning kernel linker.
Resetting IOCatalogue.
GFX0: family specific matching fails
display: family specific matching fails
Matching service count = 2
Matching service count = 4
Matching service count = 4
Matching service count = 4
Matching service count = 4
Matching service count = 4
ath_attach: devid 0x1c
unable to attach hardware; HAL status 13
start [/SourceCache/AirPortDriverAtheros5424/AirPortDriverAtheros5424-311.32.2/src/driver/AtherosController.cpp:481] loaded unsuccessfully
GFX0: family specific matching fails
display: family specific matching fails
ApplePS2Trackpad: Synaptics TouchPad v6.2
ACPI_SMC_CtrlLoop::initCPUCtrlLoop - pmCPUControl (PMIOCSETPSTATETABLE) returned 0x3a8cb00
GFX0: family specific matching failsdisplay: family specific matching fails

GFX0: family specific matching failsdisplay: family specific matching fails

GFX0: family specific matching fails
GFX0: match category IOFramebuffer exists
GFX0: match category IOFramebuffer exists
dsmos: Initializing...
dsmos: Hook and decryption contexts set!
dsmos: Starting...
yukonosx: Ethernet address 00:e0:91:15:6d:2d
NTFS driver 2.1 [Flags: R/O].
NTFS volume name , version 3.1.
display: Not usable
AppleYukon - en1 link active, 100-Mbit, full duplex, flow control disabled
dos2unixtime(): month value out of range (15)

So I have the end-all solution to this problem apparently:

Replace IO80211Family.kext with an older version (i don't remember where I got it now, probably this thread) and make sure your device and vendor ids are listed. At this point, my AirPort always shows up in Network Preferences, but can never seem to be turned on.

Next,
Install Parallels.

AirPort immediately starts working.


I don't know why, or what the underlying actual action here is that occurs when Parallels sets up its bridged networking, but every time (which is 3 times for me now, on both 10.5.1 and 10.5.2 installs of different releases) I do this, wireless works like a charm.

could you add this kext

and what is the install of parallels?


Thx

I have an AR5008X, but can't get it work!
During booting, I see a line saying " can not resolve immediate dependencies on system/library/extensions/IO80211Family.kext/Contents/Plugins/AirPortAtheros.kext

My device ID is 168c 0024, which I can find in the plist of AirPortAtheros.kext

Can you guys please help me?

I have compaq presario tk-57 laptop v6000 with ar5007 wlan chipset. I have everything running sound, video, etc..... except for internet. Has anyone made head way on even the lan aspect of this issue

Hey funkypunk, I too have a Compaq Presario with an Atheros AR 5007. I've been trying for weeks now to get it to work and the simple solution right now is that there isn't a solution. At least not for the 5007.

I'm thinking of just buying a new internal wireless card that will be compatible with OSX. Shouldn't cost more than $40.

And trust me. I've done it all, tried it all. Nothing works for the 5007 as of now.

i have compaq too with AR5007 ,

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.

Fair enough BuildSmart. But because I have to have Vista on this laptop, do you think if I changed the ID of the card would it still work in Vista?

Thanks

Yes, I can confirm that the card will still function in Windows XP and Vista.

One thing to note, you need to keep the info on the original subsystem ID's so that you can edit the .inf file and change the old subsystem ID's to the new subsystem ID's cause in Windows it will say detecting new hardware and you will have to use the modified .inf file.

Because you modify the .inf file you will have to delete the .cat file since the checksum will be incorrect after you chnage the ID's (otherwise it wont load the driver).

I never tried this but someone else reported to me that Windows downloaded and install the Atheros apple drivers automatically but since I didn't let it go to the internet I can't confirm if this worked or not.

I have an Atheros AR5005G chipset. What should I do?

Didn't have time to read through 10 pages, but anyone know if 3Com 3CRDAG675 is supported? I heard that this kext was built on the Orangeware driver, and there it's supported.

Thanks in advance
Kresh

I have Asus M2N-X mobo with "nVIDIA MCP65 - LAN Controller (PHY: Atheros AR8012)" (as Everest says.
I've tried all nforce drivers i could find on insanelymac (4 or 5 kind) and have no result, lan card didn't evet get detected.
Is there drivers for "Atheros AR8012"?
Or it's just everest's mistake...

Anyone knows whether the Atheros AR9001-3NX either works or can be made to work?
It's the only b/g/n mini PCi card I'm able to find, and since I'm using wlan a lot I'd like to have something a bit faster.
Can only find 2 posts it won't work on tiger, that's all.
On ebay the card can be found for 40~ish USD which is worth it for me if it can be made to work as a real airport.

If that is all you can find then your fleabay search skills suck.

The AR9000 series is not currently supported in Mac OS X and just starting to see support in linux so it may be a long time before a driver is available but, this seller has the card you want and he keeps selling em so buy one and be happy.

Got no idea what fleabay is, anyways I ordered the card to see if I can get it working
Not really helpful there.
According to the specs it has a AR5416 which is supported in osx out of the box, I might just have to add the device ID to the list.
After some searching I found just 2 chipsets using 300n on mini pci, some broadcomm that I can't even find for sale and thi atheros used in both the atheros card and the sparklan card.
Some sellers advertise this card as a 5008, some as a 9001, so we'll see
I'm pretty confident it'll work as the sparklan should work with osx out of the box.

Due to lack of information no one will be able to help you.

This AR5008 card, is in miniPCI or miniPCIe?

What version of OS?

Is this the AR5416 or AR5418 (is it b/g/n or a/b/g/n and ae you sure cause it matters) card? (lspci get's it wrong so don't rely on that as source of info)

The 9001 card will not work, the 5008 card can be made to work, better with a/b/g/n than b/g/n.

"fleabay" (what does it sound like?), that is where you saw a card for $40.00-ish.

http://www.oxfordtec.com/us/APPLE-OSX-Wire...oduct_info.html


I got this one, according to the site it's osx ready
And no not from ebay but some other site in Europe.
Might be the only N card that will work, or do you know something better?
Really need something faster than standard 54g/108 wlan and a wire just isn't an option here, besides I really dislike the cable clutter.
So far I dound 1 post someone made a linksys card with exactly the same chipset working after adding the device id
I dare you to find anything better supported.

That card will not obtain a connection under OSX of a speed greater than 130mbps due to the lack of 5ghz support, there is a version of this card that does support dual band (2.4ghz/5ghz) however it is extremely hard to come find.

I tried BuildSmart's AR5001X driver posted on this board, but unfortunately it did not work. Even though the card seems to be recognized and the extension loaded, my computer freezes after a few seconds.

These are my card details:


Any help will be appreciated. This is a 10.5.4, vanilla install using the boot-132 method.

It looks like you have the Airlink card which does not support 802.11a.

Also latency is high at 64 (mine is 16) and you only have a cache of 32 bytes (mine is 64) which is why I conclude it does not support 802.11a but the card should still not freeze the system so I suspect that it might be related to other modified System extensions because a friend who has the Airlink 101 card and is using a retail DVD installed OS has not experienced any freezes with his system but this is not to say that it's not possible, without more detailed information it's hard to say where the problem.

I also doubt this is an AR5212 but probably an AR5213 but since you don't provide more details about the card and the computer it's hard to determine what you actually do have.

Thank you for the reply! Yes, it is the Airlink 101 AWLH4130 and it doesn't support 802.11a.

I used ath_info to change the subsystem IDs to 168c:0024 but it did not help.

These are the contents of my \Extra\Extensions folder. Which ones would be most likely to cause the wireless card not to work?


My motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3R rev. 2.1.