OS X - dell dw 1395 wifi issue

[paul.collins]

Hi Guys,

 

 

I have recently purchase a nc10 and have upgraded the RAM to 2GB without any issue, I now only have OS X boot installed, and have switch the stock wifi card to a dell dw 1395. However when I now boot up the OS loads successfully but when I try to add the airport as suggested in several guides there is no option to add this.

 

 

I was under the impression that the dell dw 1395 doesn’t need additional drivers installed to enable it to work. I have tried enabling the wifi from the functions keys but this has had no effect. The wifi LED is displayed as a constant blue.

 

 

Any suggestions help greatly appreciated.

 

 

Thanks in advance.

 

 

Paul

[kizwan]

Hi paul.collins,

 

I also have DW 1395 & it is working wonderfully.

 

You need to edit this file to add device id for your DW 1395:-

/System/Library/Extensions/IO80211Family.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleAirPortBrcm4311.kext/Contents/Info.plist

 

This is what you need to add because it is not listed in original kext:-

<string>pci14e4,4315</string>

 

Example content of the file:-

		<dict>
			 <key>Broadcom 802.11 PCI</key>
			 <dict>
					 <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>pci106b,4e</string>
							 <string>pci14e4,4311</string>
							 <string>pci14e4,4312</string>
							 <string>pci14e4,4313</string>
							 <string>pci14e4,4315</string>
							 <string>pci14e4,4318</string>
							 <string>pci14e4,4319</string>
							 <string>pci14e4,431a</string>
							 <string>pci14e4,4320</string>
							 <string>pci14e4,4324</string>
							 <string>pci14e4,4325</string>
							 <string>pci14e4,4328</string>
							 <string>pci14e4,432b</string>
							 <string>pci14e4,432c</string>
							 <string>pci14e4,432d</string>
					 </array>

 

Good luck.

 

kizwan

[maxlawbr]

I'm having the same problem.

 

Aplied the info in the file, rebooted, the info is still there, but no card.....

 

Do you know what can be wrong?

 

I have a NC10, with 10.6 from tea, and Broadcom DW1395.

[kizwan]

Boot with "-f".

 

kizwan

I'm having the same problem.

 

Aplied the info in the file, rebooted, the info is still there, but no card.....

 

Do you know what can be wrong?

 

I have a NC10, with 10.6 from tea, and Broadcom DW1395.

[maxlawbr]

Boot with "-f".

 

kizwan

 

Sorry kizwan,

 

I didn't understand.

[kizwan]

Boot with -f to force load all kexts. This also rebuild kexts cache file. I thought you already know basic kernel flags. At boot menu, enter -f & press enter.

 

kizwan

Sorry kizwan,

 

I didn't understand.

[maxlawbr]

Boot with -f to force load all kexts. This also rebuild kexts cache file. I thought you already know basic kernel flags. At boot menu, enter -f & press enter.

 

kizwan

 

Thanks a lot Kizwan,

 

I'll try, just to clarify, i have to press "minus signal" and "f" key during boot process?

[magician13134]

Hi Kizwan, I know this topic is a little old, but I'd just like to say thanks a ton

 

I just bought a DW1395 and had the same issue, so I edited the plist and rebooted. It still didn't show up so I entered the boot options menu and booted with "-f" and Lo and behold it worked!

 

Having WiFi makes my Hackintosh about a jillion times better, and it was only possible thanks to your help

[magician13134]

Oh no! I spoke too soon! I restarted my computer today and now the DW1395 no longer works! The Airport icon in the status bar says "No Airport card installed". I have rebooted again, it's still not working...

 

Any ideas?

 

 

 

EDIT:

So it turns out that it will work every time when I boot with -f, but it will never work when I boot without that parameter... Is there any way around that?

Thanks

[JCollins6695]

Try going into com.apple.boot.plist and adding the flag in so you don't have to type it in each time you boot up.

 

This will tell you have to go about that:

http://www.projectosx.com/forum/lofiversio...x.php/t313.html