OliverW Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 so, everyone says the driver provided at ralink's site doesn't work, and some says it is PPC based (?). How can I tell? Why would they release a driver for Leopard (10.5) that is only PPC based and there is no mention of it in the README? this is really beyond me. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/119678-ralink-rt61-mac-driver-development-effort/page/2/#findComment-1281564 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joolay Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 so, everyone says the driver provided at ralink's site doesn't work, and some says it is PPC based (?). How can I tell? Why would they release a driver for Leopard (10.5) that is only PPC based and there is no mention of it in the README? this is really beyond me. If your RT61 chipset is on a cardbus then I think some people have had success.. but if it on a PCI card it wont work because Real Intel Macs dont have PCI slots.. only PCI-E slots.. so Ralink will probably never write a driver for us.. 10.5 was still available for PPC so Ralink updated the driver without intel support for RT61.. our only hope is that someone with enough knowledge and expertise is willing to write a new driver.. We've been waiting a long time so think its best to just buy another wifi card that is supported Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/119678-ralink-rt61-mac-driver-development-effort/page/2/#findComment-1292157 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eu0741924381 Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 first of all.. why are you trying to port the linux driver to mac and not port the ppc driver that already exist to intel? and second osx does not suport pci cards by default but sees them and still can use them... and with the right kext they would even show up in System Profiler.. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/119678-ralink-rt61-mac-driver-development-effort/page/2/#findComment-1301794 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eu0741924381 Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 now ralink claims that driver works on 10.6 too...... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/119678-ralink-rt61-mac-driver-development-effort/page/2/#findComment-1340821 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinta83 Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 Any progress with this ?? Can i contribute somehow ? I've got Edimax 7128g PCI, and that's my only way out to internet Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/119678-ralink-rt61-mac-driver-development-effort/page/2/#findComment-1370177 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joolay Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 now ralink claims that driver works on 10.6 too...... Im curious but where did you see this claim? I dont see it Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/119678-ralink-rt61-mac-driver-development-effort/page/2/#findComment-1371482 Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexsp92 Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 lets continue... thanks... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/119678-ralink-rt61-mac-driver-development-effort/page/2/#findComment-1376385 Share on other sites More sharing options...
carrett Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 Has there been any progress on this driver? AFAICT: If you have an RT2561/RT61 PCI card on an Intel machine (not PPC) then there is currently no way to get your card working. Please correct me if I'm wrong, I'd love to be wrong! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/119678-ralink-rt61-mac-driver-development-effort/page/2/#findComment-1482392 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joolay Posted June 15, 2010 Share Posted June 15, 2010 Please correct me if I'm wrong, I'd love to be wrong! I'd love for you to be wrong too.. but sadly you're not! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/119678-ralink-rt61-mac-driver-development-effort/page/2/#findComment-1489558 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LatinMcG Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 for those who wait till the ketchup comes out.^ for those who live in reality v www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.9307 just add a laptop mini pci (not mini pci-Express!!) broadcom 4311 or 4322 or 4318 (with macsmart broadcom trick P.S. for pci-e adapter goto www.hwtools.net and look at mp2w Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/119678-ralink-rt61-mac-driver-development-effort/page/2/#findComment-1509687 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Román Pérez Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 You can do it man! We need that driver! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/119678-ralink-rt61-mac-driver-development-effort/page/2/#findComment-1539286 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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