Pedowich Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 Thanks so much for the fast reply! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/151237-wusb54gc-how-to-use-new-official-driver-utility/page/7/#findComment-1238552 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warstrong Posted August 28, 2009 Author Share Posted August 28, 2009 Thanks so much for the fast reply! It's up. Should be easier to understand now, too. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/151237-wusb54gc-how-to-use-new-official-driver-utility/page/7/#findComment-1238562 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedowich Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 So unfortunately it is still not working for me. I tried both packages just to be thorough, and I still get "NO DEVICE!" even after unplugging and replugging the dongle. Any other ideas? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/151237-wusb54gc-how-to-use-new-official-driver-utility/page/7/#findComment-1238578 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warstrong Posted August 28, 2009 Author Share Posted August 28, 2009 So unfortunately it is still not working for me. I tried both packages just to be thorough, and I still get "NO DEVICE!" even after unplugging and replugging the dongle. Any other ideas? You know you have to reboot, right? You also should remove the RT73/RT2870 kext(s) if you have tried the other methods prior to this latest one. Looking around the Net I see a few Ubuntu threads that mentions this device as a WUSB54GCS rather than a WUSB54GC. That would explain the new Device ID with same Vendor ID. I figured people would be aware of the difference but I was wrong. Anyway, hopefully you can return this to the store and get the regular WUSB54GC. Good luck. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/151237-wusb54gc-how-to-use-new-official-driver-utility/page/7/#findComment-1238596 Share on other sites More sharing options...
katastatik Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 Warstrong - just wanted to thank you - works beautifully! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/151237-wusb54gc-how-to-use-new-official-driver-utility/page/7/#findComment-1265758 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rampancy Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 I'm truly, truly amazed. To make a long story short, I just got a very cheap Core Duo MacBook (10.6.1) that had, among other things, the Wireless being almost completely non-functional. I was hesitant to install a new card (the top case has some damage near the surface, and I was afraid opening up the case would only make it worse), so I decided to try Warstrong's drivers with a brand new WUSB54GC-CA version 3 (which according to what I've read, has an RT2501, which is apparently similar to the RT73). I originally tried the drivers marked for WUSB54GC v3, with the drivers for the RT2870, which I installed manually using his steps. It didn't work (USBWirelessUtility reported "Device Not Found"). I then tried reinstalling both the version 3 drivers and the version 1/2 drivers using Kext Helper. A few minutes later, the system detected the drivers and the device, and for now they work well. I haven't yet encountered the rebooting issue. For anyone currently running Snow Leopard, I can confirm in my limited testing that these drivers do work in 10.6.1, at least under my limited testing with my home network (Linksys WRT54G with WPA2). Thank you Warstrong, for all of your efforts. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/151237-wusb54gc-how-to-use-new-official-driver-utility/page/7/#findComment-1271055 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warstrong Posted September 18, 2009 Author Share Posted September 18, 2009 I'm truly, truly amazed. To make a long story short, I just got a very cheap Core Duo MacBook (10.6.1) that had, among other things, the Wireless being almost completely non-functional. I was hesitant to install a new card (the top case has some damage near the surface, and I was afraid opening up the case would only make it worse), so I decided to try Warstrong's drivers with a brand new WUSB54GC-CA version 3 (which according to what I've read, has an RT2501, which is apparently similar to the RT73). I originally tried the drivers marked for WUSB54GC v3, with the drivers for the RT2870, which I installed manually using his steps. It didn't work (USBWirelessUtility reported "Device Not Found"). I then tried reinstalling both the version 3 drivers and the version 1/2 drivers using Kext Helper. A few minutes later, the system detected the drivers and the device, and for now they work well. I haven't yet encountered the rebooting issue. For anyone currently running Snow Leopard, I can confirm in my limited testing that these drivers do work in 10.6.1, at least under my limited testing with my home network (Linksys WRT54G with WPA2). Thank you Warstrong, for all of your efforts. Thanks for the details, rampancy. I wasn't sure it was compatible with 10.6. Glad to hear all these success stories. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/151237-wusb54gc-how-to-use-new-official-driver-utility/page/7/#findComment-1271061 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rampancy Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Thanks for the details, rampancy. I wasn't sure it was compatible with 10.6. Glad to hear all these success stories. I'm pretty sure that for people on 32-bit CPUs like the older Core Duos, and for people who are using 10.6 on non-Hackintoshes, the drivers should work fine since I assume that they're 32-bit (for now, Snow Leopard boots into the 32-bit kernel by default on all compatible Apple hardware except on the Xserve). For people booting the 64-bit kernel on Snow Leopard, I'd expect that they wouldn't work. Again, thanks for all of your hard work. I hope you're friend in the abusive relationship is doing better now. FYI, I've not encountered the reboot issue so far - the drivers and the device both work between reboots without having to unplug and replug the device. Bravo! Edit: I have noticed that this device gets surprisingly warm very quickly...has anyone noticed this too? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/151237-wusb54gc-how-to-use-new-official-driver-utility/page/7/#findComment-1271093 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyle95 Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Just wanted to say thanks, got mine working with the Version 3 drivers (tried the others first) My card is silver in color and registers as Compact Wireless-G USB Adapter: Product ID: 0x0020 Vendor ID: 0x13b1 Version: 0.01 Speed: Up to 480 Mb/sec Manufacturer: Cisco-Linksys Location ID: 0xfd600000 Current Available (mA): 500 Current Required (mA): 300 Works perfectly. Thanks! Kyle Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/151237-wusb54gc-how-to-use-new-official-driver-utility/page/7/#findComment-1271101 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warstrong Posted September 18, 2009 Author Share Posted September 18, 2009 I'm pretty sure that for people on 32-bit CPUs like the older Core Duos, and for people who are using 10.6 on non-Hackintoshes, the drivers should work fine since I assume that they're 32-bit (for now, Snow Leopard boots into the 32-bit kernel by default on all compatible Apple hardware except on the Xserve). For people booting the 64-bit kernel on Snow Leopard, I'd expect that they wouldn't work. Again, thanks for all of your hard work. I hope you're friend in the abusive relationship is doing better now. FYI, I've not encountered the reboot issue so far - the drivers and the device both work between reboots without having to unplug and replug the device. Bravo! Edit: I have noticed that this device gets surprisingly warm very quickly...has anyone noticed this too? Yeah, mine get hot after a little bit of use (I have two, one WUSB54GC and one WUSB54GCS). Not a real problem. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/151237-wusb54gc-how-to-use-new-official-driver-utility/page/7/#findComment-1271106 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rampancy Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Yeah, mine get hot after a little bit of use (I have two, one WUSB54GC and one WUSB54GCS). Not a real problem. These drivers also work on the WUSB54GCS? I thought that used some proprietary technology from Linksys which could be supported only by Linksys. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/151237-wusb54gc-how-to-use-new-official-driver-utility/page/7/#findComment-1271519 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warstrong Posted September 18, 2009 Author Share Posted September 18, 2009 These drivers also work on the WUSB54GCS? I thought that used some proprietary technology from Linksys which could be supported only by Linksys. No, they do NOT work with WUSB54GCS. I just mentioned that so you'd know it's not a problem with the WUSB54GC. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/151237-wusb54gc-how-to-use-new-official-driver-utility/page/7/#findComment-1271909 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warstrong Posted September 25, 2009 Author Share Posted September 25, 2009 Warstrong, THANK YOU for doing this. The online community needs more people like you. I'm trying to install on a machine with 10.4.11. None of the Kext Installers will work, so I tried using your manual method, but when I go into Terminal and type in: sudo chmod -R 755 RT2870USBWirelessDriver.kext it requests my password, then tells me: chmod: RT2870USBWirelessDriver.kext: No such file or directory So I'm doing something wrong... I'm hoping it's stupid and simple. Thanks for the help! ...and you're hoping right You have to either specify the location of RT2870USBWirelessDriver.kext with "CD /location/of/file.kext" or by dragging the kext with Finder instead of typing out the file name/location. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/151237-wusb54gc-how-to-use-new-official-driver-utility/page/7/#findComment-1280400 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmkearns1 Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 Warstrong, THANK YOU for doing this. The online community needs more people like you. I'm trying to install on a machine with 10.4.11. None of the Kext Installers will work, so I tried using your manual method, but when I go into Terminal and type in: sudo chmod -R 755 RT2870USBWirelessDriver.kext it requests my password, then tells me: chmod: RT2870USBWirelessDriver.kext: No such file or directory So I'm doing something wrong... I'm hoping it's stupid and simple. Thanks for the help! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/151237-wusb54gc-how-to-use-new-official-driver-utility/page/7/#findComment-1280392 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmkearns1 Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 ...and you're hoping right You have to either specify the location of RT2870USBWirelessDriver.kext with "CD /location/of/file.kext" or by dragging the kext with Finder instead of typing out the file name/location. Brilliant - worked great. As you can tell, this type of thing isn't my strength. One more stupid question which may or may not be related. Everything seems to be set up and in the Wireless Utility it says I've connected to my AirPort network (which I know works, because I'm using it on my laptop). But when I open Safari or Firefox, they tell me I'm not connected to the internet. And I'm not sure what to do. Is there something I need to reset? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/151237-wusb54gc-how-to-use-new-official-driver-utility/page/7/#findComment-1281689 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warstrong Posted September 27, 2009 Author Share Posted September 27, 2009 Brilliant - worked great. As you can tell, this type of thing isn't my strength. One more stupid question which may or may not be related. Everything seems to be set up and in the Wireless Utility it says I've connected to my AirPort network (which I know works, because I'm using it on my laptop). But when I open Safari or Firefox, they tell me I'm not connected to the internet. And I'm not sure what to do. Is there something I need to reset? Maybe you need to go into System Preferences -> Network? It probably hasn't recognized the card as a network device yet. Make sure you activate it and hit "Apply". Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/151237-wusb54gc-how-to-use-new-official-driver-utility/page/7/#findComment-1281693 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmkearns1 Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 Maybe you need to go into System Preferences -> Network? It probably hasn't recognized the card as a network device yet. Make sure you activate it and hit "Apply". I'm sure you're right but after searching around in System Preferences I'm not sure how to activate the card. What am I looking for in that menu? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/151237-wusb54gc-how-to-use-new-official-driver-utility/page/7/#findComment-1281719 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warstrong Posted September 27, 2009 Author Share Posted September 27, 2009 I'm sure you're right but after searching around in System Preferences I'm not sure how to activate the card. What am I looking for in that menu? Just open up the System Preferences application and click on the Network button. From there, you'll see a list of internet adapters. The WUSB54GC will probably show up as "en0". Click on the one that looks like it's the WUSB54GC and tell me what it says under "Status". Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/151237-wusb54gc-how-to-use-new-official-driver-utility/page/7/#findComment-1281724 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmkearns1 Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 Just open up the System Preferences application and click on the Network button. From there, you'll see a list of internet adapters. The WUSB54GC will probably show up as "en0". Click on the one that looks like it's the WUSB54GC and tell me what it says under "Status". It doesn't look like that's appearing. 'Ethernet Adaptor (en1)' and 'Internal Modem' are my only options. Wireless Utility is still showing me as connected. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/151237-wusb54gc-how-to-use-new-official-driver-utility/page/7/#findComment-1281734 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warstrong Posted September 27, 2009 Author Share Posted September 27, 2009 It doesn't look like that's appearing. 'Ethernet Adaptor (en1)' and 'Internal Modem' are my only options. Wireless Utility is still showing me as connected. Hmmm... "Ethernet Adapter (en1)" seems like it might be the WUSB54GC... what's its status? Have you tried rebooting? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/151237-wusb54gc-how-to-use-new-official-driver-utility/page/7/#findComment-1281739 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmkearns1 Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 Hmmm... "Ethernet Adapter (en1)" seems like it might be the WUSB54GC... what's its status? Have you tried rebooting? I've rebooted several times, so I don't think that's the issue. The status on en1 is: 'Ethernet Adaptor (en1) is currently active. Ethernet Adaptor (en1) has a self-assigned IP address and may not be able to connect to the internet.' Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/151237-wusb54gc-how-to-use-new-official-driver-utility/page/7/#findComment-1281741 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warstrong Posted September 27, 2009 Author Share Posted September 27, 2009 I've rebooted several times, so I don't think that's the issue. The status on en1 is: 'Ethernet Adaptor (en1) is currently active. Ethernet Adaptor (en1) has a self-assigned IP address and may not be able to connect to the internet.' Okay, so "Ethernet Adapter (en1)" is the WUSB54GC. Seems like you need to enter the information in manually. Click on the "Configure" drop-down menu and select "Manually". Set it up like this: IP Address: 192.168.1.203 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 Router: 192.168.1.1 DNS Server: 208.67.222.222, 208.67.220.220 Good luck Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/151237-wusb54gc-how-to-use-new-official-driver-utility/page/7/#findComment-1281749 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmkearns1 Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 Okay, so "Ethernet Adapter (en1)" is the WUSB54GC. Seems like you need to enter the information in manually. Click on the "Configure" drop-down menu and select "Manually". Set it up like this:IP Address: 192.168.1.203 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 Router: 192.168.1.1 DNS Server: 208.67.222.222, 208.67.220.220 Good luck One step closer. My network window now says I'm connected to the internet but still no luck actually loading webpages. I rebooted everything, reset Safari, etc. I'll make this my last question either way - Warstrong, you've gone way above and beyond anything I had a right to expect answering my questions. Thank you, so much. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/151237-wusb54gc-how-to-use-new-official-driver-utility/page/7/#findComment-1281781 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warstrong Posted September 27, 2009 Author Share Posted September 27, 2009 One step closer. My network window now says I'm connected to the internet but still no luck actually loading webpages. I rebooted everything, reset Safari, etc. I'll make this my last question either way - Warstrong, you've gone way above and beyond anything I had a right to expect answering my questions. Thank you, so much. that's strange... I'm not sure what's wrong at this point, but maybe you need to click on the gear at the bottom of the adapter list and click "Set Service Order..." from the drop-down menu. Then move en1 to the top of the list. Good luck... if that doesn't work I'll try to think of what else the problem could be. Don't be afraid to ask more questions. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/151237-wusb54gc-how-to-use-new-official-driver-utility/page/7/#findComment-1281793 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmkearns1 Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 Happened to be at a garage sale and found an AirPort Extreme for $10, so that solved my problem. Alas, I never got the WUSB54GC to work, even after moving it to the top of my list and disabling all other drivers. Nevertheless I appreciate the help, Warstrong. Good luck to everyone else. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/151237-wusb54gc-how-to-use-new-official-driver-utility/page/7/#findComment-1289064 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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