alexxxhp Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 This will work for the following linksys PCMCIA card WPC54G Ver. 1.2 under OSX86 10.4.5 may also work for other versions as well if it does please post it here for others to know it works. Edit the following line in this file Open a terminal window type the following sudo -s (Press Enter) Enter your password & (Press enter) type the following sudo nano /System/Library/Extensions/IO80211Family.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleAirPortBrcm4311.kext/Contents/Info.plist (Press Enter) Locate the following lines or similar <string>pci14e4,4311</string> <string>pci14e4,4312</string> Add this line <string>pci14e4,4320</string> <string>pci14e4,4324</string> Once you add this line press CTRL+O and (Press Enter) Press CTRL+X to exit you should be back to your terminal windows now type the following chmod -R 755 /System/Library/Extensions (Press Enter) chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions (Press Enter) rm /System/Library/Extensions.* (Press Enter) reboot (Press Enter) You computer will restart when it is done you will see an airport Icon in the top right bar now configure your wireless network your done. any problems please post them to see where it went wrong also detail of your steps Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/16963-osx86-wireless-network-card-linksys/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
fireshark Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 Only if your PC card bridge works. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/16963-osx86-wireless-network-card-linksys/#findComment-109394 Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissa26 Posted June 3, 2006 Share Posted June 3, 2006 I tried this- have a Belkin wireless dongle with a Broadcom chip (apparently!), there were multiple places with strings similar to the ones in the guide so I don't know where to put the new string. Can anyone help? :pirate2: hehe I like the smileys, this website has been invaluable to me Mel Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/16963-osx86-wireless-network-card-linksys/#findComment-124438 Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexxxhp Posted June 12, 2006 Author Share Posted June 12, 2006 It should be similar to the one here Open your terminal program in application and utillities folder copy the following sudo nano /System/Library/Extensions/IO80211Family.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleAirPortBrcm4311.kext/Contents/Info.plist Press enter Enter your system password you should see something like this or similar to this. <string>IODefaultMatchCategory</string> <key>IONameMatch</key> <array> <string>pci14e4,4311</string> <string>pci14e4,4312</string> <string>pci14e4,4324</string> </array> <key>IOProviderClass</key> <string>IOPCIDevice</string> enter the string here if it's not there. fromt the original post after you you enter it press ctrl+O press enter then ctrl+x then type the following remember to delete the following files Extensions.mkext & Extensions.kextcache in the system/Library/Extensions Folder then go back to terminal and type the following diskutil repairpermissions / Press Enter once it completes type reboot and press enter Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/16963-osx86-wireless-network-card-linksys/#findComment-128133 Share on other sites More sharing options...
baxlash Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 WPC54G Ver. 3 works as well. OSX86 10.4.5 IBM ThinkPad X31 I've forgot ... just enter the string <string>pci14e4,4318</string> Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/16963-osx86-wireless-network-card-linksys/#findComment-142680 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auggie Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 Do you guys know if that will work on an HP dv1000 machine? And will it work in 10.4.6 JaS --> 10.4.7 JaS upgrade? I wouldn't mind copying kexts from 10.4.5 if I had to... Thanks, I just need/want to get my wireless working on my HP dv1000 10.4.7 JaS, and I'm willing to replace my Intel 2200 b/g Mini PCI card. Thanks!! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/16963-osx86-wireless-network-card-linksys/#findComment-146070 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ousi Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 Actually, does Linksys WPC54GR work? I mean the one with range booster. BTW, does that "RangeBooster" thingy work only with designated router? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/16963-osx86-wireless-network-card-linksys/#findComment-146996 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdg Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 I have the buffalo card with the Broadcom chip...looked it up an it's id 4320. When I edit the files, and reboot, the system just hangs. In verbose mode it appears to map w0 to the card, recognizes it, and it's MAC address, but then there is an error that AppleAirPort2.kext failed to load, and the system just hangs. If I manually go and take out the ID the system will boot normally again, but with the ID in, it's almost like trying to get an IP address but simply locks up (can't do anything other than reset). Anyone experience this and know how to get around it? /mdg Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/16963-osx86-wireless-network-card-linksys/#findComment-257228 Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmab2k6 Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 tried this , nothing happens at all im using the BT Voyager 1040 .. in OS X 10.4.7 .. Any Clues ? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/16963-osx86-wireless-network-card-linksys/#findComment-298009 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xelman Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 How do you determine/find this 4 digit id number for a given broadcom wireless card? --Xel Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/16963-osx86-wireless-network-card-linksys/#findComment-306299 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zuras Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 Does anyone have an idea how to make Lnksys WM54G ver.4.1 working? Thanks in advance Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/16963-osx86-wireless-network-card-linksys/#findComment-307390 Share on other sites More sharing options...
grickaby Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 How bout version 2? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gateway 400VTX Notebook - Celeron 2.0Ghz, 1GB RAM, Intel 852MG chipset OSx86 10.4.6 --- everything works but my wireless card --- Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/16963-osx86-wireless-network-card-linksys/#findComment-329440 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tha_Rappa Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 I have an HP zd7280 laptop , with internal broadcom ID 4320 followed all the instructions, it tries to reboot, but it hangs on the white apple screen.... using Jas 10.4.8 with the .8.8.1 kernal any ideas? (It worked when I had the 10.4.6 Jas DVD installed about 6 months ago..) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/16963-osx86-wireless-network-card-linksys/#findComment-334987 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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