Airport Problem

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I have an Airport Extreme hooked up via ethernet to my hackintosh (based on GA-G31M-ES2L) and while it connects to the internet without any problems, I am unable to scan for the Airport using Airport Utility. I am able to find it using the Configure Other option in Utility, but without being able to scan for it, I can't figure out how to share iTunes or printers over the network.

 

Any help or insight would be greatly appreciated.

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Never mind. Just fixed it. I searched the forums for an hour before I posted and couldn't find anything, and then minutes after I posted I stumbled across what I've pasted below. Basically, says to download and install RealtekR1000.kext (google it). So far it works fine.

 

From jdxxx:

 

For people having trouble connecting to Airport Express Base, running GA EP35 DS3R or other similar Gigabyte motherboards with Realtek network chip (8111):

 

I have been running hachintosh OSX 10.5.1 to 10.5.5 for over a year. Never had a problem with network connections to my Windows network.

 

BUT when I add an Airport Express base for use with audio sharing, OSX would not sense or discover or find Airport Express base station using the Airport Utility. Windows computers were able to find it and configure it. But not my hackintosh. I see posts by several people with the same problem, and none seem to understand the problem is with the network .kext they are using. It took me a hours to figure this out. It is NOT a router problem, as people seem to think. It is a .kext problem.

 

The problem is the Realtek driver .kext I was using, which is integrated as a pluggin in IONetworkingFamily.kext. It worked fine for everything I had tried EXCEPT sensing an Airport Express base station -- and Time Capsule, and Airport Extreme, and similar Apple wireless network things. To solve the problem, I have tried several .kext. The one on the Realtek site DOES NOT solve the problem. Only this one attached here solves the problem --

 

To connect your Airport Express Base station, install the "open source" RealtekR1000.kext found at Psystar (attached here), and released in Jan 2009 (they claim to have updated the code). It is different than the R1000.kext that has been around since 2007. Since it may disappear at Psystar, it is attached here.

 

Simply install this updated RealtekR1000.kext to the Extentions folder using Kext Helper. After installing this .kext, Airport Express basestation will immediately sensed. All the rest of the network functions continue to work well.