Wireless for eee pc 900a - My 4 am guide...

[Alex Patcas]

Ok so i finaly got wireless working on the stock artheros card. This is on iDeneb 1.6lite. Please while reading this keep in mind this is my first attempt to get OSx on any pc. I just hope i can help and i want to thank everyone for all the data i found.

 

This is what u need

-the attached kext... install it

-plistedit pro

-and to change your boot.plist and networkinterface.plist

-oh and lets not forget kismac

 

-after you installed the kext restart.

-now you need to change the plists.

-first cange com.apple.boot.plist (located in /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration). open it with plistedit pro and make it look like below

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Kernel</key>
<string>mach_kernel</string>
<key>Kernel Flags</key>
<string>cpus=1 -f</string>
<key>Timeout</key>
<string>5</string>
<key>device-properties</key>
<string>f</string>
</dict>
</plist>

 

-close and save

-now time for networkinterfaces.plist in the same folder. need to look like below

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Interfaces</key>
<array>
	<dict>
		<key>Active</key>
		<true/>
		<key>BSD Name</key>
		<string>en1</string>
		<key>IOBuiltin</key>
		<true/>
		<key>IOInterfaceType</key>
		<integer>6</integer>
		<key>IOInterfaceUnit</key>
		<integer>1</integer>
		<key>IOMACAddress</key>
		<data>
		ACJDNsDE
		</data>
		<key>IOPathMatch</key>
		<string>IOService:/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0/AppleACPIPCI/P0P5@1C,1/IOPCI2PCIBridge/network@0/AirPort_Athr5424ab/AtherosM35abInterface</string>
		<key>SCNetworkInterfaceType</key>
		<string>IEEE80211</string>
	</dict>
</array>
</dict>
</plist>

 

-save and close.

 

Now... restart and you should see an airport icon appear. Click on it and click Open Network Preferences. there will be 2 airports there(i know but thats the only way i can get it to work). Click on Airport 2 and turn it on.

 

Start KisMAC goto Kismac preferences and add Airport extreme pasive mode in driver section. Close preferences and hit scan. Now type ur password and wait for networks to appear. As soon as they appear in kismac close the program.

Now you can click the Airport icon and select you network from there.

 

Thank you guys for a very helpful community. And i hope this gets some Artheros 5006 & 5007 happy.

test.zip

[air101]

hello!

 

first of all, yes your guide did work ( on eee pc 701 ), but just as long as i rebooted, then kismac didnt find any networks anymore and couldnt connect to the added wlan network

 

greetings

 

air