Working PCI Wireless cards 10.6.4 Definitive Guide

[Gustav.A.]

Having recently installed 10.6.4 on my P5Q-PRO, I have just got the issue of a working wireless card to sort out.

 

My outlook on the whole issue of wireless cards is this. As most wireless cards do not work with MAC OS X, I will buy one which does, and by this i mean natively. Basically in the hope that it will continue to be supported for a while.

 

So the plan is this:

 

Buying a Broadcom BCM94321MC, and a mini pci to pcie card so I can plug it into my Motherboard. As far as i am aware, this should work.

 

 

If you have information regarding working wireless cards in 10.6.4 please add information here. ie,

Card info/manufacturer etc,

32bit or 64bit mode compatibility

Installation instructions

Problems which have arisen

 

Or update the wiki with informative information.

 

We are fighting a losing battle getting non-apple wireless cards working with OSX, it is time to move on.

 

Your help is appreciated by myself, and many other users. Thank you.

[UrbanVoyeur]

The D-Link DWA-556 card works in 10.6.4. No modifications, plug and play - I dropped it into the board, fired it up and it was immediately recognized as an AirPort.

 

MB: Gigabyte GA-G41M-ES2L w/ a Pentium Dual Core 6500

 

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[highwaytrucker]

 

Can anyone else confirm UrbanVoyeur Claim?

 

I am currently using a ASUS 138g V2 BC4318 chipset with Slow results (Slow Speeds 56K)

 

connects off and on

 

Sure would like a card that works OOB.....

 

Highwaytrucker

 

****UPDATE****

 

I found a DYNEX (which happens to be blue in color.....YAY....Matches my Gigabyte board)

http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=DX...C-R&cat=WLS

 

MODEL # BGDTC

Chipset BC4318

 

Put it in PCI slot #1 on my P55A-UD3 board and WOW....... Works Great....(See sig below)

 

CAN YOU SAY VANNILA !!!!!