bci24sg22 Posted August 1, 2010 Share Posted August 1, 2010 Hello everyone! I just installed Mac OS 10.6.3 on my laptop CQ61-125EQ and the network cards (Ethernet and wifi) doesn`t work. the ethernet card is an Realtek RTL8101E/RTL8102E the wifi card is Atheros AR5001 The Mac OS see the ethernet card as a RTL8103E card and it doesn`t work. Any ideea how to install at least one of the network card to access the internet??? Cheers! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/227282-rtl8101ertl8102e-and-ar5001-not-working/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
bci24sg22 Posted August 10, 2010 Author Share Posted August 10, 2010 So, i guess this devices will not work for the moment with this version. I will wait for the next version then Cheers! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/227282-rtl8101ertl8102e-and-ar5001-not-working/#findComment-1527953 Share on other sites More sharing options...
riws Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 Whats the ID of Atheros AR5001? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/227282-rtl8101ertl8102e-and-ar5001-not-working/#findComment-1527956 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bci24sg22 Posted August 11, 2010 Author Share Posted August 11, 2010 This is all the info that i get with the command hwinfo --wlan in my ubuntu: 20: PCI 200.0: 0282 WLAN controller [Created at pci.318] UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_168c_1c Unique ID: y9sn.9AnOduZyIOF Parent ID: z8Q3.6XhEowSpRr2 SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.0/0000:02:00.0 SysFS BusID: 0000:02:00.0 Hardware Class: network Model: "Atheros AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter" Vendor: pci 0x168c "Atheros Communications Inc." Device: pci 0x001c "AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter" SubVendor: pci 0x103c "Hewlett-Packard Company" SubDevice: pci 0x137b Revision: 0x01 Driver: "ath5k" Driver Modules: "ath5k" Device File: wlan0 Features: WLAN Memory Range: 0xd6000000-0xd600ffff (rw,non-prefetchable) IRQ: 16 (no events) HW Address: 00:24:2c:2e:31:53 Link detected: yes WLAN channels: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 WLAN frequencies: 2.412 2.417 2.422 2.427 2.432 2.437 2.442 2.447 2.452 2.457 2.462 2.467 2.472 WLAN encryption modes: WEP40 WEP104 TKIP CCMP WLAN authentication modes: open sharedkey wpa-psk wpa-eap Module Alias: "pci:v0000168Cd0000001Csv0000103Csd0000137Bbc02sc00i00" Driver Info #0: Driver Status: ath5k is active Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe ath5k" Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown Attached to: #7 (PCI bridge) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/227282-rtl8101ertl8102e-and-ar5001-not-working/#findComment-1528521 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bci24sg22 Posted September 13, 2010 Author Share Posted September 13, 2010 Any news about this chipset`s??? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/227282-rtl8101ertl8102e-and-ar5001-not-working/#findComment-1547746 Share on other sites More sharing options...
quinielascom Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 Is strange, but i had Wireless Card AR5001x PCI Desktop version and works in Snow native, do you tried add the pci dev to info.plist ? For RTL8101E check this link: http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downlo...p;GetDown=false If none adapter works still, then check this link too: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=183356 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/227282-rtl8101ertl8102e-and-ar5001-not-working/#findComment-1547880 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staph Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Whats the ID of Atheros AR5001? Type: Ethernet Controller Driver Installed: No Bus: PCI Slot: Slot-2 Vendor ID: 0x168c Device ID: 0x001c Subsystem Vendor ID: 0x144f Subsystem ID: 0x7131 Revision ID: 0x0001 Link Width: x1 Link Speed: 2.5 GT/s I'm struggling to get it working right now, it shows up in System Profiler but still doesn't work. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/227282-rtl8101ertl8102e-and-ar5001-not-working/#findComment-1663958 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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