SenVa Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 Ndiswrapper is a linux program that adds support for windows network card drivers... This means that people who have network cards (wired and wireless... usb, pci, ect) that don't have native drivers can use this program and the windows drivers to get a working network card. http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/ The down side of porting ndis is the amount of code that would need to be rewritten. Secondly, would apple do anything to shutdown a program thats only use is on pirated copies of its operating system? Let me know what you guys think... should we get of people together or should we just deal with lack of drivers. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/24878-ndiswrapper/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
SenVa Posted August 19, 2006 Author Share Posted August 19, 2006 It seems people have some interest. If you guys could post what network cards are giving problems we can see if ndis supports them. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/24878-ndiswrapper/#findComment-169767 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiaboliK Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 the most wanted would most likely be the intel wireless. since none work as of the moment. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/24878-ndiswrapper/#findComment-169786 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdriessen Posted April 28, 2007 Share Posted April 28, 2007 the SiS900 network card... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/24878-ndiswrapper/#findComment-355239 Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Andru~ Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 rtl8185 will work (I use ndiswrapper with Linux) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/24878-ndiswrapper/#findComment-529200 Share on other sites More sharing options...
delphivir Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 i have one request as i am a noob with mac os x and an experienced linux user the netgear wg311v3 works under ndiswrapper as well there are plenty of questions all over google about this wireless card and drivers, how to get it working etc. ... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/24878-ndiswrapper/#findComment-752418 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hagar Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 Old thread brought back from the dead after ~6 months oh well... Please, if this does get off the ground, use its BSD name: Project Evil.. it's so vastly much better of a name :censored2: Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/24878-ndiswrapper/#findComment-752422 Share on other sites More sharing options...
squallsed Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 but i cant undestand..is a project just for linux?can be used also for mac? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/24878-ndiswrapper/#findComment-757190 Share on other sites More sharing options...
delphivir Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 I would suppose so but there are also many other factors to look at including mac's "micro" / "monolithic" kernel structure. It would be easier to port drivers to c++ rewrite them and port them to mac however recompiling a kernel and testing these drivers for compatiblity is endlessly painstaking even if you know what you're doing. Linux has a very versatile kernel structure and therefore bsd's kernel calls would not crash as would those for mac's kernel. Apple developers have a better insight on this and have a very good reasoning why these projects would be near impossible to port from linux to mac. However, you raise a very good point. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/24878-ndiswrapper/#findComment-758003 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingMac Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 could be used for other devices? like sound or others? I have problem with mounting mass storages via usb port on my hackintosh. to mount them each time I need to reboot and it's really boring. hardware details Q6600 on Abit IB9- P965/Ich8 I installed drivers for usb from osx86tools but no success. so I hope to get better driver from ndiswrapper. any Idea? pardon me I am really nobe. tanx. Ndiswrapper is a linux program that adds support for windows network card drivers... This means that people who have network cards (wired and wireless... usb, pci, ect) that don't have native drivers can use this program and the windows drivers to get a working network card. http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/ The down side of porting ndis is the amount of code that would need to be rewritten. Secondly, would apple do anything to shutdown a program thats only use is on pirated copies of its operating system? Let me know what you guys think... should we get of people together or should we just deal with lack of drivers. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/24878-ndiswrapper/#findComment-1138107 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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