vanquishV12 Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Hi there, I'm running OS X Lion 10.7.3 on a hackintosh. Every thing runs perfectly. I really feel I own a real Mac ... but I have a wifi problem. I own a Netgear N300 PCI Wifi card, version WN311B using a Broadcom BCM43xx chip. I have rebranded this card as an Apple Airport Extreme (0x14E4, 0x87). It works and is recognized by OS X as an official card... but ... I am experiencing huge wifi instability. Each time I get disconnected (sometimes every 2 minutes, sometimes 10 or more), Console says : Mar 4 11:34:29 mac-pro-de-fo kernel[0]: AirPort: Link Down on en1. Reason 4 (Disassociated due to inactivity).Mar 4 11:34:45 Mac-Pro-de-fo kernel[0]: Auth result for: 00:1f:9f:f3:11:ff Auth timed out Mar 4 11:34:52 Mac-Pro-de-fo kernel[0]: Auth result for: 00:1f:9f:f3:11:ff MAC AUTH succeeded Mar 4 11:34:52 Mac-Pro-de-fo kernel[0]: AirPort: Link Up on en1 Mar 4 11:34:53 Mac-Pro-de-fo kernel[0]: AirPort: RSN handshake complete on en1 Any idea of what can cause this and how to fix it ? This is the last thing I have to fix to have a perfectly reliable Hackintosh. Help really appreciated. Many thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/276735-wifi-gets-disconnected-randomly-every-2-to-15-minutes/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
LatinMcG Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 try changing the 87 to 8D or change slot. what was original pci id ? subvendor too Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/276735-wifi-gets-disconnected-randomly-every-2-to-15-minutes/#findComment-1803441 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vatoesse Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 try changing the 87 to 8D or change slot. what was original pci id ? subvendor too I'm having the same problem with this card, no matter what IDs I choose the Wifi is terribly unstable and always disconnects after a few minutes. I've tried changing slots already. The original IDs for this card are: Subsystem Product ID = 0x7D00 Subsystem Vendor ID = 0x1385 PCI Product ID = 0x4329 No matter what, I can't get speeds higher than 130, in Windows it's 270 Third party mode works so much more reliable compared to airport, just no 300... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/276735-wifi-gets-disconnected-randomly-every-2-to-15-minutes/#findComment-2134183 Share on other sites More sharing options...
airush Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Hi crew, I had this problem with my wifi. My PCI WiFi card, (Netgear WN311B) which has an extension aerial, initially it was located near a phone socket and line that runs in side conduit up the wall, since then i have relocated the aerial,,,, and guess what,,,,,No more WiFi drop outs.. Must be radio noise interference Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/276735-wifi-gets-disconnected-randomly-every-2-to-15-minutes/#findComment-2233980 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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