renegadeandy Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 Hi! I have a broadcom netlink gigabit ethernet wireless module in my laptop. I would like to find some drivers for this device so that i can use it on my osx installation i have recently got working. The device id is:169C and the vendor id is:14E4 Please could somebody help me find this driver as there are too many out there and I just dont know which one should work. Thanks in advance for all the help. Andy Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/29988-wireless-driver-for-my-broadcom-wireless-card/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 That's not a wireless device. That is a wired ethernet. Try this: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?s=&...st&p=201149 using this: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?act...ost&id=3114 If it doesn't work, read the rest of the thread. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/29988-wireless-driver-for-my-broadcom-wireless-card/#findComment-207393 Share on other sites More sharing options...
renegadeandy Posted October 12, 2006 Author Share Posted October 12, 2006 No it is 100% a wireless card I also have a wired ethernet card which has the same vendor id but not the same device id obviously - the details above are most defintately wireless card. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/29988-wireless-driver-for-my-broadcom-wireless-card/#findComment-207912 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 Broadcom wireless devices have device id's in the 43xx range. The 169c is a wired ethernet card: The official The Linux PCI ID Repository says this: device 14e4:169c: NetXtreme BCM5788 Gigabit Ethernet http://pci-ids.ucw.cz/iii/?i=14e4169c DriverAgent says this: 14e4:169c devices and subsystems Vendor: Broadcom Corp - Broadcom NetLink Gigabit Ethernet http://listing.driveragent.com/pci/14e4/16...df0b2b673d06690 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/29988-wireless-driver-for-my-broadcom-wireless-card/#findComment-207913 Share on other sites More sharing options...
renegadeandy Posted October 12, 2006 Author Share Posted October 12, 2006 ok my mistake the device id is :4320 and vendor id is :14E4 Any ideas where i can find the driver - *at least now i dont need to ask about the ethernet drivers now eh?! Thanks ramjet - stick with me mate! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/29988-wireless-driver-for-my-broadcom-wireless-card/#findComment-207958 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 Use this guide: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=23684 except there is a typo. Edit the following file: sudo nano /System/Library/Extensions/IO80211Family.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleAirPortBrcm4311.kext/Contents/Info.plist Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/29988-wireless-driver-for-my-broadcom-wireless-card/#findComment-207960 Share on other sites More sharing options...
renegadeandy Posted October 12, 2006 Author Share Posted October 12, 2006 Ok, i have followed this tut - but the line <string>pci14e4,4320</string> which is actually my dev num - is already inside the file it is meant to be, yet nothing works still. What do you recommend. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/29988-wireless-driver-for-my-broadcom-wireless-card/#findComment-207985 Share on other sites More sharing options...
renegadeandy Posted October 13, 2006 Author Share Posted October 13, 2006 so , nobody sees the problem? The line was already there?! Yet i cannot get airport working with my wireless card... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/29988-wireless-driver-for-my-broadcom-wireless-card/#findComment-208429 Share on other sites More sharing options...
renegadeandy Posted October 14, 2006 Author Share Posted October 14, 2006 Rammjet - come to my aid!? <Bump> Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/29988-wireless-driver-for-my-broadcom-wireless-card/#findComment-208877 Share on other sites More sharing options...
renegadeandy Posted October 14, 2006 Author Share Posted October 14, 2006 <bump> is there really no answer? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/29988-wireless-driver-for-my-broadcom-wireless-card/#findComment-209117 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rivlez Posted October 14, 2006 Share Posted October 14, 2006 what kind of laptop is this? i had to sell a compaq because the bios wouldn't let mac os take over so nothing would work basically. played with it for over 2 months trying to get wireless and audio working. hopefully u got another type of laptop that will work. just FYI. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/29988-wireless-driver-for-my-broadcom-wireless-card/#findComment-209272 Share on other sites More sharing options...
renegadeandy Posted October 14, 2006 Author Share Posted October 14, 2006 Its a Ferrari Acer 3200. Sound is fine etc - just this bloody networking. Has anyone got any ideas - surely this canot be an unsolveable issue otherwise this is a pretty sad set of affairs. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/29988-wireless-driver-for-my-broadcom-wireless-card/#findComment-209360 Share on other sites More sharing options...
renegadeandy Posted October 15, 2006 Author Share Posted October 15, 2006 HELP! he device id is :4320 and vendor id is :14E4 Any ideas where i can find the driver - *at least now i dont need to ask about the ethernet drivers now eh?! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/29988-wireless-driver-for-my-broadcom-wireless-card/#findComment-209483 Share on other sites More sharing options...
odie1778 Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 I have the same broadcom chipset and i have 2 kext files you can try copy both to your extensions folder using finder,(rather than terminal) you will have to type your password... but dont forget to unzip them first.... after copying them there, run disk utility and have it repair your permissions..... get them here http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=30243 then reboot and check network configuartion..... this may work for you... it worked great for me... please let me know how it goes. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/29988-wireless-driver-for-my-broadcom-wireless-card/#findComment-209547 Share on other sites More sharing options...
renegadeandy Posted October 15, 2006 Author Share Posted October 15, 2006 Ok - well turned out both these files were in the extension folder already and no difference happened. Any ideas! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/29988-wireless-driver-for-my-broadcom-wireless-card/#findComment-210130 Share on other sites More sharing options...
renegadeandy Posted October 16, 2006 Author Share Posted October 16, 2006 Am i fighting a lost battle - is there no way i can do this - im so upset. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/29988-wireless-driver-for-my-broadcom-wireless-card/#findComment-210411 Share on other sites More sharing options...
renegadeandy Posted October 16, 2006 Author Share Posted October 16, 2006 Ahhh Thank god - worked it out myself - did a simple search, and did the fix where you change the 0 to a 1 and it worked. Im learning to read now. Thanks guys for ignoring me and letting me work it out by myself. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/29988-wireless-driver-for-my-broadcom-wireless-card/#findComment-210419 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 Ahhh Thank god - worked it out myself - did a simple search, and did the fix where you change the 0 to a 1 and it worked. That method is mentioned at the bottom of the guide you followed. We all assumed you tried it and it didn't work. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/29988-wireless-driver-for-my-broadcom-wireless-card/#findComment-210490 Share on other sites More sharing options...
renegadeandy Posted October 16, 2006 Author Share Posted October 16, 2006 Yeah - i assumed it wouldnt work and completely overlooked it - anyhow - new thread please try answer the new questions there! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/29988-wireless-driver-for-my-broadcom-wireless-card/#findComment-210575 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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