thexorg Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 hi, I've got a USB WiFi dongle based on a Realtek RTL8188CUS (because my internal Intel WiFi card is not supported) and I installed the official driver from the realtek website. Seems like it's a problem that the latest driver version is for OS X 10.8, because I'm getting kernel panics sometimes when using the driver's WiFi Utility to connect to my wifi. Is there a solution, maybe also a driver which uses the integrated "Wifi Connection Panel" (Dongle is detected as a WiFi device (not as a wired network as it is now) and i can connect to OS X without an additional 3rd party configuration panel). TheXorg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codinger Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Sell it and buy DW 1510 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thexorg Posted January 20, 2016 Author Share Posted January 20, 2016 Sell it and buy DW 1510 sorry, thats no option (for me). Here in germany, that thing costs about 30-50€ (32-55 dollars) and I would also need to install a modded bios (to remove whitelist, ThinkPad X220). I fixed the kernel panics (caused by the wifi utility when the system language is not english, fixed with newer driver & utility), but one issue remains. The Driver kills sleep - when i close my laptop lid, the screen just goes black and the laptop stays awake (i have a sleep led, it stays off). When I open it again, the screen stays black and it cannot be "woken" by pressing any keys - seems like it's hanging. What I guess is it's hanging while trying to unload the kext - if i try to unload the wifi kext using kextunload, it never finishes. Any idea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codinger Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 sorry, thats no option (for me). Here in germany, that thing costs about 30-50€ (32-55 dollars) and I would also need to install a modded bios (to remove whitelist, ThinkPad X220). I fixed the kernel panics (caused by the wifi utility when the system language is not english, fixed with newer driver & utility), but one issue remains. The Driver kills sleep - when i close my laptop lid, the screen just goes black and the laptop stays awake (i have a sleep led, it stays off). When I open it again, the screen stays black and it cannot be "woken" by pressing any keys - seems like it's hanging. What I guess is it's hanging while trying to unload the kext - if i try to unload the wifi kext using kextunload, it never finishes. Any idea?Hallo I am from germany too. Bought mine used off eBay for 10€ http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=231224551696&alt=web Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thexorg Posted February 1, 2016 Author Share Posted February 1, 2016 Hallo I am from germany too. Bought mine used off eBay for 10€ http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=231224551696&alt=web Yeah, but I'd still have to flash a modified BIOS with the risk of having a very expensive paperweight. I guess I'll keep the not-so-perfect-working USB solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vusun123 Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Yeah, but I'd still have to flash a modified BIOS with the risk of having a very expensive paperweight. I guess I'll keep the not-so-perfect-working USB solution. It's perfectly safe as long as you do as the instruction say. I have risked myself several times modding the T430's bisos ( a lot more difficult than the T420/X220 due to new security chip onboard, had to take the bios off the logic board and flash using external programmer ) and it still runs like a champ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thexorg Posted February 12, 2016 Author Share Posted February 12, 2016 It's perfectly safe as long as you do as the instruction say. I have risked myself several times modding the T430's bisos ( a lot more difficult than the T420/X220 due to new security chip onboard, had to take the bios off the logic board and flash using external programmer ) and it still runs like a champ I'll decided to do it. If anything goes wrong, is it possible to restore it like mentioned here: https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/ThinkPad-X-Series-Laptops/x220-dead-after-BIOS-update/td-p/1762585 Shall I get a DW1510 or a DW1515, what are the differences? Both seem to be Dual Band 2.4/5GHz a/g/n. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gothomasc Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 You might find the solution in this post: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/306800-wifi-usb-adapter-issues/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marco.pisellonio80 Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 Try this http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/306800-wifi-usb-adapter-issues/?do=findComment&comment=2229213 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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