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According to the release notes posted online for 9A303, the Airport for recent C2D Macbook Pros does not work.

 

I would assume that this is just because of a missing driver as the newer Macbook Pros use the Atheros 802.11n wireless network card as apposed to the Broadcom in the Mac Pro and iMacs.

 

Does anyone know where the Driver is located so that it could be copied over the version in Leopard to get Wireless working in this build?

 

I would really like to get Leopard loaded up on my new MBP before the next build comes out.

 

So far, all of the release notes have had a date of the 2nd Tuesday of the month, so all else fails there should be a new one out on Dec 12th.

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I'd suggest trying to modify the kext/Info.plist according to the insructions below:

 

Edit the following line in this file

Open a terminal window

type the following

 

sudo -s (Press Enter)

 

Enter your password & (Press enter)

type the following

 

sudo nano /System/Library/Extensions/IO80211Family.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleAirPortBrcm4311.kext/Contents/Info.plist (Press Enter)

Locate the following lines or similar

 

<string>pci14e4,4311</string>

<string>pci14e4,4312</string>

Add this line <string>pci14e4,4320</string>

<string>pci14e4,4324</string>

 

Once you add this line press CTRL+O and (Press Enter)

Press CTRL+X to exit

 

you should be back to your terminal windows

now type the following

 

chmod -R 755 /System/Library/Extensions (Press Enter)

chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions (Press Enter)

rm /System/Library/Extensions.* (Press Enter)

reboot (Press Enter)

 

You computer will restart when it is done you will see an airport Icon in the top right bar now configure your wireless network you're done.

 

The 4311, 4312, 4320, 4324 are numbers on individual Broadcom chips on wi-fi cards. Just add the number of your chip there.

 

If you have an Atheros wi-fi card/chip there is a kext for that too.

Look in /System/Library/Extensions/IO80211Family.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AirPortAtheros5424.kext/Contents/Info.plist

Same drill as shown above for Broadcom

 

Realize that you're using Leopard Beta and I'm not. This is from 10.4.8 but should work if you have the same files.

Your mileage may vary.

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