aten Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 Good idea, methinks, having a one stop shop for us. Thought I'd mention-- I studied and tried the method in the thread you list for wifi, but I couldn't get it to work. Rather, I found another thread somewhere which I'll summarize: Open system/library/extensions/IO80211Family.kext/Contents/Plugins/AppleAirPortBrcm4311.kext/contents/Info.plist in the file you will see strings resembling <string>pci14e4,4311</string> Replace the second number with your wireless card device ID, in my case 4318, ie <string>pci14e4,4318</string> Run a chmod and chown on your extensions directory again, restart, and an airport card should be discovered next time you enter network preferences. How do i chmod and chown? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36123-chmod-and-chown/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
McSkywalker Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 Open terminal and type sudo chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions/nameofyourkext.kext sudo chmod -R 755 /System/Library/Extensions/nameofyourkext.kext You may also type the below commands to refresh the extensions cache sudo rm /System/Library/Extensions.mkext sudo rm /System/Library/Extensions.kextcache Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36123-chmod-and-chown/#findComment-257041 Share on other sites More sharing options...
aten Posted December 17, 2006 Author Share Posted December 17, 2006 another question how do i find my wireless card device ID? when im in Network settings i see Airport but its grayed out. I think i have the ID wrong Thanks alot. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36123-chmod-and-chown/#findComment-257070 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 Utilities folder -> System Profiler -> PCI Cards or try, in Terminal, type: ioreg -l | grep "14e4" (that is a dash lowercase L followed by vertical bar) or go to Windows -> Device Manager -> Network Adapters -> Properties -> Details tab -> device is 4 characters following DEV_ Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36123-chmod-and-chown/#findComment-257074 Share on other sites More sharing options...
aten Posted December 17, 2006 Author Share Posted December 17, 2006 (edited) Utilities folder -> System Profiler -> PCI Cards or try, in Terminal, type: ioreg -l | grep "14e4" (that is a dash lowercase L followed by vertical bar) or go to Windows -> Device Manager -> Network Adapters -> Properties -> Details tab -> device is 4 characters following DEV_ were do i find windows? Edited December 17, 2006 by aten Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36123-chmod-and-chown/#findComment-257083 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 Windows, that operating system from Microsoft. Boot it on your machine. You can find Windows at your local computer software store. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36123-chmod-and-chown/#findComment-257097 Share on other sites More sharing options...
aten Posted December 17, 2006 Author Share Posted December 17, 2006 Windows, that operating system from Microsoft. Boot it on your machine. You can find Windows at your local computer software store. oh i thought there was a place in osx that was named windows...sorry..the laptop only has os x installed Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36123-chmod-and-chown/#findComment-257114 Share on other sites More sharing options...
aten Posted December 17, 2006 Author Share Posted December 17, 2006 t*****-d*****-computer:~ Twesh$ ioreg -l | grep "14e4" | | | +-o pci14e4,4318@2 <class IOPCIDevice, registered, matched, acti$ | | | | | "name" = "pci14e4,4318" | | | | | "IOName" = "pci14e4,4318" | | | | | "compatible" = <"pci103c,1355","pci14e4,4318","pciclass,028$ | | | | | "IONameMatched" = "pci14e4,4318" | | | | | "IONameMatch" = ("pci14e4,4306","pci14e4,4309","pci14e4,1$ Thats what i get, how do i know what i need? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36123-chmod-and-chown/#findComment-257117 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 Look at the quote in your first posting. See anything that looks like this: pci14e4,4318 Put that into the IO80211Family.kext. 14e4 is the vendor id = Broadcom 4318 is your device id Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36123-chmod-and-chown/#findComment-257119 Share on other sites More sharing options...
aten Posted December 17, 2006 Author Share Posted December 17, 2006 t*****-d*****-computer:~ Twesh$ ioreg -l | grep "14e4" | | | +-o pci14e4,4318@2 <class IOPCIDevice, registered, matched, acti$ | | | | | "name" = "pci14e4,4318" | | | | | "IOName" = "pci14e4,4318" | | | | | "compatible" = <"pci103c,1355","pci14e4,4318","pciclass,028$ | | | | | "IONameMatched" = "pci14e4,4318" | | | | | "IONameMatch" = ("pci14e4,4306","pci14e4,4309","pci14e4,1$ Thats what i get, how do i know what i need? 4306 that one dose not work... the airport sign is still linked out Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36123-chmod-and-chown/#findComment-257136 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 (edited) 4306 that one dose not work... the airport sign is still linked out I already told you your device id: 14e4 is the vendor id = Broadcom4318 is your device id Edited December 18, 2006 by Rammjet Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36123-chmod-and-chown/#findComment-257169 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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