InkMaster Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 Hi all, I have a problem with trying to get the Broadcom miniPCI 1470 to work in a Dell B130 I tried the walkthrough found at http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.ph...F_B130_.2F_1300 ...but obviously it didn't work for me. The problem is there wasn't a NetworkInterfaces.plist in the folder where it needed to be --- I'm quite sure that I didn't delete it or anything--- and on my real mac its there just like it should be--- ;plus I doubt I did the first part right either. So is there any type of .pkg that can be found anywhere that would install the correct files in the places where they need to go by itself? Thanks - hoping to get the internet working soon Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42985-cant-get-broadcom-1470-to-work/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbig Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 please give more infomation about your problem.... and check: sudo nano /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/NetworkInterfaces.plist You want to edit these lines: <key>BSD Name</key> ---> <string>en0</string> (Change the en0 to en1) <key>IOBuiltin</key> <false/> <key>IOInterfaceType</key> <integer>6</integer> <key>IOInterfaceUnit</key> ---> <integer>0</integer> (Change the 0 to 1) and reboot, but check if you IO80211family.kext are as root:wheel and chmod 755 cd /System/Library/Extensions chmod -R 755 IO80211family.kext chown -R root:wheel IO80211family.kext and try to load kext: kextload IO80211family.kext (you mody your vendorid & hardware?) good luck! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42985-cant-get-broadcom-1470-to-work/#findComment-307197 Share on other sites More sharing options...
InkMaster Posted February 20, 2007 Author Share Posted February 20, 2007 the problem is that the "NetworkInterfaces.plist" file isnt there Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42985-cant-get-broadcom-1470-to-work/#findComment-307206 Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowfission Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 I had a similar problem, the file is located somewhere different. Just use spotlight and it will show up right away, then you can get the path. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42985-cant-get-broadcom-1470-to-work/#findComment-307556 Share on other sites More sharing options...
InkMaster Posted February 20, 2007 Author Share Posted February 20, 2007 I had a similar problem, the file is located somewhere different. Just use spotlight and it will show up right away, then you can get the path. already tried that; nowhere to be found :/ please give more infomation about your problem.... and check: sudo nano /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/NetworkInterfaces.plist You want to edit these lines: <key>BSD Name</key> ---> <string>en0</string> (Change the en0 to en1) <key>IOBuiltin</key> <false/> <key>IOInterfaceType</key> <integer>6</integer> <key>IOInterfaceUnit</key> ---> <integer>0</integer> (Change the 0 to 1) and reboot, but check if you IO80211family.kext are as root:wheel and chmod 755 cd /System/Library/Extensions chmod -R 755 IO80211family.kext chown -R root:wheel IO80211family.kext and try to load kext: kextload IO80211family.kext (you mody your vendorid & hardware?) good luck! mrbig, when you say "...try to load kext: kextload IO80211family.kext..." - how exactly do I go about "loading" it? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42985-cant-get-broadcom-1470-to-work/#findComment-307669 Share on other sites More sharing options...
InkMaster Posted February 22, 2007 Author Share Posted February 22, 2007 ***Update*** Got my "airport card" working - turns out I just put the line "<string>pci14e4,4318</string>" in the wrong place. As for the missing NetworkInterfaces.plist file I just copied the one from my MBP and put it in the folder where it should be; I'm guessing the installer just skipped it for some reason. Everything works fine now. Thanks everyone. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42985-cant-get-broadcom-1470-to-work/#findComment-308536 Share on other sites More sharing options...
InkMaster Posted February 22, 2007 Author Share Posted February 22, 2007 ***And Another Update*** After it working for the entire day w/o the slightest problem - for some reason it just quit working after I installed some updates via the Software Update - specifically two security updates (001 & 002 for 07)- then the daylight saving time update, the airport extreme update 2007-002, an x11 update and a java update... so; if anyone has any suggestions; please do tell - sitting w/ a laptop next to a wall kinda eliminates the purpose of having a laptop in the first place ***OH, and another update*** I found a solution to the problem. In the BIOS settings I turned off the ability of the function key to turn off wifi. After the reboot it started working again... well; I'll see how long this lasts Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42985-cant-get-broadcom-1470-to-work/#findComment-308591 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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