FreakyMac Posted April 12, 2007 Author Share Posted April 12, 2007 NO PROBlEM! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daevild Posted April 14, 2007 Share Posted April 14, 2007 I see htat the solution is for a PCI card but do you think you can a solution for USB wireless card? Mine is a Linksys WUSB54GS, and it has a Broadcom chipset in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreakyMac Posted April 15, 2007 Author Share Posted April 15, 2007 i dunno, u could try the tutorial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramblemn Posted April 15, 2007 Share Posted April 15, 2007 did this as written on my HP DV6205us Intel and it worked perfectly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ndx Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 Acer 2403 SUPER EASY ! Super Explenation WORK !! Wee nead more pplz like you THANK YOU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mx_max Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 Thanks now my Dell 1390 is working, but I have another problem, when I acctually try to conect to a wireless it just freeze. It is either gopes to a bloe screen and shows that "Loading" icon(like the one you see when MacOS is loading) and it just stays there for unlimited period of time(i had enough patience for only 1 hour), or just place that icon on top of my other app's and do not react on anything but a power button. Here are my specs: Jas 10.4.8 release(no updates) Laptop Dell Latitude 620(Duo 1.83Ghz) Hitachi 40GB HDD Sigmatel 9200(works with some lags though) GMA 950 video - fine Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx - detected when try to connect the same sitation as with wireless Dell 1390 wlan mini card. I somehow managed to get both of my network cards(wireless and wired) working once. But now when I try to retrace my steps I just get this screen(read above) Could anyone at least sugest where I might start looking for solution? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riws Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 I got the buffalo pci wli2-pci-g54s, the cheapest broadcom pci card i could find, chip is bc4306 and the eth0 change did the thing, :censored2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnfontaine Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 Cool, I was wondering why the wireless working after install, however when I rebooted it failed. There was a hint that it was marked at wired ethernet. Any way this worked great for my GateWay MT6704... Now I get to move on to sound... THANKS MUCH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kikozt Posted April 28, 2007 Share Posted April 28, 2007 is there ani change to write a batch file to do all that with the hp pavilion? i dont have exectely the same stuff on the sudo su.... thankx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riws Posted April 29, 2007 Share Posted April 29, 2007 Just move the file to desktop in finder, make changes there with TextEdit, move back, repair permissions I had problems with 10.4.8 and 10.4.9 broadcom kext, it couldnt handle the 11g speed (54mb), just dropoff after some time, connection hangs. Only with 11b speed was it OK. With 10.4.6 kext had no such problems, so there is something with newer kexts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreakyMac Posted April 30, 2007 Author Share Posted April 30, 2007 riws, have u tried the 10.4.7 kext of BCM4311 kext? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riws Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 With 10.4.7 kext its stable to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highspeed Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 Hi! I have a Dell wireless 1500 a/b/g/n card on my inspiron 9400. How do I see what´s my device ID in Mac OS X? (I searched over device IDs pages but my model doesn´t appear) this is my what the system profiler says: AirPort Card Information: Wireless Card Type: AirPort Extreme (0x14E4, 0x9) Wireless Card Locale: USA Wireless Card Firmware Version: 4.80.46.0 Current Wireless Network: AirPort is currently turned off could be 0x9? i thought it had to be a 4 digit number... Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreatDeceiver Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 hmm was sceptical first cause my card was already in the list. followed your instructions and got my wireless back. thank you so much for the fool-proof walk through!! Prost und Vielen Dank tgd Jas 10.4.8 release(no updates) Laptop Dell Inspiron E1505/6400 Sigmatel 9200 (working although want it to switch speakers off when headphones are plugged in) GMA 950 video - no problems Broadcom 440x 10/100 (working) Dell 1390 wlan mini card (works now thanks to this post!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
microsoft whiz Posted May 2, 2007 Share Posted May 2, 2007 i have a broadcom linksys wusb54gsc, hope this works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebus Posted May 5, 2007 Share Posted May 5, 2007 Managed to get it to recognize BCM4306KFB as Airport Made the change <string>pci14e4,4320</string> as it seems thet the chip is BCM4306KFB, but the actual string for Truemobile 1350 in Windoze is 4320 Works a dream using Jas 10.4.8 on Inspiron 5160 sebus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrrish Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 Hey, First off, thanks so much to the original poster for posting a clear thread. Most of us are new users to the Mac OS X, and it is nice to see a post that accomodates that. I followed the post to only receive some moderate success. I am running an HP DV5000, which has a mini-PCI Broadcom 4318 chip. I made the changes to both files that you mentioned, and airport was recognized. Thing is, I can not find any local WiFi networks. I know there are at least 20 in my apartment tower, yet not ONE is listed. I attempted to manually imput my local WiFi network's name, but that was also unsuccessful. I might like to note that I am using WEP Encryption. Thanks in advance. Rishi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendrayana Posted May 8, 2007 Share Posted May 8, 2007 Ok Heres the deal, people with Broadcom Wireless (aka Dell Wireless) have been having trouble with getting it to work , or getting it recognize on 10.4.8 and people have been going to thread-to-thread just to find a solution so i decided to make this SIMPLE little tutorial to help all you Broadcom People, Ok lets begin 1: Open Terminal (Hard Drive icon -> Applications -> Utilities) 2: type this -> sudo su 3: then this -> cd /System/Library/Extensions 4: then -> cd /System/Library/Extensions/IO80211Family.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleAirPortBrcm4311.kext/Contents/ 5: then nano -w Info.plist 6: Ok then scroll down until you see: <key>IONameMatch</key> <array> <string>pci14e4,4328</string> <string>pci14e4,4329</string> <string>pci14e4,432a</string> <string>pci14e4,4311</string> <string>pci14e4,4312</string> <string>pci14e4,4313</string> <string>pci14e4,4319</string> <string>pci14e4,431a</string> 7: before <string>pci14e4,4319</string> add this: <string>pci14e4,4318</string> (change the 4318 to your ID, Mines is 4318 because i have Dell Wireless 1370) 8: then Control X, then Y then hit Enter 9: then Do: sudo reboot 10: then you should see a Blank Baseball Feild Icon (airport icon) on the finder bar 11: Open up Terminal then type -> sudo su 12: Then -> cd /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/ 13: Then -> nano -w /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/NetworkInterfaces.plist 14: You should See this <key>BSD Name</key> <string>en0</string> <key>IOBuiltin</key> <false/> <key>IOInterfaceType</key> <integer>6</integer> <key>IOInterfaceUnit</key> <integer>0</integer> <key>IOLocation</key> <string></string> <key>IOMACAddress</key> <data> 15: change that to this: <key>BSD Name</key> <string>en1</string> <key>IOBuiltin</key> <false/> <key>IOInterfaceType</key> <integer>6</integer> <key>IOInterfaceUnit</key> <integer>1</integer> <key>IOLocation</key> <string></string> <key>IOMACAddress</key> <data> 16: then Ctrl-X -> Y -> Enter 17: Then sudo reboot 18: After Reboot, Click the Airport Icon on the finder bar and click 'Network Preferences' It'll Say Has Found the following Port 'Airport' 19: Click Ok then click the drop down box that has Show: next to it then click 'Airport' then click Apply Now and then, Click the Airport icon then select your Network and then Your Done Congrats, You have Wireless in 10.4.8 <-------------------------------------------YES---------------------------------------------> Yes.... Great.... you are the man!!! , its work for me.... my Note Book Acer Travel Mate 2410 AirPort Card Information: Wireless Card Type: AirPort Extreme (0x14E4, 0x312) Wireless Card Locale: USA Wireless Card Firmware Version: Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (4.80.79.1) Current Wireless Network: SURYA Wireless Channel: 6 its Work Fine,...... I use dumy connector for my Video card intel GM910 everthing Work Fine Thank For You All.... Intel GMA 900: Chipset Model: GMA 900 Type: Display Bus: Built-In VRAM (Total): 64 MB of shared system memory Vendor: Intel (0x8086) Device ID: 0x2592 Revision ID: 0x0003 Displays: Display: Resolution: 1024 x 768 Depth: 32-bit Color Built-In: Yes Core Image: Supported Main Display: Yes Mirror: Off Online: Yes Quartz Extreme: Supported Display: Resolution: 800 x 600 @ 85 Hz Depth: 32-bit Color Core Image: Supported Mirror: Off Online: Yes Quartz Extreme: Supported Thanks Ok Heres the deal, people with Broadcom Wireless (aka Dell Wireless) have been having trouble with getting it to work , or getting it recognize on 10.4.8 and people have been going to thread-to-thread just to find a solution so i decided to make this SIMPLE little tutorial to help all you Broadcom People, Ok lets begin 1: Open Terminal (Hard Drive icon -> Applications -> Utilities) 2: type this -> sudo su 3: then this -> cd /System/Library/Extensions 4: then -> cd /System/Library/Extensions/IO80211Family.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleAirPortBrcm4311.kext/Contents/ 5: then nano -w Info.plist 6: Ok then scroll down until you see: <key>IONameMatch</key> <array> <string>pci14e4,4328</string> <string>pci14e4,4329</string> <string>pci14e4,432a</string> <string>pci14e4,4311</string> <string>pci14e4,4312</string> <string>pci14e4,4313</string> <string>pci14e4,4319</string> <string>pci14e4,431a</string> 7: before <string>pci14e4,4319</string> add this: <string>pci14e4,4318</string> (change the 4318 to your ID, Mines is 4318 because i have Dell Wireless 1370) 8: then Control X, then Y then hit Enter 9: then Do: sudo reboot 10: then you should see a Blank Baseball Feild Icon (airport icon) on the finder bar 11: Open up Terminal then type -> sudo su 12: Then -> cd /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/ 13: Then -> nano -w /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/NetworkInterfaces.plist 14: You should See this <key>BSD Name</key> <string>en0</string> <key>IOBuiltin</key> <false/> <key>IOInterfaceType</key> <integer>6</integer> <key>IOInterfaceUnit</key> <integer>0</integer> <key>IOLocation</key> <string></string> <key>IOMACAddress</key> <data> 15: change that to this: <key>BSD Name</key> <string>en1</string> <key>IOBuiltin</key> <false/> <key>IOInterfaceType</key> <integer>6</integer> <key>IOInterfaceUnit</key> <integer>1</integer> <key>IOLocation</key> <string></string> <key>IOMACAddress</key> <data> 16: then Ctrl-X -> Y -> Enter 17: Then sudo reboot 18: After Reboot, Click the Airport Icon on the finder bar and click 'Network Preferences' It'll Say Has Found the following Port 'Airport' 19: Click Ok then click the drop down box that has Show: next to it then click 'Airport' then click Apply Now and then, Click the Airport icon then select your Network and then Your Done Congrats, You have Wireless in 10.4.8 <-------------------------------------------YES---------------------------------------------> Yes.... Great.... you are the man!!! , its work for me.... my Note Book Acer Travel Mate 2410 AirPort Card Information: Wireless Card Type: AirPort Extreme (0x14E4, 0x312) Wireless Card Locale: USA Wireless Card Firmware Version: Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (4.80.79.1) Current Wireless Network: SURYA Wireless Channel: 6 its Work Fine,...... I use dumy connector for my Video card intel GM910 everthing Work Fine Thank For You All.... Intel GMA 900: Chipset Model: GMA 900 Type: Display Bus: Built-In VRAM (Total): 64 MB of shared system memory Vendor: Intel (0x8086) Device ID: 0x2592 Revision ID: 0x0003 Displays: Display: Resolution: 1024 x 768 Depth: 32-bit Color Built-In: Yes Core Image: Supported Main Display: Yes Mirror: Off Online: Yes Quartz Extreme: Supported Display: Resolution: 800 x 600 @ 85 Hz Depth: 32-bit Color Core Image: Supported Mirror: Off Online: Yes Quartz Extreme: Supported Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willamlholla Posted May 8, 2007 Share Posted May 8, 2007 Oh snizzap that {censored} wizzorks lol good look Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreakyMac Posted May 9, 2007 Author Share Posted May 9, 2007 Hey, Thanks For the Comments! And i am Glad it works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beagio Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 cheers FreakyMac, was starting to think playing with OSX was a waste of my time. i know nothing about the ins and outs of OSX and was really starting to worry when system profiler was reporting "no pci cards installed". your step by step instructions were spot on for a OSX newcomer like myself. now my Belkin F5D7001 is working like a charm, and i can finaly put my wireless router back in the front room and put away the telephone extension lead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LonelyTV Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 Great Tutorial! It helped get my Belkin 54G (Broadcom 4306) to show up in Os X. However, I've ran into one problem... It won't detect any Networks! I thought maybe the card was Fubar so I tested it in Vista, and sadly it showed all the networks around me. This is a fresh install of 10.4.8 (JaS'), so the kext are fresh (aside from the recent additions I added from the tutorial). Any ideas as to why I'm lacking networks?! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riws Posted May 13, 2007 Share Posted May 13, 2007 New Information from my Hackintosh I used the JaS 10.4.9 update to update from 10.4.8 to 10.4.9. But this update does not install the IO80211Family.kext with AppleAirPortBrcm4311.kext. So I installed AppleAirPortBrcm4311.kext manually. The Result is that: This kext doesnt work at all. It needs the whole IO80211Family.kext, but it has the same connection problem as 10.4.8 kext. My research with Buffalo Broadcom chip card: 10.4.4 - does not load 10.4.5 - loads, but signal strenght bug 10.4.6 - best kext, no bugs or other problems 10.4.7 - sometimes the wifi signal gets weak 10.4.8 - bug, connection lost/freezes with 11g-54mb speed, works with 11b speed 10.4.9 - needs IO80211Family.kext too, but the same connection lost/freezing problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Federico Tonin Posted May 13, 2007 Share Posted May 13, 2007 Hi! thanks, i was able to get my broadcom work following your post! one more thing... it was no necessary for me to change information in NetworkInterfaces.plist and also if i edited NetworkInterfaces.plist i was not able to see my built-in ethernet, only airport extreme! i had to remove kextcache and mkext from /system/library to get this card being recognized as airport extreme! thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki936 Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 FreakyMac, Great POST!!!! I was reading your post and followed it to the letter. The problem is I never got the airport wireless icon to show up and when I changed the port from en0 to en1 I got a strange error. The port in network preferences was renamed to PCI Ethernet Slot pci 8086, 4220. Any ideas? One thing to add is that I added the iwi2200 kext that was in the boards before following your instructions. Could this have an effect? A side note, I have to manually activate the wireless connection every time I boot. Any suggestions? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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