Realtek 8185L; Belkin F5D7000: At a total loss.

[The Shaun]

Well, I'm in dire need of a WiFi adapter, so I picked up a Belkin F5D7000 at the local Wally World. I can NOT get it to work. Here's what I've done so far:

• The HCL for 10.4.6 says that it's supported and to install the Wireless Drivers package off the DVD.
  
• I dug out my old 10.4.6 disc and installed these through Pacifist. Deleted Extentions.mkext/kextcache, repaired pemissions, restarted. No luck.
  
• Turns out Realtek released drivers for OS X on their website. Installed them. Deleted extentions.mkext/kextcache, repair permissions, restarted. No luck.
  
• Downloaded a Linux LiveCD. Used lspci and got my Vendor and Device ID. Compared them to the info.plist inside the kext. Exactly the same. (0x700f1799)
  

So, I'm at a total and complete loss. I have NO idea what to try next. I mean, we've got the drivers. What's keeping this from working? I'm not too good at drivers and kexts and whatnot, so maybe there's something I'm missing. Can anyone help out or shed some light on this?

 

Here's what's inside the kext:

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>CFBundleDevelopmentRegion</key>
<string>English</string>
<key>CFBundleExecutable</key>
<string>rtl8185</string>
<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
<string>com.realtek.driver.rtl8185</string>
<key>CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion</key>
<string>6.0</string>
<key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
<string>KEXT</string>
<key>CFBundleSignature</key>
<string>realtek</string>
<key>CFBundleVersion</key>
<string>1.4.0</string>
<key>IOKitPersonalities</key>
<dict>
	<key>F5D7000</key>
	<dict>
		<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
		<string>com.realtek.driver.rtl8185</string>
		<key>IOClass</key>
		<string>rtl8185</string>
		<key>IODefaultMedium</key>
		<string>00000020</string>
		<key>IOPCIPrimaryMatch</key>
		<string>0x700F1799</string>
		<key>IOPCISecondaryMatch</key>
		<string>0x700F1799</string>
		<key>IOProviderClass</key>
		<string>IOPCIDevice</string>
	</dict>
	<key>F5D7010</key>
	<dict>
		<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
		<string>com.realtek.driver.rtl8185</string>
		<key>IOClass</key>
		<string>rtl8185</string>
		<key>IODefaultMedium</key>
		<string>00000020</string>
		<key>IOPCIPrimaryMatch</key>
		<string>0x701F1799</string>
		<key>IOPCISecondaryMatch</key>
		<string>0x701F1799</string>
		<key>IOProviderClass</key>
		<string>IOPCIDevice</string>
	</dict>
	<key>RTL8180</key>
	<dict>
		<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
		<string>com.realtek.driver.rtl8185</string>
		<key>IOClass</key>
		<string>rtl8185</string>
		<key>IODefaultMedium</key>
		<string>00000020</string>
		<key>IOPCIMatch</key>
		<string>0x818510ec</string>
		<key>IOProviderClass</key>
		<string>IOPCIDevice</string>
	</dict>
</dict>
<key>OSBundleLibraries</key>
<dict>
	<key>com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily</key>
	<string>1.1</string>
	<key>com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily</key>
	<string>1.1</string>
	<key>com.apple.kernel.bsd</key>
	<string>1.1</string>
	<key>com.apple.kernel.iokit</key>
	<string>1.1</string>
	<key>com.apple.kernel.libkern</key>
	<string>1.1</string>
	<key>com.apple.kernel.mach</key>
	<string>1.1</string>
	<key>com.apple.kpi.bsd</key>
	<string>8.0.0b2</string>
	<key>com.apple.kpi.iokit</key>
	<string>8.0.0b2</string>
	<key>com.apple.kpi.libkern</key>
	<string>8.0.0b2</string>
</dict>
</dict>
</plist>

[DiaboliK]

go back to wallyworld and return the f5d7000 and get a f5d7001

[The Shaun]

I went ahead and added some pictures of the card:

 

The little chip says something about "Reaktek 8225"

 

 

Meh, Well.. turns out the driver is PPC. Hooray..

[sl21]

have the exact same problem. anyone with this card give any info on how to get it to work?

[Azurael]

The Realtek drivers for the RTL8185L don't work. Full stop. You'll have to wait for them to release new version that do (as they did for the 8187...) Try writing them a note complaining.

 

The original F5D7000 has a Broadcom 4306 I have one of those too.