Odrec Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 Well I have succesfully installed OSx86 using the deadmoo (10.4.1), dd, chain0 method. OS X boots fine and fast (faster than my iBook G3 600 MHz). So far so good, but when I want to configure my network ports the built in ethernet option is greyed out. All I have is a built in serial connection. I have tried using the AppleBCM5701Ethernet.kext but it does not load on startup and when attempting to sudo kextload it fails to do so and gives a message about checking ownership and permissions. In WinXP the network adapter appears as Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx Network Adapter. How do I get this to work in OSX86?? TIA, Odrec Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/7121-built-in-ethernet-greyed-out/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odrec Posted January 18, 2006 Author Share Posted January 18, 2006 Well after fiddling for a while I noticed that I do get a network card on the system profiler, as Ethernet en0, I just cannot use it. And I also found out that the AppleBCM5701Ethernet.kext is included in the PlugIns folder of the IONetworkingFamily.kext which does load at startup. I turned off the serial port in BIOS so it is not usable now. But now everything is greyed out. I have tried to use the assistant both connected to my DSL router and to the WorkServer switch, but it is all grey! (LAN, MODEM, DSL, all grey.) HELP!? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/7121-built-in-ethernet-greyed-out/#findComment-44372 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayzor991 Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 Were you able to get this resolved Odrec? I have the same issue with a Dell XPS Gen 4 machine (same NetXtreme 57xx nic). I can see Built in Ethernet but its greyed out. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/7121-built-in-ethernet-greyed-out/#findComment-1048000 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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