ginormous Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 any updates, anyone get this working. it works with windows and linux and all but mac. my pc secs are a compaq c500 series laptop, 2 gigs of ram, 80 gig hd drive intel core duo 1.73ghz cpu and ofcorse the Broadcom 43xx chip for wifi. so any updates? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/74634-broadcom-4300-wifi-chip/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talek Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Does it detect but not work? You have to manually edit the wireless networking package to include a check for your model of card, if your chipset isn't natively supported. I believe the process is something like... cd /system/library/extensions/io80211family.kext/contents/plugins/appleairportbrcm4311.kext/contents/ sudo -s nano info.plist Scroll down to the section where you see entries like: <string>pci14e4,4329</string> Click in front of one of the <string>, type in <string>pci14e4,43**</string> where 43** is the precise chipset your broadcom card is. Hit enter. I don't remember for certain but you may have to reapply permissions and ownership, wouldn't hurt anyway... sudo chmod /R -755 /system/library/extensions/io80211family.kext sudo chown /R root:wheel /system/library/extensions/io80211family.kext Reboot That should enable your os to recognize the card natively as an airport card. Hope that helps. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/74634-broadcom-4300-wifi-chip/#findComment-528245 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kejon1 Posted December 31, 2007 Share Posted December 31, 2007 thanks!! it helped me rcognize my wn54g motorola pcmcia card! its ID was pci14e4,4320 it was grayed out before, but now, I'm browsing successfully after adding my chipset id and repairing permissions. thanks!!!! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/74634-broadcom-4300-wifi-chip/#findComment-560146 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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