revout Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Hi all, Just put Kalyway 10.5.1 (vanilla kernel) on my new Hackintosh: Abit IP35-E E6600@3.3GHz 4GB OCZ BFG 7900GS OC Seagate 320GB 7200.10 Atheros-based Airlink101 wifi PCI Everything is stable and working (after an HDAPatcher job on the audio), but I'm having some funny issues w/ my wifi. I used the 10.4.5 80211Family.kext from iATKOS (which, I assume, is the same one found on all of Uphuck's releases). My Airport shows up in the menu, but it is always "turned off" (only the furthest outline shows, no bars inside). I can get it to work if I go into Diagnostics in the Network Preferences and step through the whole process of "turning on" through that menu and logging into my network. I assume this is some kind of kext loading issue or the like since the hardware works fine after this additional step. However, I'd like to find a way to automatically load my wireless without going through this same routine on every reboot. I know, I know, I should buy a real Mac, but it seems like $1,500 is quite a bit to pay for this step to be done for me Anybody got any tips on this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WallStreetVH Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Were you able to figure anything out on this - I have the same PCI card. Thanks, John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revout Posted January 22, 2008 Author Share Posted January 22, 2008 Sorry, WallStreetVH. I didn't get anywhere with my card. I ended up throwing it in an Ubuntu box (that Atheros makes wifi painless in that OS) and picking up an Asus WL-138g V2 (per the wiki). Did a clean Kalyway install (without touching any networking kexts in the options) and the card show us immediately as a third-party Airport. Got mine for 20 and change from Newegg. I didn't spend time hunting down a deal since I was frustrated and wanted to get on with things; you can probably do a bit better if you're wanting to play detective. $20 was totally worth it IMO to get my Hack working and wireless. Hope this helps you out. I was expecting a fix to be posted the day my new card came, but I held off on replacing my X1300 Mobility with that same fear and I'm still stuck in 1024x768 VESA on that machine Were you able to figure anything out on this - I have the same PCI card. Thanks, John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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