Intel Wireless 2100, 2200bg, 2915bg, 3945abg, 4965agn

[golden_rules]

I was looking through the BSD and Linux driver development. They modify the firmware on the Intel 3945. Jalavoui, is the plan for the drivers to just keep the original Intel firmware?

 

 

I hope so. Otherwise possible problems might arise for dual booting. I can imagine Vista wouldn't be pleased if the intel card uses other firmware. In that case it (Vista) might react the way where used to: BLUESCREEN!

[Pako™]

this filthy rich guy who wants to write some code if it wants to help really to help, but it never ceases and also will be able to make a real driver of these targeted iwi3945, 1 iwi4965 that works well on Mac OS X if not The not be here, I would be earning money elsewhere .. started saying that it would, after which needed a iwi3945, or iwi4965 then he needed to repair your computer and then wanted a new one now and one screen and one that is worth more for everything and asi takes months and people do come and test a kernel panic behind another, what he wants you Jalavoui is mounted a study of all kinds of hardware at the expense of writing a code that's not going to work really, I think that wants to help really not doing so by this gentleman wants to call it somehow filthy rich at the expense of the people of this forum .. duty for cars and once ..

[loskings]

Hmm, interesting english

[jalavoui]

[bobarth]

I try to make may intel2200 to work, instaled iwi2200, try all method listed here and still no wifi.

I'm using HP510

KalyWay 10.5.1

everything is working except wifi

 

Below is how it look when i hit networkselector in Aplications.

 

Last login: Sat Jul 5 18:18:36 on ttys000

/Applications/networkSelector ; exit;

localhost:~ root# /Applications/networkSelector ; exit;

Could not get ID for kernel control. 2

logout

 

[Process completed]

 

Someone can help me, please!

[Pako™]

I think what matters if it is understood .. besides already been given by alluded or rather concerned.

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this filthy rich guy who wants to write some code if it wants to help really to help, but it never ceases and also will be able to make a real driver of these targeted iwi3945, 1 iwi4965 that works well on Mac OS X if not The not be here, I would be earning money elsewhere .. started saying that it would, after which needed a iwi3945, or iwi4965 then he needed to repair your computer and then wanted a new one now and one screen and one that is worth more for everything and asi takes months and people do come and test a kernel panic behind another, what he wants you Jalavoui is mounted a study of all kinds of hardware at the expense of writing a code that's not going to work really, I think that wants to help really not doing so by this gentleman wants to call it somehow filthy rich at the expense of the people of this forum .. duty for cars and once ..

 

 

I think what matters if it is understood .. besides already been given by alluded or rather concerned.

Is that Googlish?

[Hagar]

Is that Googlish?

 

it's off-topic & totally devoid of meaning - entertainment purposes only

[BigPimpin]

I thought the "filthy rich" part was amusing.

[@irBOrNE]

Sorry guys, been away from project way too long, but got myself a fresh Kalyway 10.5.2 install now on a Dell D600, tried latest iwi2200, and similar to the others - no dice... What I am EXTREMELY curious about is the fact that this iwi2200 driver USED to work quite well on 10.5... But seems that we have reverted to a non-working state. Does anyone by chance have the older good working version they can post here. Might be super helpful to the entire project in general. Thanks again for everyone's hard work and helpfulness to each other with this!

[fueltank]

I think what matters if it is understood .. besides already been given by alluded or rather concerned.

 

I don't think many, if any, really comprehended what you said to be honest. I understand english may not be your native language but atleast you're having a go. Grammar was all over the place like a mad woman's breakfast.

[Elucid]

man cant someone do the iw3945 already i want it

[Psoodo]

this filthy rich guy who wants to write some code if it wants to help really to help, but it never ceases and also will be able to make a real driver of these targeted iwi3945, 1 iwi4965 that works well on Mac OS X if not The not be here, I would be earning money elsewhere .. started saying that it would, after which needed a iwi3945, or iwi4965 then he needed to repair your computer and then wanted a new one now and one screen and one that is worth more for everything and asi takes months and people do come and test a kernel panic behind another, what he wants you Jalavoui is mounted a study of all kinds of hardware at the expense of writing a code that's not going to work really, I think that wants to help really not doing so by this gentleman wants to call it somehow filthy rich at the expense of the people of this forum .. duty for cars and once ..

 

All your base are belong to us!

 

I'm sorry to see that the iwi3945 and iwi4965 projects have been so challenging. I appreciate all the time and effort that has been put into trying to get the code to work, and the many hours of testing as well. I hope that this effort is revived.

[joshawa]

@ eenMadcat:

 

Hey, last time you posted you had made a little progress on the 4965 driver. How are things going? Any new updates?

 

Please let us know if we can help.

 

Thanks for your hard work.

[Aivarz]

... Does anyone by chance have the older good working version they can post here. Might be super helpful to the entire project in general. Thanks again for everyone's hard work and helpfulness to each other with this!

 

I have a copy of iwi2200.dmg dated 31.12.07, but I can't remember if I have tested it under 10.5.x, so don't know if it might be helpful.

 

iwi2200.zip

[ghostwheel]

I installed the latest 3945 driver on 10.5.2 Kalyway, and have partial success.

 

The card is detected as a network card, and it manages to scan for nearby networks!

I have not yet been able to associate with any network, but I think the reason is that the card always get address en2,

but I think networkSelector expects en1....

 

The system boot correctly most of the time after the install, though less often than before.

Scan doesn't work after every boot, I'm not sure yet when.

It seems to help if I do

sudo ifconfig en2 192.168.2.1 (en2 is the 3945 card on my system)

 

 

Update:

 

I managed to assign en1 to the card by deleting the files

NetworkInterfaces.plist and preferences.plist

in /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/

but since then the scan fails.... I'm not really sure why.

 

Update 2:

I restored the files to their original state, so that the card is en2 again, but the scan still fails. So I'm not sure what changed.

 

Update 3:

Now finally, 3945 card is on en1, and wireless scan works! But, the card stilll does not associate with the network, even though it is not encrypted.

Edited July 7, 2008 by ghostwheel

[@irBOrNE]

I have a copy of iwi2200.dmg dated 31.12.07, but I can't remember if I have tested it under 10.5.x, so don't know if it might be helpful.

 

iwi2200.zip

 

 

Thanks Aivarz! I'll give this a shot when I'm able and report back if it works. I imagine this might help out quite a few others who will come back around to the forum and find that now there is a non-working driver on SVN Latest (when it used to work reasonably well...)

[jalavoui]

ghostwheel,

 

post code changes/suggestions here so we can discuss it

 

you're right about iwi2200 code - can you try a fix?

networkSelector is a bit old - can you check nsgui code? i only use networkselector for testing in -s mode in mac os x 10.4

 

@irBOrNE,

last time i checked iwi2200 code for 10.5 i make it airport compatible and it was very stable

you can browse the svn tree (get a svn client program) and dowload old releases from there

 

iwi2100

Andy will send me this card from UK - once i get it i'll start to work

 

iwi3945/4965

Chico from Portugal (my home) have this cards.

 

i can work on my acer in mac os x 10.4 for iwi2100/2200

and on the hp g7000 for iwi3945/4965

 

but i think all developers should have a mac to work - it is so much easier

 

anyone willing to write code for the drivers please post it here for testing/discussions

 

thanks for helping

[UberPrinnyBaal]

Jalavoui, i'm willing to help with code, at least for the 4965... I'm limited because it's not my field, the 4965 is what i have, and i'm not experienced or confident enough to write code for hardware i can't test.. Also, i'm in a totally different timezone, but i'm used to that Let me know what i can help with, i'll do what i can.

[hagie92]

I've made progress with the Intel 3945ABG card. Toh's Leopard 10.5 "sees" my card, (after I made some tweaks to some kext files, but will still not connect.

 

The only thing I really did was go to System/Library/Extensions/IONetworkingFamily.kext/Contents/Plugins/AppleIntel8255x

and added my product id string for my WLAN adaptor (0x42228086) right after IOPCIMatch.

 

Save the info.plist to your desktop, then move it back to the original file. (it wont let you save it where it was)

 

Open up a terminal and type:

 

sudo rm /System/Library/Extensions.kextcache

 

and:

 

sudo kextcache -k /System/Library/Extensions

 

Open Disk Utility and Repair Disk Permissions for your drive.

 

REBOOT!

 

your card should now be listed. As far as selecting a network, I dont know. I downloaded Network Selector, but that didnt seem to help.

 

Hope it helps,

 

Hagie92

[nobb1x]

I've made progress with the Intel 3945ABG card. Toh's Leopard 10.5 "sees" my card, (after I made some tweaks to some kext files, but will still not connect.

 

The only thing I really did was go to System/Library/Extensions/IONetworkingFamily.kext/Contents/Plugins/AppleIntel8255x

and added my product id string for my WLAN adaptor (0x42228086) right after IOPCIMatch.

 

Do you know what you are trying to do?? hey, that is a wired ethernet controller not a wireless.

 

http://www.intel.com/design/network/produc...ers/82551er.htm

[vietboi821]

@jalavoui

 

Any chance you can comment your code from this point forward or whatever you can so others can follow along more easier, and perhaps contribute. I will comment any code I write if I do end up writing some. Hopefully this can speed up the process.

[@irBOrNE]

I have a copy of iwi2200.dmg dated 31.12.07, but I can't remember if I have tested it under 10.5.x, so don't know if it might be helpful.

 

iwi2200.zip

 

Meant to mention I gave that zip file a try you posted, it def doesn't work, actually gives a KP, and has to be uninstalled in single user mode, so I'd scratch that version...

 

ghostwheel,

 

post code changes/suggestions here so we can discuss it

 

you're right about iwi2200 code - can you try a fix?

networkSelector is a bit old - can you check nsgui code? i only use networkselector for testing in -s mode in mac os x 10.4

 

@irBOrNE,

last time i checked iwi2200 code for 10.5 i make it airport compatible and it was very stable

you can browse the svn tree (get a svn client program) and dowload old releases from there

 

jalavoui - Today I downloaded and tried the very latest SVN for iwi2200 on Kalyway 10.5.2 fresh install. It's not showing up as an airport or anything, is there anything additional I need to tweak or edit in certain files to get this to work? Apologies if I've missed the instructions anywhere else.

 

Also tried running networkSelector as root, it says "Could not get ID for kernel control 2"

 

Also nsGUI appears to load and be running in process list but is not showing up at all in my upper bar... I believe I'm following any correct instructions to install, please do correct me if I'm wrong, would love to be able to report a success!

 

Thanks much...

[hagie92]

So jalavoui, do you actually have the 3945abg card, or are you working on the logs and KP's that people post here to continue your work?

 

If its that your kinda building this in the dark, I just want to say...come on people! lets donate a chip.

 

Thanks,

 

Hagie92

 

Also, I am willing to be the Guenna Pig if someone is willing to show me what to download and how to use it. You can even PM me if you'd like. All I can say, is the latest build on the iwi website, the 3945abg...installs fine. I may have one or two kernel panics....but after a couple of reboots, itll finally work. You can go into network and see the card, but it seems to interpret it as a LAN card, not a wireless one. it shows up as en1 (i got the intel pro/100 to work) but it says the cable in unplugged. Also, in the network selector GUI, the mac address is all 000000's and it just says scanning.

 

I dont know where the log files are, and I deleted the .kext to avoid KP's. I can easily install stuff as directed, and ill be able to check this website every day, so I can keep you updated.

 

Let me know,

 

hagie92

[Soaa]

Jalavoui, i'm willing to help with code, at least for the 4965... I'm limited because it's not my field, the 4965 is what i have, and i'm not experienced or confident enough to write code for hardware i can't test.. Also, i'm in a totally different timezone, but i'm used to that Let me know what i can help with, i'll do what i can.

DUDE. YOU'RE HERE TOO? (or are you another prinnybaal?) Let's join forces to get this 4965 to work. I have one too, but I quickly replaced Leopard with Ubuntu due to lack of hardware support. ]:

 

But I have a spare drive now, so I can test again. Installing Leopard now. I'm your man, what are my orders? o;