Jynx Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 First I fought with a Netgear MA111 v1 for weeks. - NO JOY Then, I bought a Belkin 7050 USB - NO JOY. Returned that and bought a D-Link (forget the model) - NO JOY. So then I see that the Belkin 7001 uses a Broadcom. And I read other here using it within 10.4.1 with the patched AppleAirPort2.kext. Followed several instructions to the "T". - NO JOY. So now I'm about to return my 3rd wireless adapter that is "Supposed" to work. The only thing I can think of is these models come out with a working chipset for OSX then by the time I buy it they started shipping it with a different chipset! I don't know. Everywhere I read the Belkin 7001 only had 1 version. I could'nt find anything saying ok v1 has this, v2 has hat..etc Only found that the 7001 had a broadcom chipset. But 10.4.1 simply will not detect it even though the kext loads fine. So I'm not sure what to do, I can't use it without wireless access. I'm about to spend $99 and buy the Xbox wireless adapter to use it as an ethernet bridge Who has bought cards from say Bestbuy, Circuit city or Staples within the last week or so that WORKS within OSX! I'm going to be taking back the Belkin 7001 soon unless anyone can tell my why OSX won't detect it.. would be nice to get it working but I spent hours doing everything I could find doing a search on the board :pirate2: Edit : By the way, the only thing I can see on the card I just bought is Belkin F5D7001 version 1212. I have googled till I'm googled out and I cannot find chipset information for that. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/8513-wireless-woes-please-help/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
blt93932 Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 Man, I have the F5D7050, and no luck, looks like we're in the same boat. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/8513-wireless-woes-please-help/#findComment-52825 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberwolf Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 Edit : By the way, the only thing I can see on the card I just bought is Belkin F5D7001 version 1212. I have googled till I'm googled out and I cannot find chipset information for that. I have a friend with the same card and spent a few hours trying to get his setup to work last night so I have some familiarity but not a lot of first hand experience. What I can tell you is that your chipset is 4306/4320 according to this thread http://forum.osx86project.org/index.php?sh...pic=4641&st=160 and you should be able to get the card to be recognized by doing the instructions posted on the 7th page by the poster Cheesecake. Once you do that modification you may have to edit /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/NetworkInterfaces.plist in the way specified by ohpossom on page six. All in all that thread is very useful, especially the posts mentioned. My friend got the card to be recognized but had a bad os install that kept crashing. Good luck! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/8513-wireless-woes-please-help/#findComment-53045 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jynx Posted February 6, 2006 Author Share Posted February 6, 2006 Well I couldnt find the IO80211Family on the 10.4.4 CD I have, so I downloaded it from the link you gave me. I followed his instructions. And nothing... Card is not detected anywhere Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/8513-wireless-woes-please-help/#findComment-53210 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jynx Posted February 6, 2006 Author Share Posted February 6, 2006 AH HA I added 4318 to the plist instead of 4320 that I saw posted somewhere and boom..coming to you live via my Belkin under 10.4.3 using WEP Nice, now finaly I can focus on making things look better, resolution..etc w/ my Nvidia 6600. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/8513-wireless-woes-please-help/#findComment-53216 Share on other sites More sharing options...
blt93932 Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 Woah, can you tell me your exact intructions? I have a F5D7050, and maybe your way would work for me too! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/8513-wireless-woes-please-help/#findComment-53941 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jynx Posted February 7, 2006 Author Share Posted February 7, 2006 I have a friend with the same card and spent a few hours trying to get his setup to work last night so I have some familiarity but not a lot of first hand experience. What I can tell you is that your chipset is 4306/4320 according to this thread http://forum.osx86project.org/index.php?sh...pic=4641&st=160 and you should be able to get the card to be recognized by doing the instructions posted on the 7th page by the poster Cheesecake. Once you do that modification you may have to edit /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/NetworkInterfaces.plist in the way specified by ohpossom on page six. All in all that thread is very useful, especially the posts mentioned. My friend got the card to be recognized but had a bad os install that kept crashing. Good luck! I followed the above information and links. I just used 4318 instead of 4320 when 4320 was said to be used. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/8513-wireless-woes-please-help/#findComment-54041 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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