setec Posted August 23, 2005 Share Posted August 23, 2005 Broadcom 802.11b/g wifi won't work, however, I am hoping I can find a solution since Broadcom technology is in the Apple Airport. Anyone else have this wifi card on their notebook? Model: BCM94306MP I think I was wrong about it being 54G, so if I am, could an admin change the title of my post? Thanks. NOTE: I have a 450XL, I mistyped when posting the title of the thread Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/986-broadcom-54g-wireless-nic-internal/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyrana Posted August 23, 2005 Share Posted August 23, 2005 Broadcom 802.11b/g wifi won't work, however, I am hoping I can find a solution since Broadcom technology is in the Apple Airport. Anyone else have this wifi card on their notebook? Model: BCM94306MP I think I was wrong about it being 54G, so if I am, could an admin change the title of my post? Thanks. No wireless PCMCIA cards are known to work. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/986-broadcom-54g-wireless-nic-internal/#findComment-6027 Share on other sites More sharing options...
setec Posted August 23, 2005 Author Share Posted August 23, 2005 Actually, this is built into the system, not PCMICA. Its a mini-PCI inside the laptop. Doubt it will work anyway. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/986-broadcom-54g-wireless-nic-internal/#findComment-6029 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin R. Posted August 23, 2005 Share Posted August 23, 2005 I have a Broadcom mini-PCI in my hp pavilion ze4900 laptop. The number is BCMP94306MPLNA and its a 802.11g card. I'd really like to get it to work. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/986-broadcom-54g-wireless-nic-internal/#findComment-6032 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyrana Posted August 23, 2005 Share Posted August 23, 2005 Even a lot of mini-PCI stuff isn't working for some reason. I have the PCMCIA version of this (WPC54G), which is the same as the Airport and it doesn't work, either. I bet we see some hacks for this in the [hopefully not too] distant future, as there is a driver package somewhere someone needs to try to recompile. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/986-broadcom-54g-wireless-nic-internal/#findComment-6038 Share on other sites More sharing options...
setec Posted August 29, 2005 Author Share Posted August 29, 2005 Now that I got USB wifi working, I want to try to get my internal broadcom card working. This is a link for a PDF file that explains how to *possibly* get airport to recognize your broadcom chipset. Broadcom has been recognized by aiport since 10.2 apparently. home.earthlink.net/~metaphyzx/Broadcom.pdf I did find an extra device as per the directions and modified the AppleAirport2.kext, however, it didn't work for me. But maybe it will work for some other people. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/986-broadcom-54g-wireless-nic-internal/#findComment-9128 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyrana Posted August 29, 2005 Share Posted August 29, 2005 You have checked this thread, right? I haven't looked at the pdf you linked to, though... http://forum.osx86project.org/index.php?showtopic=1263 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/986-broadcom-54g-wireless-nic-internal/#findComment-9129 Share on other sites More sharing options...
setec Posted August 29, 2005 Author Share Posted August 29, 2005 Yes, I saw that thread last night (scanned over it) and was meaning to try it out sometime today. I just wanted to post that PDF because hopefully it works for other people. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/986-broadcom-54g-wireless-nic-internal/#findComment-9148 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyrana Posted August 29, 2005 Share Posted August 29, 2005 Yes, I saw that thread last night (scanned over it) and was meaning to try it out sometime today. I just wanted to post that PDF because hopefully it works for other people. Ahh ok, just wanted to make sure. I know some people here read and use the search function, but it is a bit rare sometimes. lol. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/986-broadcom-54g-wireless-nic-internal/#findComment-9209 Share on other sites More sharing options...
setec Posted August 29, 2005 Author Share Posted August 29, 2005 And that thread worked!!!! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/986-broadcom-54g-wireless-nic-internal/#findComment-9259 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessio Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 And that thread worked!!!! So, you have a miniPCI wifi card working on your MacIntel? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/986-broadcom-54g-wireless-nic-internal/#findComment-46580 Share on other sites More sharing options...
shatter Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 You have checked this thread, right? I haven't looked at the pdf you linked to, though...http://forum.osx86project.org/index.php?showtopic=1263 Does this fix work for 10.4.3? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/986-broadcom-54g-wireless-nic-internal/#findComment-46664 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xelman Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 This is how I got the BCM94306MP to work on my HP zd7000 with 10.4.8 installed (the JaS one) - (this should work on ANY machine with the BCM94306MP mini-PCI card) - Please note, this is a minor hardware hack, so be careful, do at your own risk, etc. In order to get the card to “always be on/enabled”, you need to cover up pin 11 and pin 13. The odd-numbered pins are on the top of the card (the size that does NOT have the giant sticker). The bottom of the card (the side that DOES have the giant sticker) has all of the even numbered pins, and should also have some numbering (in small white letters, you should see the number ‘2’ on the extreme left side of the card, right next to the very first pin). The pin directly on the other side of the card (the top side) is pin 1. This is the part that you care about – pins 11 and 13 are the 6th and 7th pins from the left on the top of the card. These need to be covered somehow – I suggest a thin piece of electrical tape. Since these pins are right next to each other, you can use a piece wide enough to cover both. Make sure that the tape does NOT wrap all the way around to the pins on the back of the card, as they are different pins and should not be covered. You might want to let the tape hang just a little bit off of the end of the card (or cover the edge) since the tape will likely slip when you slide the card back into your machine. That’s all! The card is now “always on/enabled”. I did the modification mentioned in http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=16963 to my extension though I probably didn’t have to – I believe that on JaS 10.4.8, this card has driver support by default. Good luck, and enjoy going online with your OSX86 machine! --Xel Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/986-broadcom-54g-wireless-nic-internal/#findComment-306375 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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