Atheros PCI adapter on OSx86 10.5.5

[JohnL]

Hello,

I installed iAtkos v5i on my pc. Nearly everything's working fine except the wireless adapter. I have a PCI TP-Link TL-WN551G, which is using the Atheros AR5212 chipset.

What do I have to do to use it under OSx86?

Thanks

[nfoav8or]

here's a link on the topic. should be straight-forward if you follow the Leopard process.

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=40317&hl=AR5212

[jbardi]

This is hit and miss. I have never gotten this to work even with the instructions on Insanelymac.com

You can have the same chipset on 2 different systems and it works on one and not the other, mainly due to other hardware on the motherboard conflicting. It is not a perfect science.

[fman1234]

I'm using iDeneb V1 10.5.4 and it came with the kext.. it works great! couldn't be any happier that wireless works!

Cheers,
Fman

[lanceomni]

This person managed to get his card working using the post NFOav8or listed above.

Here is a link to his initial post with information on finding your Device/Vendor Ids.
http://www.infinitemac.com/f5/how-do-i-get-pci-devices-working-in-t1722/

[bestman50]

I have the DWL-g630 pcimia card working on my Acer 5670. Here is another link [http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=57316] . Now if I can just get my sound card work I will have all my problems solved.

bestman50