Atheros PCI adapter on OSx86 10.5.5
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?
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- @JohnL Published 2008-12-09
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- OSx86 Core & 10.X
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- 15,334 historical reads · 5 curated field notes (from 6 dispatches) · 2008-12-09 – 2009-01-27
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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?
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5 technical responses curated from 6 original dispatches
here's a link on the topic. should be straight-forward if you follow the Leopard process.
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.
iDeneb.
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
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.
how do i get pci devices working in os x →
DWL-G630 here Atheros 5006
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
Sources & Contributor Provenance (6 credited usernames · Thread #1709)
| Username | Dossier Contribution | Dispatches | Active Window |
|---|---|---|---|
| @JohnL | Primary Author | 1 | 2008-12-09 |
| @nfoav8or | Contributor | 1 | 2008-12-09 |
| @jbardi | Contributor | 1 | 2009-01-04 |
| @fman1234 | Contributor | 1 | 2009-01-11 |
| @lanceomni | Contributor | 1 | 2009-01-11 |
| @bestman50 | Contributor | 1 | 2009-01-27 |