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Realtek 8187L WiFi

I've a problem with my integrated wifi.. i've got an Asus M2N32-Sli Deluxe that has a Realtek 8187L, i installed the old drivers for tiger (realtek made original drivers) but they nolong work with Leopard.. anyone can help me to fix it?

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@lex23 Published 2008-02-24
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OSx86 Core & 10.X
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10,576 historical reads · 3 curated field notes (from 6 dispatches) · 2008-02-24 – 2008-03-24
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@lex23 (2)@Cromwell (2)@eldemente@schnoex

I've a problem with my integrated wifi.. i've got an Asus M2N32-Sli Deluxe that has a Realtek 8187L, i installed the old drivers for tiger (realtek made original drivers) but they nolong work with Leopard.. anyone can help me to fix it?

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3 technical responses curated from 6 original dispatches

Field Note #1 @Cromwell 2008-02-24

Hi. Have you installed 10.5.2 AMD or 10.5.1 AMD?
I have the same mobo and have no success installing 10.5.2 (SAM multimedia error, waiting for root device). What are your specs?
In 10.5.1 I cannot make my WiFi working too =(

Field Note #2 @eldemente 2008-02-25

ok i have the same mobo M2N32-Sli Deluxe i have installed 10.5.2 and its working graet .. the wi fi is working with the realtek drivers but is a problem sometimes i have to restart because the its conects and disconect like in 10 seconds then the realtek program don't see the wireless .. i do a restart try agian an it works fine ...sorry about my english is not good .. i am tryin to said the the drivers work but it has some problems just try it.. and the problem of the waiting for root divice is that you are tryin to boot with a sata dvd .. try to run the dvd with a ide dvd ... i am telling you this because i got the same problem

Field Note #3 @schnoex 2008-03-23

Hi, I had the same problem (and same MOBO); tried the latest driver (<a href=rea ltek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=24&PFid=1&Level=6&Conn=5&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false&Downloads=true
>here</a>), but it connected, disconnected and so on; Vista x64 worked fine...<br />
Then I changed the passphrase for WPA access.<br />Vitsa sent is as Hex (my router was configured to recieve a hex key), but I suppose the Realtek tool in OSX only sends Ascii values.<br />
Now it works fine...

Corroborated & Participated: @Cromwell
Sources & Contributor Provenance (4 credited usernames · Thread #480)
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@lex23Primary Author22008-02-24
@CromwellContributor22008-02-24 → 2008-03-24
@eldementeContributor12008-02-25
@schnoexContributor12008-03-23