Thank you Kris. This gives me some directions to look into - I'll repost when I have some of this needed info. for you. Many thanks, Dana
On Nov 27, 6:41 pm, Kris Tilford <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm almost certain that most all Broadcom cards can work, but a few > are "problematic". I've been trying to help, but you never post the > necessary information. You say "it doesn't work" and that's about it. > We know the card, but not any of the pertinent information. > > The most important things for troubleshooting a Broadcom wifi card > would be: > > 1)VID & PID # of the Broadcom wifi card itself. A specific Broadcom > chipset can normally be determined from these ID #'s, which tells you > which Braodcom kext is required. > > These ID's can be determined several ways. Sometimes they're shown in > System Profiler. The Broadcom VID # is 0x14e4, and the PID is the > important # you're looking for. In System Profiler is should be shown > under Network>Airport Card, or perhaps under PCI Cards. If it's not > shown in System Profiler, you can use an application DPCIManager > available here. The app is within the "Build" folder, use the specific > version you need: > > <http://rapidshare.com/files/380454157/DPCIManager_0.3.zip> > > 2)Software version and configuration. This would be OS X version, and > whether or not the correct kexts are currently loaded (meaning they > are functional within OS X). The necessary kexts for wifi connection > are IONetworkingFamily.kext, IO80211Family.kext, and a specific > Broadcom kext that may vary with the exact hardware of the card > itself. ALL THREE of these kexts need to be loaded to have wifi > functionality. > > To see which kexts are loaded you can look in System Profiler under > Extensions, or better you can run the command kextstat in Terminal, > which will definitely show ALL kexts loaded, whereas System Profiler > is known to miss some every so often. > > 3)Status of the Network System Preferences pane, and whether or not an > "Airport" port is recognized within Network System Preferences. > > So far, I don't remember seeing any of this necessary information for > you card? I still suspect your card will work, but that you need to > troubleshoot a little more intensively. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
