Comments on: 10 thing you should know when you switch to mac http://blog.tigeryao.com/2006/10-thing-you-should-know-when-you-switch-to-mac.html hey - what's up?! Mon, 21 May 2012 05:44:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Sherwood http://blog.tigeryao.com/2006/10-thing-you-should-know-when-you-switch-to-mac.html#comment-1049 Wed, 17 Jan 2007 23:03:19 +0000 http://blog.tigeryao.com/2006/10-thing-you-should-know-when-you-switch-to-mac.html#comment-1049 Here is how to make thinkpad Atheros wireless working.. edit: please note you have to have your wireless/airport device as en1, in my case my built in ethernet takes en0 so it works out fine. (make change in /library/systemconfiguration/networkinterfaces.plist) Download the official Intel 10.4.5 update from Apple (98MB) (http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/mac...45forintel.html) Backup your /System/Library/Extensions/IO80211Family.kext Extract the IO80211Family.kext from the 10.4.5 update (using pacifist?) open finder to /System/Library/Extensions drag the kext from 10.4.5 update into the /System/Library/Extensions folder enter passsword when prompted open the disk utility (/Application/Utilities/Disk Utility), then repair permissions on your Startup volume (may take a little while) open up terminal, and switch to root (enter sudo -s, enter your user password) CODE cd /System/Library/Extensions chmod -R 755 IO80211family.kext chown -R root:wheel IO80211family.kext then list the contents CODE ls -l make sure the IO80211Family line looks like this: CODE drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Feb 2 2006 IO80211Family.kext check that the permissions propagated to subdirectories: CODE cd IO80211Family.kext/contents/plugins ls -l should look like this: CODE total 0 drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Feb 2 2006 AirPortAtheros5424.kext drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Feb 2 2006 AppleAirPortBrcm4311.kext then test that the extensions works: CODE kextload AirPortAtheros5424.kext should give a extension loaded successfully message then you have to go to System Preferences>Network a message should pop up telling you you have a new AirPort. from the Show: box, pick AirPort. you can set the options here, i suggest you check the Show airport status in menu bar, make sure you click apply now. There you have it, fully working native Atheros card! Here is how to make thinkpad Atheros wireless working..
edit: please note you have to have your wireless/airport device as en1, in my case my built in ethernet takes en0 so it works out fine. (make change in /library/systemconfiguration/networkinterfaces.plist)
Download the official Intel 10.4.5 update from Apple (98MB) (http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/mac…45forintel.html)
Backup your /System/Library/Extensions/IO80211Family.kext
Extract the IO80211Family.kext from the 10.4.5 update (using pacifist?)
open finder to /System/Library/Extensions
drag the kext from 10.4.5 update into the /System/Library/Extensions folder
enter passsword when prompted
open the disk utility (/Application/Utilities/Disk Utility), then repair permissions on your Startup volume (may take a little while)
open up terminal, and switch to root (enter sudo -s, enter your user password)
CODE
cd /System/Library/Extensions
chmod -R 755 IO80211family.kext
chown -R root:wheel IO80211family.kext

then list the contents
CODE
ls -l

make sure the IO80211Family line looks like this:
CODE
drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Feb 2 2006 IO80211Family.kext

check that the permissions propagated to subdirectories:
CODE
cd IO80211Family.kext/contents/plugins
ls -l

should look like this:
CODE
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Feb 2 2006 AirPortAtheros5424.kext
drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Feb 2 2006 AppleAirPortBrcm4311.kext

then test that the extensions works:
CODE
kextload AirPortAtheros5424.kext

should give a extension loaded successfully message

then you have to go to System Preferences>Network
a message should pop up telling you you have a new AirPort. from the Show: box, pick AirPort. you can set the options here, i suggest you check the Show airport status in menu bar, make sure you click apply now.

There you have it, fully working native Atheros card!

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