And I must be the biggest doofus on here 'cause I can't find the 'Property List Editor'!

If someone could explain where I'd find that in 10.4.11 it would be great.

Also, when using Terminal, I am typing the instructions exactly as they appear (using a space when there appears to be a space) and hitting the return key for the <Enter> commands but I'm not at all confident that what I'm asking Terminal to do is 'sticking'. :confused:

Property List Editor is not included with a default install of OS X. You get it when you install Developer Tools (sometimes known as XCode). When you've installed Developer Tools/ XCode, it will be in /Developer/Applications/Utilities.

Why not? If you aren't sure, let us see the full transcript from your Terminal session. You should also read the Unix FAQ that is at the top of the Unix - Newcomers forum here.

You should know that when Unix commands complete successfully, they usually give you no message. A message is usually an error. So if a command completes and you get another Unix prompt, that means (in most cases) that it completed successfully.

On the other hand, if you get an error message, then you're probably right, and the commands didn't complete successfully.

Trevor

You need to use the correct case (in other words, when you see upper case letters, type upper case letters. When you see lower case letters, type lower case letters). System has an initial capital, as does Library, as does Extensions. Contents probably does as well.

And you can't use spaces in the way you show above, nor can you just leave them out. Spaces are the dividing marker between different parts of a Unix command, so when the command line sees a space, it will assume that you're done with that part. You need to read the Unix FAQ at the top of the Unix - Newcomers forum, which will explain (among many other things) how to deal with spaces. In short--put quotes around the entire filename, or else put a \ character before each space to "escape" the space.

Trevor

OK, thanks for the help.

I'm now confident that I'm inputting all the information OK and that it is 'sticking'. However, while System Profiler recognises that the Belkin Wireless USB Adapter is there, the rest of the system doesn't seem to.

There's no status light on (on the Belkin) and there's no sign of an Ethernet Adapter en2 in the Network part of the system preferences.

Also, when I launch the Realtek USB WLAN Client Utility from Applications the icon bounces up and down in the dock for a while, eventually stops (in the Dock) but nothing else happens. The Mac works fine in all other respects though. It doesn't freeze, I can see the Realtek icon in the dock and other applications work OK.

Am I doing something basically wrong? For instance, after I've used Property List Editor and gone to save the changes, I'm told I don't have sufficient privileges and have to alter the security settings of Info.plist in the Get Info pane. Should that be happening?

Similarly, after doing that (and apparently being allowed to save the changes to Info.plist) when I go back to Terminal it asks for my password. However, it won't let me input anything (including the password) until I hit the return (Enter) key. Then it says password incorrect and allows me to input my password correctly.

You're close but not there
 

The adapter isn't going to light up and the Realtek client isn't going to connect until everything is just right. It's very fussy. You may have something not quite right with the permissions on the file. I know that as I was muddling through it and had incorrectly hacked the plist odd things were happening on my machine as a whole... Once I got the plist repaired it stopped causing havoc on the system, but then didn't recognize the device untill all was just right.

This is what my working plist file looks like from

/system/library/extensions/RTL8187Bt.kext/Contents
-r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 6765 Jan 9 01:01 Info.plist

hello, i'm from berlin/germany and this is my first posting on here :)

when i bought this adapter i wouldn't have thought i'd have to spend nights and days to get it working.

tried a few other ways (ralink, zydas, etc) from hints in other forums but what finally worked (i'll mention my private problems later below) was following the download link and plist hack from RM_Kinder's post #136 - thanks so much! :)

tip for other newbies like me: if you followed all the directions but still the en1 didn't show up in network preferences, you might need to manually remove all .kext driver files from previous installations you might have tried before (all uninstallers that came with the respective drivers - despite saying so - did NOT remove those). as soon as i had removed them, my network prepane alerted/informed me about the new ethernet device. finally! :)

so good so far.

now, the green l.e.d. on the belkin stick shows a permanent green light and the network prefpane tells me it's connected

PERHAPS BEFORE WRITING ON, I SHOULD SAY WHAT I WANT TO USE THIS FOR IS SOLELY THE PURPOSE OF CONNECTING MY IPOD TOUCH TO MY POWER MAC G5 TO GO ONLINE WITH IT AND SYNC SEVERAL APPS ON THE IPOD TOUCH WITH THEIR DESKTOP MAC COUNTERPARTS. (before i had this belkin usb adapter, i always unplugged my computers ethernet cable from the dsl modem and put it into a samsung wlan router that i got for free from a friend ->setting this up with the samsung was very easy. as soon as i had connected it, it opened my browser, then gave me a code i had to enter into my ipod touch and that was it.)

BUT NOW I AM TOTALLY CLUELESS.
(unfortunately the 'realtek usb wlan client utility' comes without a manual)

i understand that in the 'mode' menu i have to set it to 'access point' so my 'network' prefpane shows it at connected.

but what then?

my prefpane shows an entry in ip address and one in subnet mask BUT the router address field stays empty!

http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/1151/bild1vav.png

http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/3485/bild2c.png

the 'realtek usb wlan client utility' preferences look like that:

http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/6901/bild3a.png

http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/7066/bild4y.png

http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/7391/bild5c.png

on the ipod touch in the preferences > wi-fi there now is a new network, called 'defaultAP' - it has NO lock symbol next to it (I GUESS THAT MEANS EVERY NEIGHBOUR CAN GET INTO MY MAC RIGHT NOW!?)-

i tried syncing my 'shovebox' and 'things' apps via this wi-fi connection and IT WORKS :)

BUT:

1.) i cannot connect to the internet (guess i'll have to make some settings in the 'realtek usb wlan client utility' and maybe in my network preferences, too?)

2.) it makes me quite worried that my wi-fi is open so anyone can connect to it!

i am very happy that - with your help - i made it so far and it would be great if you could aid me until the finish!

thanks very much & happy easter everyone! :)
·9.3·

Thanks BW, this is the only driver that actually worked at all. Unfortunately most of the links mentioned in this thread do not work at all any more. But if you have a Belkin Wireless G USB F5D7050 v4002 like I do, and want to make it work with OS X 10.4, this is your best shot.

I had to play around by uninstalling all previous drivers mentioned here, reboot the Mac numerous times, go into the Preferences > Network to let OS X see the new "Ethernet-adapter (en1)", put it in and out the socket and reboot even another time until the green LED stayed on, fin the ZD application again... but in the end it works fine now.
Sorry for not being able to reproduce a detailed step-list, as I was getting pretty emotional after wasting so much time on the darn thing, and now I am to happy that it finally made me wireless that I do not want to touch it again.

A big shame on Belkin, being such a big brand and not able to provide proper support to (paying) Mac customers!

Make shure

here quick drivers for 10.4 and 10.5 ..

u can just go to utils right click (or ctrl+click) show the package contents and get rid of everything.

here are the drivers it works with all kinds of encryption no terminal etc. needed for installaton

Big thanks
 

OMG!! Thankyou so much whiskynwhisky. I have tried many other solutions / workarounds to this problem before with no success, imagine my surprise when after a 1min install and restart I can now use my Belkin usb wireless Network adapter (on multiple macs, osx 10.4 and 10.5)!!! Massive thanks :D:D

Highly recommend this option to others who have been struggling with the same issue!!

I have the Belkin F5D7050B Mac (that's the v.3xxx version). Anyone had any luck finding a driver to get this working with a Mac? I'm on OS X 10.5.8 and it's a PowerPC Mac Mini (G4?)

I'm well ready to bang my head against the wall. It really shouldn't be this hard...
I've been trying to install a Belkin v4002 to my old iMac G4 PPC that WAS running 10.5.8. It now is running 10.4 (because I thought that might fix my problems - it didn't)... I have had various success at times... green light on stick illuminated (previously, not anymore), an ethernet-adapter option in preferences, even the ZD software showed my wifi network... But without fail - sometimes after 4 seconds, sometimes after a few minutes - the system hangs. So - I have yet to successfully complete this SIMPLE task... :(

F5D7050 v3000 & v4000
 

:D I have both of these adapters but none have MAC Drivers (OS X 10.4). Do they work with any other drivers? On WINDOWS 7 u can use drivers that WINDOWS 7 comes with. Does OS X come with another brands drivers that they might work with? On WINDOWS 7 they work with the "Atheros Wireless Network Adapter", "Broadcom 802.11g", "Ralink RT2500" and the "Belkin Wireless A/G Desktop Network Card" drivers. I wonder if "MAC OS X 10.4" has these drivers built in also? I will check and report back shortly. :D

F5D7050 v.4133 on 10.6.5 MacBookPro
 

Have been spending the latter part of 2010 reading the posts on this forum preparing myself for the task of trying out my this little USB NIC I picked up in Fry's. The goal here was to quickly acquire a USB-NIC with at least an authentic rt73 chipset so that I can play around with some of the more powerful 'security assessment' features of KisMac that are unavailable in the native airport of my MacBook Pro.

Now when I say authentic chipset I'm not referring to the the various kexts, etc. for getting the OS to recognize and interface the actual hardware, I'm talking about what's literally there. As of this very early stage, I'm not entirely confident what actual chipset I have here embedded in this little plastic shell (8187L, rt73, Zydas1211 or 1211B, Atheros or if there is in fact any real difference among these) and what this means for the software driver install and what it means for packet injection capabilities later in KisMac.

So... I'm sorting through everything right now and will update this thread with whether Belkin's incessant chipset changes with every new version ( v.4133 now) seem to be compatible with Snow Leopard 10.6.5 or not. KisMac stuff is a sort of a side note.

Wish me luck as I've never done this exactly but you all seem to be an excellent resource base!