Mac OS Wireless Adapter Compatibility List - Page 2

metaphyzx · 10-21-2005, 10:36 AM

If you can find the belkin USB devices, I can vouch for them directly. the linksys, I've yet to actually test, although I've had several people get them working.

surf · 10-22-2005, 07:21 PM

Did you see that Ralink Technology offers OS X drivers for their chipset? http://www.ralinktech.com/supp-1.htm
Now one has to find out, which products use their chipset. Maybe they are willing to say who they sell to, when you show them your list. Could boost the demand for these products and thous their chipset.

metaphyzx · 11-02-2005, 11:07 AM

I've seen them; The only reason they are not on the listis I'm unsure as which devices have the chips. Now that I've seen (and recieved) a few reports, I'll go about adding those known to have worked... Thanks!

metaphyzx · 11-02-2005, 11:22 AM

I've seen them; The only reason they are not on the listis I'm unsure as which devices have the chips. Now that I've seen (and recieved) a few reports, I'll go about adding those known to have worked... Thanks!

stlsports · 12-06-2005, 11:33 AM

We would like to be able to move my daughter's iMac G4 from our family room (where it is currently connected via ethernet to our DSL modem via a wired Netgear router) to her bedroom. The Netgear router is also a wireless device and currently supports an OS9 Powerbook and two XP laptops wirelessly. My daughter's iMac G4 does not have an Airport card installed...I purchased (for nine bucks) a Linksys 802.11b WUSB11 device...which, according to the compatibility list at...

http://home.earthlink.net/~metaphyzx/Wireless.htm

...should work, after downloading and installing the D-link DWL122 Drivers (which are found here, I think):

http://support.dlink.com/products/XP...DWL-122&OS=mac

...the G4 is running 10.3.X, where X is 3 or 4, I think.

I've downloaded the driver and installed it...I would be grateful for some directions as to what to do next...my efforts have not met with success in that no wireless card is seen by the iMac.

Thanks in advance.

tlarkin · 12-06-2005, 04:18 PM

might want to check this out if it has not been posted yet

http://www.ioxperts.com/index.html

AgGrAvAtIoN · 01-07-2006, 04:24 PM

I have a problem with trying to connect a DWL-G810 to an iMac G3. I cant login to the DWL box because it seems a name and password has been assigned to it. Is there any way to wipe the box so that I can enter "Admin" for the name and set up the Wireless? Thanks.

AgGrAvAtIoN · 01-07-2006, 04:30 PM

Im having problems connecting a DWL-G810 to an iMac G3. I try going into the DWL box via Safari, but I have to enter a name and password. Now the manual says to enter "Admin" and leave the pass blank, but that doesnt work. Is there any way i can reset the box?

Raven · 01-16-2006, 11:01 AM

Just a suggestion. Could this thread be made into a sticky at top of the Hardware section ? Just because many people keep on asking about these adapters and it looks to me like it would be simpler to have the list readily available at the top of the section rather thatn have to give them the link each time.

dappy · 01-16-2006, 11:12 AM

I have a Netgear wg3111 at home that I would like to stick in my mac. It's not on the list, and I don't know how to check which chipset it uses. But Las_Vegas said it should work according to xlr8yourmac. The wAg311 is listed as compatible. I tried a Netgear PCI wired adapter when I thougth my ethernet died and it didn't work.

Thanks
Dappy

StuartM · 01-25-2006, 12:44 PM

Couldn't find it on your list. Are you able to confirm compatibility?

Product info/ Mac drivers:

http://support.asus.com/download/dow...&model=WL-167g

Cheers!

goabushka · 02-20-2006, 06:28 PM

I have a linksys wusb11 v.2.8 plugged in to my pismo, and i installed the dlink drivers and modded the info.plist file in the intersil2.kext extension. it still doesnt work. the product and vendor id are correct, and im using version 1.4.7 of the drivers. Any suggestions?

tomarnold · 03-14-2006, 09:26 AM

After reading posts here, I decided to try using a Belkin F5D7011 to connect to my 802.11g router. It's an Actiontec router I got for a DSL connection, so we're not talking "official" airport here.

I noted that the box says nothing about any Mac OS being supported but I trusted that the folks here knew what they were talking about.

Of course, my setup is not exactly the same and my results were not exactly the same. I have OS X 10.3.9 on the Lombard powerbook. It didn't have airport software. I could not find Airport 3.4.1 (which somebody said worked for them on a Lombard with this card) but I downloaded Airport 4.2 and installed it.

At first I could not get it to "turn on" airport. Eventually I found that if I launched Safari while not connected to the internet, it popped up a dialog box that had an option to turn on Airport. So I did. However, it does not see my network in the network's drop-down menu. I tried using the "Other" and entering the name and passphrase of the network. It said there was a problem connecting, try again? Never connects. I tried removing the WPA password protection from my network. Still does not work.

Also, the card has two lights: power and network. Only the power light comes on and it ONLY lights up when I'm actually trying to connect, e.g., when I click on menu of networks to choose. That seems odd to me; I would expect the card to be getting power all the time unless disabled by some sleep setting. Also, I can't find any hardware control settings anywhere for the card itself. I would think it would show up in the system control panel. The system profiler utility does see the card though.

Any suggestions on how or if this might work? I read about people connecting to "Airport" but does anybody use these cards for just any old 802.11b/g network? The goal is to get this powerbook so it can be taken on the road and connect to hotel wifi networks. If it's hard to get it to connect to a given network, it won't be good enough.

thanks.

metaphyzx · 03-29-2006, 01:28 PM

Sorry guys, it's been awhile. New job, more responsibility...if I worked in a Mac environment it would probably be a bit easier to keep up with this.

I'm going to try to go through back e-mails and the list and verify what still works under OSX and what doesn't. It looks like I'll get some time this weekend to do that.

I imagine there are several versions of listed products that may not work now. I'm thinking of turning the whole thing into a wiki, that why there's a bit more direct input from others...

Input?

Stephen_NYC · 03-29-2006, 03:05 PM

Hello-

I am trying to find the driver for a D-Link DWL-122 USB network adapter. I am running Mac OS 10.3.9 on a G4 iMac (12 inch Flat Panel).

From what I have read on this forum and the very helpful table compiled by "metaphyzx" the recommended driver is version 1.4.7.

However, when I go to the D-Link web site and look on the page for the DWL-122 (http://support.dlink.com/products/vi...ctid=DWL%2D122) the only driver I see for Mac OS X is version 1.32.

Actually, I would like to use this drive for a Linksys WUSB11 USB network adapter, but I have read that the D-Link driver will work.

Can someone please send me the complete URL for the driver (or at least th URL of a web page which lists the downloadable driver file).

Many thanks for your time and interest.

Stephen (from NYC)

tlarkin · 03-29-2006, 04:13 PM

i am no developer, but i am a linux user. With the switch to x86 based hardware I wonder if it is possible to run the ndiswrapper and load like the windows driver on a mac and have it run. I know on linux if there is no linux driver for a wireless device a lot of times you can get away with using the ndiswrapper. I am using the windows driver on my linux laptop b/c there is a huge conflict with my flavor of linux and my wifi card. it technically works (its recognized by the OS) but it will never connect. I used the ndiswrapper and my wifi works. it is somewhat limited and i don't get all the cool features like stealth mode port sniffing and such but the basic wifi connection works fine.

I wonder if something similiar or someone else can possible develope something similiar since linux and Mac OS X are very similiar in some aspects.

jsee06home · 04-27-2006, 10:05 AM

Hey "Tom"

After digging around online for a while, I came across your post here about your Belkin f5d7011. I currently have the EXACT same problem you do. I can't believe were the only two people on earth that have this issue. I too have a Lombard, running 10.3.9 and mine has the same symptoms. Have you found an answer to the problem yet? I guess I would rather keep trying options before I break down and pay 150+ for an original airport card thats only .11b. UGH. Anyway, I will keep looking as well, and if I find a cure, I will be sure to post on here for you!

Thanks
Joe

Stephen_NYC · 05-09-2006, 11:29 AM

Greetings from NYC-

I have a Linksys WUSB11 Version 2.6 USB Network Adapter.

I was wondering if anyone has had success connecting this adapter to a Mac.

I am using an 800 MHz G4 iMac Flat Panel and running Mac OS 10.3.9.

Thanks ahead of time for your ideas and interest!

pasnous · 05-09-2006, 07:59 PM

got A WUSB 11 was ver 2.6 on the cd but seems it's a 2.7

When i go to System profile USB
i see
Product ID 8729
Vendor ID 1915

In the Archive.pax of the DWL-122 Driver for MAC.1.4.7

I saw that :

<key>LinkSys Instant Wireless USB Network Adapter ver 2.7</key>
<dict>
<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
<string>com.Intersil.prism2</string>
<key>IOClass</key>
<string>com_intersil_prism2USB</string>
<key>IOKitDebug</key>
<integer>0</integer>
<key>IOProviderClass</key>
<string>IOUSBDevice</string>
<key>Model</key>
<string>2.7</string>
<key>NumAllocReqBufs</key>
<integer>32</integer>
<key>NumAllocTxBufs</key>
<integer>16</integer>
<key>Vendor</key>
<string>Linksys</string>
<key>Version</key>
<string>1.4.7</string>
<key>idProduct</key>
<integer>8729</integer>
<key>idVendor</key>
<integer>1915</integer>
</dict>

But the card is still not detected any ideas ?

Stephen_NYC · 05-22-2006, 02:35 PM

I want to thank the author of the web site:

http://home.earthlink.net/~metaphyzx/Wireless.htm

for creating this list of Mac compatible wifi adapters.

However, I have spent a few hours searching the web for credible information that the Linksys WUSB11 Version 2.6 works with Mac OS X.

I have NOT found any credible information (besides links back to the ~metphyzx web site) which says this adapter can be made to work with Mac OS X.

It is likely this adapter works with a Unix variant (such as Fedora Core 5 which can be installed on PPC Macs), but there are no publicly available drivers which make this USB wireless network adapter work with Mac OS X.

I would be happy to modify this post if someone can convince me that I am incorrect.

I know the ~metaphyzx author said he was busy with a new job in 2004, but hopefully he will find time to correct his web page.

Thanks!

P.S. I have been trouble-shooting this adapter on an 800 MHz G4 iMac Flat Panel running Mac OS 10.3.9.

10-21-2005, 10:36 AM	#21
metaphyzx Triple-A Player Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Cleveland/Columbus, Ohio Posts: 135	If you can find the belkin USB devices, I can vouch for them directly. the linksys, I've yet to actually test, although I've had several people get them working. __________________ iPad 64MB MacPro Quad/10.6.4

11-02-2005, 11:07 AM	#23
metaphyzx Triple-A Player Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Cleveland/Columbus, Ohio Posts: 135	I've seen them; The only reason they are not on the listis I'm unsure as which devices have the chips. Now that I've seen (and recieved) a few reports, I'll go about adding those known to have worked... Thanks! __________________ iPad 64MB MacPro Quad/10.6.4

11-02-2005, 11:22 AM	#24
metaphyzx Triple-A Player Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Cleveland/Columbus, Ohio Posts: 135	I've seen them; The only reason they are not on the listis I'm unsure as which devices have the chips. Now that I've seen (and recieved) a few reports, I'll go about adding those known to have worked... Thanks! __________________ iPad 64MB MacPro Quad/10.6.4

12-06-2005, 11:33 AM	#25
stlsports Prospect Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 4	great thread and I need help We would like to be able to move my daughter's iMac G4 from our family room (where it is currently connected via ethernet to our DSL modem via a wired Netgear router) to her bedroom. The Netgear router is also a wireless device and currently supports an OS9 Powerbook and two XP laptops wirelessly. My daughter's iMac G4 does not have an Airport card installed...I purchased (for nine bucks) a Linksys 802.11b WUSB11 device...which, according to the compatibility list at... http://home.earthlink.net/~metaphyzx/Wireless.htm ...should work, after downloading and installing the D-link DWL122 Drivers (which are found here, I think): http://support.dlink.com/products/XP...DWL-122&OS=mac ...the G4 is running 10.3.X, where X is 3 or 4, I think. I've downloaded the driver and installed it...I would be grateful for some directions as to what to do next...my efforts have not met with success in that no wireless card is seen by the iMac. Thanks in advance.

12-06-2005, 04:18 PM	#26
tlarkin League Commissioner Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 11,352	might want to check this out if it has not been posted yet http://www.ioxperts.com/index.html __________________ sudo make me a sammich

10-22-2005, 07:21 PM	#22
surf Prospect Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 6	Did you see that Ralink Technology offers OS X drivers for their chipset? http://www.ralinktech.com/supp-1.htm Now one has to find out, which products use their chipset. Maybe they are willing to say who they sell to, when you show them your list. Could boost the demand for these products and thous their chipset.

01-07-2006, 04:24 PM	#27
AgGrAvAtIoN Prospect Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2	I have a problem with trying to connect a DWL-G810 to an iMac G3. I cant login to the DWL box because it seems a name and password has been assigned to it. Is there any way to wipe the box so that I can enter "Admin" for the name and set up the Wireless? Thanks.

01-07-2006, 04:30 PM	#28
AgGrAvAtIoN Prospect Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2	I need help Im having problems connecting a DWL-G810 to an iMac G3. I try going into the DWL box via Safari, but I have to enter a name and password. Now the manual says to enter "Admin" and leave the pass blank, but that doesnt work. Is there any way i can reset the box?

01-16-2006, 11:01 AM	#29
Raven Hall of Famer Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Montreal Posts: 4,782	Just a suggestion. Could this thread be made into a sticky at top of the Hardware section ? Just because many people keep on asking about these adapters and it looks to me like it would be simpler to have the list readily available at the top of the section rather thatn have to give them the link each time. __________________ Waffled foreheads are a symptom of broken keyboards and inexperienced users

01-16-2006, 11:12 AM	#30
dappy Triple-A Player Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: PA, USA Posts: 228	I have a Netgear wg3111 at home that I would like to stick in my mac. It's not on the list, and I don't know how to check which chipset it uses. But Las_Vegas said it should work according to xlr8yourmac. The wAg311 is listed as compatible. I tried a Netgear PCI wired adapter when I thougth my ethernet died and it didn't work. Thanks Dappy __________________ dappy\|DESIGN

01-25-2006, 12:44 PM	#31
StuartM Prospect Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Hitchin, UK Posts: 30	ASUS 167g Couldn't find it on your list. Are you able to confirm compatibility? Product info/ Mac drivers: http://support.asus.com/download/dow...&model=WL-167g Cheers! __________________ life is too short

02-20-2006, 06:28 PM	#32
goabushka Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 1	Problem with linksys wusb11 v. 2.8 I have a linksys wusb11 v.2.8 plugged in to my pismo, and i installed the dlink drivers and modded the info.plist file in the intersil2.kext extension. it still doesnt work. the product and vendor id are correct, and im using version 1.4.7 of the drivers. Any suggestions?

03-14-2006, 09:26 AM	#33
tomarnold Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1	Belkin F5D7011 doesn't work on my Lombard After reading posts here, I decided to try using a Belkin F5D7011 to connect to my 802.11g router. It's an Actiontec router I got for a DSL connection, so we're not talking "official" airport here. I noted that the box says nothing about any Mac OS being supported but I trusted that the folks here knew what they were talking about. Of course, my setup is not exactly the same and my results were not exactly the same. I have OS X 10.3.9 on the Lombard powerbook. It didn't have airport software. I could not find Airport 3.4.1 (which somebody said worked for them on a Lombard with this card) but I downloaded Airport 4.2 and installed it. At first I could not get it to "turn on" airport. Eventually I found that if I launched Safari while not connected to the internet, it popped up a dialog box that had an option to turn on Airport. So I did. However, it does not see my network in the network's drop-down menu. I tried using the "Other" and entering the name and passphrase of the network. It said there was a problem connecting, try again? Never connects. I tried removing the WPA password protection from my network. Still does not work. Also, the card has two lights: power and network. Only the power light comes on and it ONLY lights up when I'm actually trying to connect, e.g., when I click on menu of networks to choose. That seems odd to me; I would expect the card to be getting power all the time unless disabled by some sleep setting. Also, I can't find any hardware control settings anywhere for the card itself. I would think it would show up in the system control panel. The system profiler utility does see the card though. Any suggestions on how or if this might work? I read about people connecting to "Airport" but does anybody use these cards for just any old 802.11b/g network? The goal is to get this powerbook so it can be taken on the road and connect to hotel wifi networks. If it's hard to get it to connect to a given network, it won't be good enough. thanks.

03-29-2006, 01:28 PM	#34
metaphyzx Triple-A Player Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Cleveland/Columbus, Ohio Posts: 135	Sorry guys, it's been awhile. New job, more responsibility...if I worked in a Mac environment it would probably be a bit easier to keep up with this. I'm going to try to go through back e-mails and the list and verify what still works under OSX and what doesn't. It looks like I'll get some time this weekend to do that. I imagine there are several versions of listed products that may not work now. I'm thinking of turning the whole thing into a wiki, that why there's a bit more direct input from others... Input? __________________ iPad 64MB MacPro Quad/10.6.4

03-29-2006, 03:05 PM	#35
Stephen_NYC Prospect Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 13	Driver (version 1.4.7) for D-Link DWL-122 adapter needed Hello- I am trying to find the driver for a D-Link DWL-122 USB network adapter. I am running Mac OS 10.3.9 on a G4 iMac (12 inch Flat Panel). From what I have read on this forum and the very helpful table compiled by "metaphyzx" the recommended driver is version 1.4.7. However, when I go to the D-Link web site and look on the page for the DWL-122 (http://support.dlink.com/products/vi...ctid=DWL%2D122) the only driver I see for Mac OS X is version 1.32. Actually, I would like to use this drive for a Linksys WUSB11 USB network adapter, but I have read that the D-Link driver will work. Can someone please send me the complete URL for the driver (or at least th URL of a web page which lists the downloadable driver file). Many thanks for your time and interest. Stephen (from NYC)

03-29-2006, 04:13 PM	#36
tlarkin League Commissioner Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 11,352	i am no developer, but i am a linux user. With the switch to x86 based hardware I wonder if it is possible to run the ndiswrapper and load like the windows driver on a mac and have it run. I know on linux if there is no linux driver for a wireless device a lot of times you can get away with using the ndiswrapper. I am using the windows driver on my linux laptop b/c there is a huge conflict with my flavor of linux and my wifi card. it technically works (its recognized by the OS) but it will never connect. I used the ndiswrapper and my wifi works. it is somewhat limited and i don't get all the cool features like stealth mode port sniffing and such but the basic wifi connection works fine. I wonder if something similiar or someone else can possible develope something similiar since linux and Mac OS X are very similiar in some aspects.

04-27-2006, 10:05 AM	#37
jsee06home Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1	reply to tomarnold Hey "Tom" After digging around online for a while, I came across your post here about your Belkin f5d7011. I currently have the EXACT same problem you do. I can't believe were the only two people on earth that have this issue. I too have a Lombard, running 10.3.9 and mine has the same symptoms. Have you found an answer to the problem yet? I guess I would rather keep trying options before I break down and pay 150+ for an original airport card thats only .11b. UGH. Anyway, I will keep looking as well, and if I find a cure, I will be sure to post on here for you! Thanks Joe

05-09-2006, 11:29 AM	#38
Stephen_NYC Prospect Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 13	Linksys WUSB11 Version 2.6 USB Network Adapter Greetings from NYC- I have a Linksys WUSB11 Version 2.6 USB Network Adapter. I was wondering if anyone has had success connecting this adapter to a Mac. I am using an 800 MHz G4 iMac Flat Panel and running Mac OS 10.3.9. Thanks ahead of time for your ideas and interest!

05-09-2006, 07:59 PM	#39
pasnous Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1	got A WUSB 11 was ver 2.6 on the cd but seems it's a 2.7 When i go to System profile USB i see Product ID 8729 Vendor ID 1915 In the Archive.pax of the DWL-122 Driver for MAC.1.4.7 I saw that : <key>LinkSys Instant Wireless USB Network Adapter ver 2.7</key> <dict> <key>CFBundleIdentifier</key> <string>com.Intersil.prism2</string> <key>IOClass</key> <string>com_intersil_prism2USB</string> <key>IOKitDebug</key> <integer>0</integer> <key>IOProviderClass</key> <string>IOUSBDevice</string> <key>Model</key> <string>2.7</string> <key>NumAllocReqBufs</key> <integer>32</integer> <key>NumAllocTxBufs</key> <integer>16</integer> <key>Vendor</key> <string>Linksys</string> <key>Version</key> <string>1.4.7</string> <key>idProduct</key> <integer>8729</integer> <key>idVendor</key> <integer>1915</integer> </dict> But the card is still not detected any ideas ?

05-22-2006, 02:35 PM	#40
Stephen_NYC Prospect Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 13	Linksys WUSB11 Version 2.6 Does NOT Work with Mac OS 10.3.9 I want to thank the author of the web site: http://home.earthlink.net/~metaphyzx/Wireless.htm for creating this list of Mac compatible wifi adapters. However, I have spent a few hours searching the web for credible information that the Linksys WUSB11 Version 2.6 works with Mac OS X. I have NOT found any credible information (besides links back to the ~metphyzx web site) which says this adapter can be made to work with Mac OS X. It is likely this adapter works with a Unix variant (such as Fedora Core 5 which can be installed on PPC Macs), but there are no publicly available drivers which make this USB wireless network adapter work with Mac OS X. I would be happy to modify this post if someone can convince me that I am incorrect. I know the ~metaphyzx author said he was busy with a new job in 2004, but hopefully he will find time to correct his web page. Thanks! P.S. I have been trouble-shooting this adapter on an 800 MHz G4 iMac Flat Panel running Mac OS 10.3.9.