WiFi Card OOB + Mountain Lion

[bjarque]

Does TL-WN725 work native and be recognized with AirDrop?

Just bought TL-WN725N because of this thread, and it doens't work oob, but if you download and install the driver RTL8188CUS for 10.8 on http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads...n=4&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false&Downloads=true

then it works, seems airdrop is working as well!

 

[kynrek]

At first I purchased an Asus USB-N13 usb adaptor and it does work after installing the drivers from the ASUS website. You have to run the asus wireless utility to connect to the internet so some startup application like steam fail to connect to the internet when the computer first starts up but it does work after about 30 seconds after startup.

After reading this thread I picked up a TL-WDN4800 tp-link wifi card from Microcenter for 34.99. My motherboard is GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3, I just plugged in the card (into the second PCIe slot) and it instantly worked without any configuration on Mountain Lion. The system profiler for the card showed this:
Interfaces:
en1:
Card Type: AirPort Extreme (0x168C, 0x3112)
Firmware Version: Atheros 9380: 4.0.70.23-P2P

 

[tlace19]

Just a word of advice, I would reccomend building your own, I made mine and it was really easy, plus you neevr have to worry about software updates outdating the hardware because apple isn't going to make their products not work natively, It was a no brainer for me and was actually pretty fun.

 

[daBoss0978]

I bought one of these and it's working OOB for Mac 10.8.2...http://www.ebay.com/itm/Apple-Airpo...US_Internal_Network_Cards&hash=item43b5180340

 

[tom.humphrey]

Just bought TL-WN725N because of this thread, and it doens't work oob, but if you download and install the driver RTL8188CUS for 10.8 on http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads...n=4&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false&Downloads=true

then it works, seems airdrop is working as well!

Brilliant!!!

 

[Joc]

Brilliant!!!

+1

Thanks for the alternative

 

[nobodynose]

http://www.amazon.com/Broadcom-BCM94322MC-Mini-PCI--487330-001/dp/B005GDTIK4

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http://www.amazon.com/Mini-PCI--Wireless-Card-Antennas/dp/B005Q751BA

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Working Wifi OOB

 

[mastoul]

Just bought TL-WN725N because of this thread, and it doens't work oob, but if you download and install the driver RTL8188CUS for 10.8 on http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads...n=4&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false&Downloads=true

then it works, seems airdrop is working as well!

I did download and install this but cannot make it work.After reboot it says that the wireless utility has stop working and under network utility it is not appear any hardware wireless.How exactly you make it work?

 

[opkame]

http://www.amazon.com/Broadcom-BCM94322MC-Mini-PCI--487330-001/dp/B005GDTIK4

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http://www.amazon.com/Mini-PCI--Wireless-Card-Antennas/dp/B005Q751BA

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Working Wifi OOB

what do you mean by both of them adding up equals to working out of box? u mean pulling in both of em??

 

[BitterMelon]

what do you mean by both of them adding up equals to working out of box? u mean pulling in both of em??

Yes, the first one is the card (and a mini-PCIe rather than PCIe). The second one is just a PCIe adapter with antennas. You need both, unless you have a mini-PCIe slot and other antennas.