Wi-Fi (and Bluetooth) cards for laptops with Mac OS / OS X

[tonespace]

you guys are amazing! i have a 4540s...switched my gateways Atheros AR5B97 with the stock and did the installer's dst or whatever its called, patch....and I now have wifi....Am I suppose to also get bluetooth working with that? I see nothing in system information related to bluetooth..and in the gateway it came from, there was no bluetooth ability.

 

[RehabMan]

you guys are amazing! i have a 4540s...switched my gateways Atheros AR5B97 with the stock and did the installer's dst or whatever its called, patch....and I now have wifi....Am I suppose to also get bluetooth working with that? I see nothing in system information related to bluetooth..and in the gateway it came from, there was no bluetooth ability.

The AR5B97 is not a combo card. It has no bluetooth capability.

 

[tonespace]

The AR5B97 is not a combo card. It has no bluetooth capability.

Thanks RehabMan! Now on the windows side of the pro book 4540s....is the original wifi card it comes with, a combo wifi/bluetooth card?...Meaning if I ran windows on it with this atheros card in...Bluetooth won't work? Or does the Bluetooth function come from another piece of hardware in the laptop?

 

[RehabMan]

Thanks RehabMan! Now on the windows side of the pro book 4540s....is the original wifi card it comes with, a combo wifi/bluetooth card?...Meaning if I ran windows on it with this atheros card in...Bluetooth won't work? Or does the Bluetooth function come from another piece of hardware in the laptop?

I don't have a 4540s, but I'm pretty sure the original card was a combo card...

 

[fyrerubee]

Hello,

I am back after the extreme long time for non prime shipping from Amazon and i can confirm that the fullsize Atheros AR5BXB112 work beautifully in a Hackintosh.

Thanks again for your help guys!

-Rob

 

[Don_Grappler]

Hello,

I am back after the extreme long time for non prime shipping from Amazon and i can confirm that the fullsize Atheros AR5BXB112 work beautifully in a Hackintosh.

Thanks again for your help guys!

-Rob

Added to post#1. Thanks!
And I envy your data rates...

 

[ranchu]

I purchased a Broadcom BCM94322HM8L to replace the default wireless card on my 4540s.
After installation of the new card, wifi works perfectly on Windows 7.
However, on ML 10.8.4, I cannot turn wifi on.
I have tried to turn it on with the wireless button on 4540s (above numpad), or reset BIOS to default, without success.
The wifi status in menu bar only shows "Wifi: looking for networks....".
Any post-installation need to be done ? I have heard that this Broadcom card work OOB

 

[Don_Grappler]

I purchased a Broadcom BCM94322HM8L to replace the default wireless card on my 4540s.
After installation of the new card, wifi works perfectly on Windows 7.
However, on ML 10.8.4, I cannot turn wifi on.
I have tried to turn it on with the wireless button on 4540s (above numpad), or reset BIOS to default, without success.
The wifi status in menu bar only shows "Wifi: looking for networks....".
Any post-installation need to be done ? I have heard that this Broadcom card work OOB

It works oob, mine does. If the menu symbol is no longer an empty pizza piece (circle sector) and it looks for network, yours is working, too; and the win7 confirms intact hardware. Maybe something in System preferences > Network needs to be set.

 

[ranchu]

It works oob, mine does. If the menu symbol is no longer an empty pizza piece (circle sector) and it looks for network, yours is working, too; and the win7 confirms intact hardware. Maybe something in System preferences > Network needs to be set.

This is what I got. In System preferences, wifi is off, but on menu bar it's already on. So confusing.
I read about replacing fanreset.dylib or covering pin 20 in wifi card, but I need you guys' advices first.

 

[Don_Grappler]

This is what I got. In System preferences, wifi is off, but on menu bar it's already on. So confusing.
I read about replacing fanreset.dylib or covering pin 20 in wifi card, but I need you guys' advices first.
View attachment 68063

Now that IS confusing! Last idea I have left is to boot windows, enable wifi, and shutdown with it being enabled. IIRC (it's been a while now) there may be some kinda switch that only windows can reach. Once set this way all is well...

Hopefully...