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- Feb 11, 2012
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- Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3
- CPU
- i5-2500K
- Graphics
- EVGA GTX1070 8GB FTW Gaming ACX 3.0
Hey Guys,
I'm kinda new to the whole hack/mac thing and I've only had one snag in my build, and that was getting my wireless networking going nicely with my Airport Express wi-fi router. I've heard of a variety of solutions that have a range of simple (usb) to more technical (build your airport card). I've also heard the various ups and downs of those and was struggling to make a decision, but then I was walking my local Best Buy this afternoon and stumbled upon this: Netgear WNCE3001
I brought it home, and it was working in 5 minutes. Awesome, connects to Airpot Express network with no problem. I installed my motherboards ethernet drivers using MultiBeast and it worked almost instantly. Seriously amazing and simple. I'm getting the same Speedtest scores on it as my macbook pro and my ipad. As an added benefit, it only takes up the ethernet port, and the cables included are long enough that you can hide it easy, so I can hardly tell its even there.
Overall, I'd say its a fairly simple and easy way to get wifi working on your hackintosh. Hope this helps!
tl;dr: For really easy wi-fi check out Netgear WNCE3001. There is a cheaper version, but I didn't test that.
I'm kinda new to the whole hack/mac thing and I've only had one snag in my build, and that was getting my wireless networking going nicely with my Airport Express wi-fi router. I've heard of a variety of solutions that have a range of simple (usb) to more technical (build your airport card). I've also heard the various ups and downs of those and was struggling to make a decision, but then I was walking my local Best Buy this afternoon and stumbled upon this: Netgear WNCE3001
I brought it home, and it was working in 5 minutes. Awesome, connects to Airpot Express network with no problem. I installed my motherboards ethernet drivers using MultiBeast and it worked almost instantly. Seriously amazing and simple. I'm getting the same Speedtest scores on it as my macbook pro and my ipad. As an added benefit, it only takes up the ethernet port, and the cables included are long enough that you can hide it easy, so I can hardly tell its even there.
Overall, I'd say its a fairly simple and easy way to get wifi working on your hackintosh. Hope this helps!
tl;dr: For really easy wi-fi check out Netgear WNCE3001. There is a cheaper version, but I didn't test that.