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[ModMike]

Are there any compatible WiFi 6E cards yet? What chipset are they using in the new 6E equipped Macs?

 

[trankilou]

Hi,

Somebody did try to upgrade to Sonoma here ?

 

[ModMike]

Hi,

Somebody did try to upgrade to Sonoma here ?

I will try this weekend.

 

[trankilou]

The upgrade was successful. However, my mackintosh was very slow, lagging with random spinning wheel: very annoying. I was able to retrieve another EFI (Z390 Horus based), and I was able to adapt it to the Z390-I. Now My hack is fast again but wifi doesn't work neither BT. I think I can fix BT, but from what I read wifi might be harder to fix ATM

 

[trankilou]

I found the culprit for the slowness: BT and Wifi Kext...with bad USB mapping
I redo usb mapping and now BT is working again (you absolutely need the last version of USBinjector kext)
so only dropbox and wifi (so airdrop) is not working and also WhatsApp

 

[bloodstrike]

Updated to Sonoma and things seem stable so far except for one thing: apparently Sonoma dropped Broadcom wifi support? I'm running the Dell DW1830 BCM943602BAED Broadcom m.2 card and I don't have the option to even turn on wifi. Bluetooth is working however. Guess I'll have to dig around and see if there is a newer compatible m.2 wifi/bluetooth card. I know there is the whole legacy patcher thing that can possibly make it work but I don't really want to turn off all the security and deal with that every update.

 

[Leesureone]

Updated to Sonoma and things seem stable so far except for one thing: apparently Sonoma dropped Broadcom wifi support? I'm running the Dell DW1830 BCM943602BAED Broadcom m.2 card and I don't have the option to even turn on wifi. Bluetooth is working however. Guess I'll have to dig around and see if there is a newer compatible m.2 wifi/bluetooth card. I know there is the whole legacy patcher thing that can possibly make it work but I don't really want to turn off all the security and deal with that every update.

You are correct, Sonoma eliminated WiFi in Broadcom cards, and there are no replacement compatible cards at this time. The onboard Intel cards work but WiFi implementation is in its very early days. The Airport kext is being called “Preview 5”.

 

[trs96]

Sonoma eliminate WiFi in Broadcom cards and there are no replacement compatible cards at this time. The onboard intel cards work but Wifi implementation is in its very early days.

The third option, which isn't perfect either, uses a USB wifi adapter and the Chris1111 method for Sonoma. These are all Realtek based. I posted a thread on this some time ago. Has gotten a lot of views since January 2022.

USB Wireless Adapters for Big Sur, Monterey, Ventura and Sonoma

UPDATE: 9/30/23 If you use OpenCore and have installed Sonoma 14.0 Chris1111 has a method to let you keep SIP enabled while using a Realtek USB Wifi adapter. Here's the video instructional to re-enable SIP by Chris-1111 Also See: https://github.com/chris1111/Wireless-USB-Big-Sur-Adapter...

www.tonymacx86.com

@bloodstrike if you go this route and are a long distance from the router, go with this one for the best antenna.

High Gain Antenna(Archer T3U Plus)​

One person said they got the best speeds using this over other wifi adapters.

USB Wireless Adapters for Big Sur, Monterey, Ventura and Sonoma

The Archer T2U Plus is on sale at Amazon for $16.99 if you need moderately fast wifi. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07P5PRK7J/?tag=tonymacx86com-20 Archer is simply a sub-brand for TP-Link. These are high quality adapters. @trs96 Any idea for TP LInk Archer T3U Plus? Will TP LInk Archer T3U...

www.tonymacx86.com

 

[bloodstrike]

@Leesureone @trs96 Thanks for all the great info! I really haven't been following hack news for a while since things have been stable for me. I'll definitely look into the T3U and Chris1111's method.

 

[trankilou]

Many apps are broken with Sonoma, starting with the only game I play: League of Legends (from what I see in logs, an issue with the certificate chain). To be honest, huge deception: it brings nothing interesting (widget = useless, game mode: not for intel, anything else ?) and broke compatibility with many apps. I start thinking about roll back with Time Machine ...