TP-Link TL-WN882ND can't get it to work

[bungalow]

I have a fully functional and stable Mojave system running on a Haswell MB.

I have Windows dual booted on a separate SSD, accessed via Clover 5102.

Windows 10 uses the TP-Link PCI Express adapter with no problem, out of the box.

I have tried all the remedies I can find that involve adding <string>pci168c,2e</string> to info.plist in both the Atheros and other kexts, including in the EFI and in L/E and S/L/E locations. No go.

The attached screenshot shows the System Info panel for WIFI and the DCPI list of PCI devices. Nothing on that list that looks helpful.

I know this has been covered extensively in other posts and I have tried hard to follow all the leads I can, but I'm now stuck.

I know the card works in Windows - what am I doing wrong?

Thanks all, in advance.

 

[Edhawk]

You shouldn't be messing around with the kexts in your /S/L/E folder.

From what I recall the AirportAtheros40.kext was removed from macOS with the release of Mojave.

You need to install the AirPortAtheros40.kext and the ATH9KInjector.kext to your /Library/Extensions (/L/E) folder. Installing the kext and injector is best done using a Kext installer application, such as KextBeast. KextBeast can be downloaded from this site - https://www.tonymacx86.com/resources/kextbeast-2-0-2.399/

The kext with the pci168c,2e device ID for your TP-Link WiFi card added, and injector are attached below.

Do not install the kext and injector to your /System/Library/Extensions folder.

 

[bungalow]

Thanks EdHawk. I had been using KextBeast. Will report back.

 

[bungalow]

Mmm, no joy.
The info is consistent: the System Report shows the Intel I217 without a kext; the DCPI shows the Intel I217 without a kext.
I installed the kexts you attached with KextBeast. The injector was new to me - I had not seen that mentioned in my previous searches.
Interesting nuance to Kextbeast is that it installs only the first kext in finds in Desktop. But I was wise to that and installed both.

 

[Feartech]

Mmm, no joy.
The info is consistent: the System Report shows the Intel I217 without a kext; the DCPI shows the Intel I217 without a kext.
I installed the kexts you attached with KextBeast. The injector was new to me - I had not seen that mentioned in my previous searches.
Interesting nuance to Kextbeast is that it installs only the first kext in finds in Desktop. But I was wise to that and installed both.

best to keep your 3rd party kexts in your efi

 

[bungalow]

best to keep your 3rd party kexts in your efi

Is there any downside to putting them in the EFI as well? Apart from being a bit sloppy?

 

[Feartech]

Is there any downside to putting them in the EFI as well? Apart from being a bit sloppy?

it is better practise to keep them in your efi with newer versions of macOS

 

[bungalow]

I've also copied those two kexts to clover/kexts/other in my boot EFI, but still no wifi.

 

[Feartech]

I've also copied those two kexts to clover/kexts/other in my boot EFI, but still no wifi.

in terminal:

sudo kextcache -i /

and copy and paste the results here

 

[bungalow]

KernelCache ID: 168639D7DB445100F6EC66D98E8DA70F


Kext with invalid signatured (-67030) allowed: <OSKext 0x7f865bf9f770 [0x7fff9eae2920]> { URL = "file:///System/Library/Extensions/IO80211Family.kext/", ID = "com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family" }


Kext with invalid signatured (-67030) allowed: <OSKext 0x7f865bfa88b0 [0x7fff9eae2920]> { URL = "file:///System/Library/Extensions/IO80211Family.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AirPortAtheros40.kext/", ID = "com.apple.driver.AirPort.Atheros40" }


Kext with invalid signatured (-67062) allowed: <OSKext 0x7f865c0907d0 [0x7fff9eae2920]> { URL = "file:///Library/Extensions/ATH9KInjector.kext/", ID = "com.chunnann.ATH9KInjector" }


/Library/Extensions/NIUSBGuitarRigMobile.kext does not appear in strict exception list for architecture: x86_64


Kext with invalid signatured (-67007) allowed: <OSKext 0x7f865c091bf0 [0x7fff9eae2920]> { URL = "file:///Library/Extensions/NIUSBGuitarRigMobile.kext/", ID = "com.caiaq.driver.NIUSBGuitarRigMobileDriver" }


Kext with invalid signatured (-67062) allowed: <OSKext 0x7f865c094850 [0x7fff9eae2920]> { URL = "file:///Library/Extensions/IntelMausi.kext/", ID = "as.acidanthera.mieze.IntelMausi" }


/Library/Extensions/RDUSB0074Dev.kext does not appear in strict exception list for architecture: x86_64


Kext with invalid signatured (-67007) allowed: <OSKext 0x7f865c0946d0 [0x7fff9eae2920]> { URL = "file:///Library/Extensions/RDUSB0074Dev.kext/", ID = "jp.co.roland.RDUSB0074Dev" }


Kext with invalid signatured (-67030) allowed: <OSKext 0x7f865c0984b0 [0x7fff9eae2920]> { URL = "file:///Library/Extensions/AirPortAtheros40.kext/", ID = "com.apple.driver.AirPort.Atheros40" }


Kext with invalid signatured (-67030) allowed: <OSKext 0x7f865c0a7820 [0x7fff9eae2920]> { URL = "file:///Library/Extensions/IO80211Family.kext/", ID = "com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family" }


Kext rejected due to improper filesystem permissions: <OSKext 0x7f865c0af020 [0x7fff9eae2920]> { URL = "file:///Library/Extensions/IO80211Family.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AirPortAtheros40.kext/", ID = "com.apple.driver.AirPort.Atheros40" }


/Library/Extensions/NIUSBAudioDriver.kext does not appear in strict exception list for architecture: x86_64


Kext with invalid signatured (-67007) allowed: <OSKext 0x7f865c0b34f0 [0x7fff9eae2920]> { URL = "file:///Library/Extensions/NIUSBAudioDriver.kext/", ID = "com.caiaq.driver.NIUSBHardwareDriver" }