Wifi & Bluetooth with mini-ITX Hackintosh

[ArtemisX]

Hello, everyone. I recently built a mini-ITX Hackintosh. I am satisfied with everything so far, but I just realized that with only 1 PCIe port on my motherboard I am unable to install the networking cards recommended here.

What do you use to enable wifi & Bluetooth on your mini-ITX Hackintosh? Would love to know.

My mobo:

ASRock - Fatal1ty Z270 Gaming-ITX/ac Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard

 

[asleb]

Hello, everyone. I recently built a mini-ITX Hackintosh. I am satisfied with everything so far, but I just realized that with only 1 PCIe port on my motherboard I am unable to install the networking cards recommended here.

What do you use to enable wifi & Bluetooth on your mini-ITX Hackintosh? Would love to know.

My mobo:

ASRock - Fatal1ty Z270 Gaming-ITX/ac Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard

Hi @ArtemisX , welcome to the ITX-bluetooth-wifi-discussions
There are a lot of cards that "should" work and that fit. The card is 30mm high.
As you see in this thread: https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/...n-wifi-and-no-bluetooth-devices.250592/page-6 I am struggling with trying to get a DW1820A card (30mm height to work). To be honest I would go for an Apple MB Air wifi/bt card and NGFF adapter. That works every time for me. You may have to leave the cover off or loose and tape it since the Apple card with adapter will be 42mm high.

Try something like this that just works out of the box (no extra config):
Card:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Wireless-A...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649

Adapter:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/BCM94360CS...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649

I also bought this one with both parts that work great:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/802-11AC-B...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649
I really don't need the extra antennas but just wanted to test it.

Now for some reasons these cards take ages to get from China (do they swim over the ocean?). Good luck!