10.2.4 Instructions for Adding Linksys PC Card
Nick Sayer has updated his instructions for hooking up Mac OS X to a Linksys WPC54G PC Card -- it's more complicated, but still possible.
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Nick Sayer has updated his instructions for hooking up Mac OS X to a Linksys WPC54G PC Card -- it's more complicated, but still possible.
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Comments
The latest news is that I wrote a perl script to do all the work for you in one step. You upgrade to 10.2.4, then run the perl script, and everything should be nice.
I also have engaged in a bit of rampant speculation. The crux of the speculation is this: I wonder how close the AirPort Extreme module is to the Broadcom reference implementation. Likewise, I wonder how close to the Broadcom reference implementation the Linksys PCI card is. If the closing-of-the-triangle is close enough, then it may be possible to program the FLASH on the Linksys board with the contents of Apple's ROM. If you did this, the Linksys card would be *indistinguishable* from a *real* Apple AE Module. No more driver hacks - it would *just work*.
Of course, if the answer is that the implementations are different *enough*, then it could mean that flashing a Linksys with Apple's firmware could *destroy* the Linksys card. You never know.
Never mind the fact that there does not appear to be any place where you can download the firmware or its updater. Yet. But when 802.11g is finalized......
Of course, this probably won't work for those of us using the hack to get Cardbus WPC54G cards to work. Cardbus is different enough from PCI to make that impossible.
Posted by: Nick Sayer | February 18, 2003 02:19 PM
I am a rookie on the Terminal. How do you run a perl script? Please don't tell me that simply by asking such a question, I prove that I can't execute the modification. I've already ordered the WPC54G card and I'm not too clumsy for a slow, southern boy. For what it's worth, I am using a Pismo upgraded to G4 and running 10.2.4. Thanks for any and all help.
Will
Posted by: will scoggins | February 19, 2003 10:13 PM
I am also a rookie on the Terminal.
I am sure I can "run" the Perl script,
but I have no clue what it means.
Can someone direct me to a webpage or two
that explains the process?
Yisroel
1@vt18.com
Posted by: yisroel | March 6, 2003 06:04 PM
to run perl script type ./nameofscript.pl or perl nameofscript.pl
Posted by: Cian Hughes | July 28, 2003 12:30 AM
Hello, is there any way to get a Linksys WMP11 running under 10.2.8 using a similar hack?
Posted by: Brian King | September 26, 2003 09:22 AM
Got this error:
cp: MacOS/AppleAirPort2_patched: Permission denied
This doesn't appear to be the right version of the driver.
I'm not going to actually do anything.
Posted by: Max | October 10, 2003 09:16 PM
When I plug in my WPC54G card, it shows up on the menu. When I tell it to turn AirPort on nothing happens. Is the patch necessary, or does AirPort 3.1 support my card?
Posted by: Max | October 10, 2003 09:19 PM