[laptop-discuss] networking on the Mac

[James Cornell]

It's not a Broadcom card.  Note the PCI ID, Atheros.  It's not  
supported well by current MadWifi and OpenSolaris Atheros drivers,  
namely plumb issues and inability to associate.  If this is a 3rd rev  
MBP with NVIDIA graphics it has an Atheros with draft N, I believe  
5214 series.  A 2nd rev has Atheros 5008 with optional draft-n through  
firmware distributed with AirPort Extreme Base stations or as a $2  
purchase due to some loophole by the FCC requiring charge for enabling  
it.  Broadcoms are only in iMacs and PowerPC iBooks/Powerbooks.  I  
replaced my 1st rev MBP which had ATI x1600 and Atheros 5006 (Not pre- 
n) in June with the 3rd rev with Santa Rosa C2D and I have some  
experience with Linux on one.

James
On Nov 8, 2007, at 1:52 PM, Garrett D'Amore wrote:

> Octavian Tanase wrote:
>> I've installed Indiana on a MacBook Pro and networking is not  
>> working.
>> During the install the network was not detected either. Does anyone  
>> have
>> any info on how to troubleshoot the networking.
>>
>>  Wireless Card Type:    AirPort Extreme  (0x168C, 0x87)
>>  Wireless Card Locale:    USA
>>  Wireless Card Firmware Version:    1.1.9.3
>>
>
> I suspect that may be a broadcom wireless card.  You may need to use  
> the
> NDIS driver.
>
>    - Garrett
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