pc-bastler Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Hi, I have an E6400 with OS X 10.7.3 running, it works fine so far. I get some KPs at booting and sleep does not work, but those are minor problems. My main issue is that I cannot get WiFi to work. The E6400 was originally equipped with an intel WiFi Link 5300 which is not supported. So I decided to get me an Atheros AR9280, according to several sources on the net it should work fine with Lion. I installed the card, but it broke keyboard/mouse. The only thing I can do is moving the mouse. I cannot even click a username to log in to the machine. I tried internal trackpad as well as an external bluetooth mouse (Dell), no clicks are accepted. When I switch off WiFi the machine works fine again. Do you have any suggestions how to get the Laptop working? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darvinko Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Hi, I have an E6400 with OS X 10.7.3 running, it works fine so far. I get some KPs at booting and sleep does not work, but those are minor problems. My main issue is that I cannot get WiFi to work. The E6400 was originally equipped with an intel WiFi Link 5300 which is not supported. So I decided to get me an Atheros AR9280, according to several sources on the net it should work fine with Lion. I installed the card, but it broke keyboard/mouse. The only thing I can do is moving the mouse. I cannot even click a username to log in to the machine. I tried internal trackpad as well as an external bluetooth mouse (Dell), no clicks are accepted. When I switch off WiFi the machine works fine again. Do you have any suggestions how to get the Laptop working? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darvinko Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Try re-installing the IO80211Family.kext, run myfix or repair permissions and reboot. Should work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11bravo Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 I'm having trouble getting my E6400 with ML 10.8 to work with the DW 1501 (Broadcom) wifi card. So far everything else works fine only this is not. I've installed the IO80211Family.text but still no go...any suggestions? Thank you in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Bronxteck Posted October 16, 2012 Administrators Share Posted October 16, 2012 make sure it is enabled in bios and if you have a wifi switch make sure it's also on. you might also have to delete all your network devices in network setup apply changes then add them back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11bravo Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 I've done all of that. Let me specify, this is a DW 1501 not the DW 1510, will this work in my setup? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Bronxteck Posted October 16, 2012 Administrators Share Posted October 16, 2012 nope not sure that it does work. i don't believe it does Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11bravo Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 Great. What mini card actually does work natively? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Bronxteck Posted October 17, 2012 Administrators Share Posted October 17, 2012 i have to check what i have on one of my dells. but i need to open it as i dont recall off hand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaFOB Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 I've done all of that. Let me specify, this is a DW 1501 not the DW 1510, will this work in my setup? If you are still game, try the Broadcom43XXFamilyrev2.kext from here. It might help. 1. Backup IO80211Family.kext from S/L/E, then remove it. 2. Use kext utility to install Broadcom43XXFamilyrev2.kext Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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