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E6230 - Wifi not working? Help me and i will make a guide on the model.


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We've got an open list of supported/unsupported cards & dongles in R&D -> Network section: https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/2120-wireless-cards-inventory/

 

I'd also invite you to consult the wiki pages of InsanelyMac that covers supported HW components per OS X version quite well. Of course, this is only as good as contributors make it, but we do try and contribute there too! http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

There's a substantial list for 10.8.2: http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/HCL_10.8.2#Wireless

 

In all cases, I can only recommend to check the chip manufacturer's site and check for OS X support. There aren't that many: Broadcom, Atheros, Ralink are the main ones... For instance, if you're looking at Ralink-based card or dongles, look here: http://www.mediatek.com/_en/07_downloads/01_windows.php?sn=502

 

If you want to look at Realtek, same thing, consult their web site and look up each family of wireless NICs. For instance: http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=21&PFid=48&Level=5&Conn=4&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false&Downloads=true

 

Then you can easily do a search on the net for chip # and see what pops up. That should give you some indications of potential cards or dongles.

 

The main conclusion is that you have to do some homework, as always...

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Or order the card in my Sig on my 6520.  13.xx shipped from China is not a bad deal for an Airport card.  IT is Mac so it should work no problem.  I am using it on all my machine.  Just haven't upgraded to Mavericks yet on the 6520 (typing on it now).

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Easier, cheaper and quicker for the DW1510, which is a Broadcom card used in a wide variety of Macs, and is a mini, so no rerouting of wires is necessary, comes from local and are available today on eBay (US) at $3.54 + $.99 shipping http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Latitude-2100-Wireless-WLAN-WIFI-Card-PW934-Genuine-Laptop-Tested-/160952442252?pt=US_Internal_Network_Cards&hash=item2579835d8c
 
. Also can be rebranded to be recognized by the system as Airport Extreme.

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I Bought the Asus USB-N13, and actually i found out that there where no drivers for Mountain Lion, i then tried install many different suggestions from people, and nothing worked at least i don't think so, i then plugged in the dvd which came with it, and installed the driver that should work on 10.6 and i restarted and i poped up with the message that a new network device was found.

And i just use wireless network utility and connected to my network and finally it worked. so soon i will make a complete guide on how to get the essential stuff to work on the E6230.

Everybody thanks for your help! i really appreciate it.

Best regards
Chris

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