Playfrog4u Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 Here is the kext for Atheros AR9285 to work on 10.9 I just dragged it to desktop and installed it. Works great!! Enjoy IO80211Family.kext.zip 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted November 6, 2013 Administrators Share Posted November 6, 2013 The patched Atheros kext suffice. It can be placed in /E/E, followed by myFix (quick) to keep /S/L/E completely Vanilla. AirPortAtheros40.kext.zip For those who wonder about the patch, it simply consists of adding the card PCI Vendor id/Product id 0x168c/0x002b to the list of ids defined in the plist file inside the kext: <key>IONameMatch</key> <array> <string>pci168c,30</string> <string>pci168c,2a</string> <string>pci168c,2b</string> <string>pci106b,0086</string> <string>pci168c,1c</string> <string>pci168c,23</string> <string>pci168c,24</string> </array> As simple as that. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chardido Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 I'm reinstalling Mavericks, because I'd modified some kext (in order to get AR9285 works).Now, what should I install? Should I use kext wizard with "AirPortAtheros40.kext", after adding 0x168c/0x002b to the list of ids, or I must install "IO80211Family.kext" ??? please, help me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted December 24, 2013 Administrators Share Posted December 24, 2013 You don't need kext wizard and you should avoid that tool on a myHack installation as they can conflict. Copy the Atheros40 kext to Desktop, edit it to add your PCI entry (if missing), then move it to /E/E and run myFix (quick). That way, your patch will always be kept even after an OS X update. Otherwise, the kext is likely to be overwritten and your patch lost. Basically, do as explained in post 2#! I can't be clearer than that... PS: the kext I attached already contains the PCI id 168c,2b. Didn't you see that ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chardido Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Yes, i can see it! I've not used myHack installation! I've not the Extention folder in Extra! Could I use myFIx even if I didn't use myHack? Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted December 26, 2013 Administrators Share Posted December 26, 2013 No. If you don't use myHack, don't use myFix but proceed with your usual method (kext wizard, manual installation or other). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alimas Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Here is the kext for Atheros AR9285 to work on 10.9 I just dragged it to desktop and ran KextBeast. Works great!! Enjoy I'm considering buying a Dell DW1502 which seems to use AR9285. One question: will it be recognized as an AirPort adapter? Or do you have to use one of those 3rd party WiFi management program to get the card to be recognized and to connect to a WiFi router? TIA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted January 18, 2014 Administrators Share Posted January 18, 2014 DW1502 is indeed based on AR9285. It'll work directly and without 3rd party management software once you have patched the wireless kext (if that is required). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alimas Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Thank you for the quick reply, Hervé. I really appreciate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bokchoi Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Does this only enable bluetooth? My bluetooth works now, but wifi doesn't seem to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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