Administrators Leon Posted December 9, 2014 Administrators Share Posted December 9, 2014 Hi, In my constant hunt for better wifi my my Lenovo x201 I decided to give the BCM4360 a go - logically - the only to be found around is real apple cards (rumor has it that you can get some funky noname cards in china - but i have yet to test them) The card in question looks like this: Now, logically.. this card wont fit just any machine - its made for a mac, so we are gonna need an adapter to fix that. For that we are gonna use an adapter called "Mini PCI-E Adapter for BCM94360CD/BCM94331CD" (search on ebay) ... and mounted... Since its native supported by Apple (doh!) its just to plug it in and start having fun - Same goes for Ubuntu/Debian - it does become a bit more tricky under Windows - however - it seems Asus have made a card with the same chipset - so i managed to track down the Windows driver for that - bluetooth under windows still remains to be fixed. Windows wifi driver: DR_PCE_AC66_6309519_Win8.zip Have fun! //Leon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted February 28, 2015 Administrators Share Posted February 28, 2015 I can also confirm that adapter v3.0 works perfectly and does not require any optional connection to the side connector for BCM94360CD wireless/BT 4.0 card to operate properly. NB: card + adapter need to be fitted to a combo PCIe/USB slot (like a WWAN slot) to support Bluetooth since that part of the card is USB based. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted May 24, 2017 Administrators Share Posted May 24, 2017 Since the question was asked, let's clarify the matter... Various PCIe desktop adapters/cards carrying the above BCM94360CD (or its other derivatives) + a USB connector (for Bluetooth) work exactly the same way. They are found at the usual on-line commercial and auction sites. Some carry 2 antennas, some carry 3, some carry 4. There are raw adapters on which one fits an Apple card or ready-to-use cards with everything on them (wireless card often hidden under a little plate). Eg: NB: Windows drivers are usually available for extraction from Apple's Bootcamp drivers/tools. Using Pacifist on the OS X/macOS installation package should do the trick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted July 13, 2017 Administrators Share Posted July 13, 2017 Further to a discussion held on another forum, it's worth confirming that there are fake Apple BCM94360CD cards offered by sellers from the Far East... A real & genuine Apple BCM94360CD card carries the following subsystem ids: wifi = 106b:0111 BT = 05ac:828d Only genuine cards are guaranteed to work OOB and to the full. Other genuine Apple BCM94360 cards include: BCM94360CS (2013 MBP like MacBookPro11,x) -> Wifi = 106b:0134 | BT = 05ac:8289. This is a 3 x antennas model. BCM943602CS (2015 MBP like MacBookPro12,1) -> Wifi = 106b:0133 | BT = 05ac:8290. This a 3 x antenna model. BCM94360CS2 (2013 MBA like MacBookAir6,2) -> Wifi = 106b:0117 | BT = 05ac:828f. This is a 2 x antenna model and the smallest card of the lot. Also worth noting that these cards do not have the same antenna connectors: BCM94360CD, like BCM94331CD, is fitted with larger U.FL/IPEX (IPX1) 2mm connectors, the same that are commonly fitted to most mini-PCIe wireless cards BCM94360CS/2CS/CS2 are fitted with smaller MHF4 (IPX4) 1.5mm connectors, the same that are commonly fitted to most M.2 wireless cards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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