Realtek Wireless LAN ICs IEEE 802.11b/g/n RTL8191SU Driver 1086.48. Download What's New Quick Specs. Realtek RTL8187SE Wireless 802.11b/g Driver 9.109 October 19, 2010.
Older Macs may not have a slot for Apple’s AirPort Card – and even if they do, you may want higher throughput than 802.11b WiFi offers. 802.11g will give you nearly five times as much bandwidth. These WiFi adapters may also cost less than an AirPort Card, which tends to sell in the US$50-100 range nowadays. This page covers USB, ethernet, PCI, and other WiFi hardware that is compatible with OS X Macs. Some of these devices are also compatible with the Classic Mac OS (see for a list that includes only adapters that work with Mac OS 9); all of them are reported to work with Mac OS X. PCMCIA/PC Card WiFi adapters compatible with OS X notebooks are covered in, and the more efficient CardBus adapters are covered in. This information is adapted from by permission of the author, who gives a “nod to the linux-wlan.org Adapter List for doing the heavy lifting.” Vendor Type Product ID Interface Chipset OS Support Driver(s) Comments A Airlink101 802.11g AWLL3025 USB ZyDAS ZD1211 10.4.x Personally used Airlink101 802.11g AWLL3026 USB ZyDAS ZD1211 10.4.x Personally used Alfa 802.11g AWPCI06G PCI Atheros 10.2-10.4 Alfa 802.11g AWPCI06G PCI Atheros 10.2-10.4 Ambicom 802.11b WL1100BCF Comp.
Flash Prism2/2.5/3 9, 10.2-10.4 Ambicom 802.11b WL1100CCF Comp. Flash Prism2/2.5/3 9, 10.2-10.4 Asante 802.11b AL2001 USB Amtel 9, 10.2-10.4 B Belkin 802.11b F5D6000 PCI None 10.2-10.4 Belkin 802.11b F5D6050 USB Amtel 9, 10.2-10.4 Belkin 802.11g F5D7000 PCI Broadcom 10.2-10.4 AirPort 3.1-3.3; 3.4 and up native Belkin 802.11g F5D7000UK PCI Broadcom 10.2-10.4 AirPort 3.1-3.3; 3.4 and up native Buffalo 802.11g WLIPCIG54 PCI Broadcom 10.2-10.4 AirPort 3.1-3.3; 3.4 and up native Buffalo 802.11b WLICFS11G Comp.
I just found the original Zydas Drivers, and tried them with a Sitecom WL-113. As the ZD1211 sticks are cheap, this might be of interest: ZD1211 USB Stick with Zydas Drivers in Win,Linux, or Mac OS X: First get your Driver: Then you need the vendor and product id numbers. See if your stick is in the table below. If not, try google with the name of your Stick. If nothing helps, start a Knoppix CD (or any Linux), open a shell, and plug the Stick. Enter dmesg and the numbers will be displayd. Windows: Install the driver, but dont plug in the Stick.
In Windows INF ZD1211U.inf you'll find some lines like this:%ZD121150UDESC% = ZD121150U.ndi, USB VID0ACE&PID1211%ZD121150UDESC% = ZD121150U.ndi, USB VID0586&PID3401. See if your numbers are already there, if not change the last line. In C: Programs ZyDAS Technology Corporation ZyDAS802.11gUtility ZDWlan.INI you'll find: MatchingDeviceId0=USB VID0ACE&PID1211 MatchingDeviceId1=PCI VEN167B&DEV2112 MatchingDeviceId2=USB VID0ACE&PIDA211. There you must also change a line to your numbers if they aren't already there. Mac OSX: Install the driver, but DO NOT RESTART.
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Open a terminal, enter su and root password, and edit: /System/Library/Extensions/ZD1211Mac.kext/Contents/Info.plist with vi (or another editor). Near the end you'll see: EthernetUserClientZD1211 idProduct 13313 idVendor 1414 the first number 13313 is decimal for 3401 hex and the second number 1414 is decimal of 0586. So convert your numbers to decimal umsetzen, and see if they are already there, else enter them. For the Sitecom you would change the last entry to: EthernetUserClientZD1211 idProduct 36977 idVendor 3574 and watch out, the first number is the product, the second the vendor ID. It is the other way around in the table.
Save file, log out, and restart the Mac. If you can't save the file, your not root. If you don't know the root password, enter 'sudo passwd root', enter your pasword, and then the new root password. Don't forget to tell root his new password Linux: unpack the driver in /usr/src.
In the drivers directory, edit src/zdusb.h. Hi, I wanted to thank u for this nice hack. I managed to make it work with my 3CRUSB10075.
What I did was following ur instructions and found the hex codes easily through the calculator (with view of programmer). I didn't have much of a clou what I was doing, but just followed ur steps, and I tried to get the same numbers as u get and followed the same process for my own poor man's wifi antenna. And btw, zd1211 works thus great and for Linux PPC and for OSX. Mini Stumbler Posts: 2 Joined: Sun Mar 05, 2006 7:28 am. Robinoo wrote:Hi, I wanted to thank u for this nice hack. I managed to make it work with my 3CRUSB10075. What I did was following ur instructions and found the hex codes easily through the calculator (with view of programmer).
I didn't have much of a clou what I was doing, but just followed ur steps, and I tried to get the same numbers as u get and followed the same process for my own poor man's wifi antenna. And btw, zd1211 works thus great and for Linux PPC and for OSX. Read the Rules. Rudolf wrote:I just found the original Zydas Drivers, and tried them with a Sitecom WL-113. As the ZD1211 sticks are cheap, this might be of interest: ZD1211 USB Stick with Zydas Drivers in Win,Linux, or Mac OS X: First get your Driver: Then you need the vendor and product id numbers. See if your stick is in the table below. If not, try google with the name of your Stick.
If nothing helps, start a Knoppix CD (or any Linux), open a shell, and plug the Stick. Enter dmesg and the numbers will be displayd. Windows: Install the driver, but dont plug in the Stick. In Windows INF ZD1211U.inf you'll find some lines like this:%ZD121150UDESC% = ZD121150U.ndi, USB VID0ACE&PID1211%ZD121150UDESC% = ZD121150U.ndi, USB VID0586&PID3401.
See if your numbers are already there, if not change the last line. In C: Programs ZyDAS Technology Corporation ZyDAS802.11gUtility ZDWlan.INI you'll find: MatchingDeviceId0=USB VID0ACE&PID1211 MatchingDeviceId1=PCI VEN167B&DEV2112 MatchingDeviceId2=USB VID0ACE&PIDA211. There you must also change a line to your numbers if they aren't already there. Mac OSX: Install the driver, but DO NOT RESTART. Open a terminal, enter su and root password, and edit: /System/Library/Extensions/ZD1211Mac.kext/Contents/Info.plist with vi (or another editor). Near the end you'll see: EthernetUserClientZD1211 idProduct 13313 idVendor 1414 the first number 13313 is decimal for 3401 hex and the second number 1414 is decimal of 0586.
So convert your numbers to decimal umsetzen, and see if they are already there, else enter them. For the Sitecom you would change the last entry to: EthernetUserClientZD1211 idProduct 36977 idVendor 3574 and watch out, the first number is the product, the second the vendor ID. It is the other way around in the table. Save file, log out, and restart the Mac. If you can't save the file, your not root. If you don't know the root password, enter 'sudo passwd root', enter your pasword, and then the new root password. Don't forget to tell root his new password Linux: unpack the driver in /usr/src.
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In the drivers directory, edit src/zdusb.h.