DO NOT REPLACE THE KEXT... It won't even find your AirPort card if you do...
Working on extracting the old one from the restore DVD...
Haha yeah too late.
Thanks a ton for the help man. I'm not at home right now so you're a life saver.
DO NOT REPLACE THE KEXT... It won't even find your AirPort card if you do...
Working on extracting the old one from the restore DVD...
Haha yeah too late.I probably have to reinstall Leopard now.
Thanks a ton for the help man. I'm not at home right now so you're a life saver.![]()
Earlier I reported that my Blackbook was fine, but it seems my wireless n may have been disabled by this update as I can't seem to connect to my time capsule, which broadcasts an n only network. Not confirmed this yet but I see no other reason why my lappy would default to my a/b/g network rather than the TC, when the TC is much closer.
I see some of you messed up installing the kernel extension.
What you need to do is..
- Move the /System/Library/Extensions/IO80211Family.kext that came with the pulled Apple Update to your Trash.
- Download the one linked earlier.
- Copy that to /System/Library/Extensions.
- Open Terminal and execute these:
sudo chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions/IO80211Family.kext
sudo chmod -R 755 /System/Library/Extensions/IO80211Family.kext
sudo touch /System/Library/Extensions
- Restart and all set.
The posted kext is the latest one from the 5.5 combo update. Whatever kexts you are going to get from the restore DVD (unless its 10.5.5 restore DVD) will be older, out of date versions and may cause incompatibilities.
I don't know if this is a coincidence, but literally overnight my battery is crapping out. I was at 98-99% health earlier this week and this morning I noticed that my battery was at "0%" despite running fine
Fired up Coconut and now my battery health has dropped to 44% (my macbook is 3 months old, 32 cycles)
this airport update is no where to be found. Some say Apple pulled it
for unknown reasons.
"The leopard wireless bug" refers to basically any wifi problem that happens on a machine running 10.5.![]()
I see some of you messed up installing the kernel extension.
What you need to do is..
- Move the /System/Library/Extensions/IO80211Family.kext that came with the pulled Apple Update to your Trash.
- Download the one linked earlier.
- Copy that to /System/Library/Extensions.
- Open Terminal and execute these:
sudo chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions/IO80211Family.kext
sudo chmod -R 755 /System/Library/Extensions/IO80211Family.kext
sudo touch /System/Library/Extensions
- Restart and all set.
The posted kext is the latest one from the 5.5 combo update. Whatever kexts you are going to get from the restore DVD (unless its 10.5.5 restore DVD) will be older, out of date versions and may cause incompatibilities.
this airport update is no where to be found. Some say Apple pulled it
for unknown reasons.
how can i check if i downloaded it? i'm pretty sure I didn't install it since I haven't restarted my computer to allow updates to install. But I'm not sure if I downloaded it. Is there a way to check it someplace?
System Prefs > Software Update > Installed Updates.
no but see that tells me what i have installed. I'm looking to see what I have just downloaded, but not installed yet.
Ahh ok, I follow you now. There probably is a way, but im not sure what it is (I expect downloads go into some type of not very accessible cache folder?)
Personally, I don't allow automatic downloads anyway.
I expect the update will be reposted shortly, in modified form. So you could wait and download/install that. That way, if you did download the previous one, it will be ignored/trashed. Won't be long surely..
I see some of you messed up installing the kernel extension.
What you need to do is..
- Move the /System/Library/Extensions/IO80211Family.kext that came with the pulled Apple Update to your Trash.
- Download the one linked earlier.
- Copy that to /System/Library/Extensions.
- Open Terminal and execute these:
sudo chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions/IO80211Family.kext
sudo chmod -R 755 /System/Library/Extensions/IO80211Family.kext
sudo touch /System/Library/Extensions
- Restart and all set.
The posted kext is the latest one from the 5.5 combo update. Whatever kexts you are going to get from the restore DVD (unless its 10.5.5 restore DVD) will be older, out of date versions and may cause incompatibilities.
I see some of you messed up installing the kernel extension.
What you need to do is..
- Move the /System/Library/Extensions/IO80211Family.kext that came with the pulled Apple Update to your Trash.
- Download the one linked earlier.
- Copy that to /System/Library/Extensions.
- Open Terminal and execute these:
sudo chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions/IO80211Family.kext
sudo chmod -R 755 /System/Library/Extensions/IO80211Family.kext
sudo touch /System/Library/Extensions
- Restart and all set.
The posted kext is the latest one from the 5.5 combo update. Whatever kexts you are going to get from the restore DVD (unless its 10.5.5 restore DVD) will be older, out of date versions and may cause incompatibilities.
Well done! Pat yourself on the back. You'd have found that out just by reading the thread before posting. Even just the first page would have done.
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Wireless N has been removed from the Macbooks because it is now considered a Pro feature, like Firewire.![]()