Re: [Wirelessdriver-support] success story

[Michael B. <mb...@zo...>]

Hi all! I am successfully using the 5.1beta driver under 10.2 on a 
PBG3Lombard/OrinocoGold.
Rob and Yuriwho's (as well as many other folks' tips) are all good.  I 
basically followed them:

I ran the uninstall first, then the install. Got the greyed out en1 
problem, plus the WirelessConfig preference panel was not yet appearing 
in the System Preferences.

I simply ran the installer again, and everything was working as 
expected. Upon inserting my card I could then tweak the 
SysPrefs>Network>Show Port Configurations to my liking.
I do have a System/Library/Extensions.kextcache file that appears to be 
new since installing the new driver, and does not seem to be the cause 
of any problems. I did not directly fiddle with this file at all.

One unfortunate consequence, now when I insert my PCMCIA/compact flash 
card from my digital camera it is no longer mounted as a device on the 
desktop.  Instead, the wireless card menu bar item comes up as if I had 
inserted my Orinoco.  Also, I can't seem to gracefully eject the 
compact flash card anymore...  :0(

On Wednesday, September 4, 2002, at 03:19  PM, Rob McKeever wrote:
> Rob:
> This sounds suspiciously like the problem involving the 
> Extensions.kextcache file.  Yuriwho did a summary of fixes people have 
> found for problems like this on Sept 1st.
> I've attached it below.
>
> -=-=-=-=-
> Yuriwho:  For those who are having problems with the b5.1 
> installation, try the following:
>
> download the latest release (b5.1) from 
> http://wirelessdriver.sourceforge.net/
> locate and doubleclick the uninstaller.command file from the disk 
> image (it's in the utilities folder)
> provide your password when prompted in the terminal
> type the following in a terminal window:
> 	sudo rm /System/Library/Extensions.kextcache
> delete WirelessDriver.pkg from /Library/Receipts/
> delete any additional WirelessDriver PreferencePanes found anywhere on 
> your system
> run the WirelessDriver installer package
> reboot
> login
> insert your wireless card
> a menu item should appear in the menubar indicating that the driver 
> has recognized your card
> open the network PreferencePane
> you should have either en1 or en2 as available networks (In powerbooks 
> with Airport cards installed, the airport card will be en1 and the 
> PCMCIA wireless card will be en2, for everyone else the inserted 
> wireless card will be en1.)
>
> You must configure the network PreferencePane appropriately for your 
> access point.
> show the network port configurations and drag en1 (or en2 if 
> appropriate) to the top of the list of available network ports.
> configure your IP Address appropriately and enter the DNS addresses 
> supplied by your ISP.
> now open the WirelessConfig PreferencePane and enter the name of your 
> wireless network and your password.
>
> If your card is recognized by the system (if the menu item appears) 
> and you cant get connected, it is probably due to misconfiguration of 
> your network/access point settings. Try disabling WEP on the 
> accesspoint and manually configuring your ip/subnet/router and DNS 
> numbers.
>