[Wirelessdriver-support] How I installed Beta 5.1 on Jaguar

[Konrad G. <kon...@at...>]

I successfully installed WirelessDriver 5.1b for Jaguar on my Lombard=20
running a Farallon Skyline card using the following procedure--but not=20=

until spending half a day doing it.

I used a combination of two different procedures offered by other=20
contributors on this list earlier, neither one of which worked for me=20
by itself. I had a number of other roadblocks I ran into. The=20
combination of the two earlier procedures and my own fixes for the=20
roadblocks I ran into today are all incorporated below. Some of these=20
things may be obvious to more experience people, but to the=20
non-mechanics like me just trying to get the old card to work with OSX,=20=

these are the things that I needed to know. I suggest something like=20
this go into the FAQ until the installer can be fixed.


Procedure

1. Remove your wireless card (the following procedure _did not work_=20
when I attempted it with the card still in the slot).

2. Download and/or copy and expand the WirelessDriverBeta5_1.tgz=20
archive.

3. Install according to directions.
[Standard installation doesn=92t place one file correctly so fix as=20
follows.]

4. Open the folder called "Installers"

5. Right-click "WirelessDriver.pkg" and select "Show Package Contents"

6. Open the "Contents" folder that appears and expand "Archive.pax.gz"
[Be sure Archive.pax now appears in your Home directory (~). My=20
standard Stuffitt utility handled gunzip automatically but not pax,=20
thus:]

7. Open the Terminal and extract the directory from the pax archive by=20=

copying or entering:

pax -r -f Archive.pax

8. "WirelessDriver.kext" is the only file in that archive, and it=20
should now be in your Home directory.

9. Enter the following commands in succession, entering in your=20
Administrator password when prompted:

sudo mv ~/WirelessDriver.kext=20
/System/Library/Extensions/WirelessDriver.kext

[This moves the file to where it should have been to start with,=20
bypassing the security features that blocked the initial installation].

sudo chown -R root.wheel /System/Library/Extensions/WirelessDriver.kext

[This gives the newly moved file the correct ownership/permissions.]

10. Shut down. Be sure your wireless card is NOT installed.

11. Restart

12. Now, insert the wireless card. Card light should be blinking at=20
this point.
[When it was a solid light at this point, it subsequently didn't work.

13. Go to System Preferences:Network and set up your configuration=20
appropriately (the en1 should now be on the list).

14. Click on the WirelessConfig pane at the bottom and set up there.
[I was unable to get encryption to work, but a closed network=20
configuration worked]

Hope this helps save someone some time down the road.=