Linksys WUSB54G USB adapter and 10.4.6

[tenjeangosi]

Hi,
I recieved my PowerMac G3 (B&W) today with Mac OS X 10.4.6.. From my PC, I have a USB adapter for my wifi internet connection.. The model is Linksys WUSB54G.. Are there any Macintosh drivers for this card?
Thanks,
Joseph
(FIrst Post)

[Bearded]

You could try this forum post:

http://macosx.com/forums/networking-compatibility/271771-mac-compatible-wireless-adapters-post1309042.html

I didn't have a good look but they have some good info.
Have you tried installing it and seeing if it shows up on the mac?

[tenjeangosi]

I tried the drivers, but no go.. Are there any other drivers for it on OS 10.4?

[BoneFill]

Originally Posted by tenjeangosi

I tried the drivers, but no go.. Are there any other drivers for it on OS 10.4?

Try going to "About this Mac" in the Apple menu and click in "More Info" the go to USB you should see something like "Wireless-G USB Network Adapter" listed there. If not then your device is not using the RT2500 driver from Ralink. If you can see it go ahead.

Getting the Ralink driver is the first step to get WUSB54G to work, the next step is to add support for your device.

You have to keep your device unpluged then…

Step by step you have to:

1.- Donload the driver
2.- Install it
3.- Go to /System/Library/Extensions/ and find RT2500USBWirelessDriver.kext
4.- Right click or ctrl+click over RT2500USBWirelessDriver.kext
5.- From the CM choose "Show Package Contents". A new window should appear.
6.- On the new window go to Contents
7.- Open Terminal.app from the Utilities folder and write "sudo pico" (without quotes) and drag the Info.plist file to that terminal window.
8.- Find the line saying <key>IOKitPersonalities</key> and below that add:
</dict>
<key>LinkSys</key>
<dict>
<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
<string>com.Ralink.driver.RT2500</string>
<key>IOClass</key>
<string>RT2500USBWirelessDriver</string>
<key>IOProviderClass</key>
<string>IOUSBDevice</string>
<key>bcdDevice</key>
<integer>4</integer>
<key>idProduct</key>
<integer>13</integer>
<key>idVendor</key>
<integer>5041</integer>


9.- Save and close the file by pressing ctrl+o and then ctrl+x
10.- Reboot
11.- Now connect your device
12.- Open System Preferences.app
13.- Go to Network… It must warn you about a new device found.
14.- Configure your network.
15.- If it's not already open, open WirelessUtilityUSB.app which should be in your Applications folder and configure your WLAN access.

Sometimes th driver is not loaded at startup, you can fix that by downloading This File. It will install a file named RT2500Replug.kext in /System/Library/Extensions/ you havo to go into that package as well and edit the Info.plist file the same way you edited the otherone but this time you have to add:

<dict>
<key>Linksys</key>
<dict>
<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
<string>ch.walter.thomas.RT2500Replug</string>
<key>IOClass</key>
<string>ch_walter_thomas_RT2500Replug</string>
<key>IOKitDebug</key>
<integer>0</integer>
<key>IOProbeScore</key>
<integer>100000</integer>
<key>IOProviderClass</key>
<string>IOUSBDevice</string>
<key>bcdDevice</key>
<integer>4</integer>
<key>idProduct</key>
<integer>13</integer>
<key>idVendor</key>
<integer>5041</integer>

and then reboot.

The WirelessUtilityUSB.app should be fired up after every reboot now.

You can find more info at: http://61.222.76.235/ (which is the Ralink forum)

Good Luck.

[tenjeangosi]

Thank You for the help, however, the device does not show up in Apple System Profiler..

[KClaisse]

I hate to bump a month old topic but I have a porblem with my linksys WUSB54G dongle.

When I connect it to mac os x and go to about this mac and then to more info it will show up as a wireless G usb adapter. But when I open up Wireless USB Utility (or something along those lines) it says no device! I have installed the second one too with no luck. Is there anything I should do?


The version is version 4.

[bmcgonag]

I have a linksys wusb54g usb wireless adapter, and was trying to follow the instructions here to get it to work, with no luck. I finally found a site that said people with belkin adapters were having luck with a different driver from the same company.

As a shot in the dark I tried it, and it worked right off the bat.

I downloaded the .dmg file, did the install, restarted just as it said to, and then plugged in the wusb54g v4 adapter. Once that was done, the computer automatically detected it, and opened the wireless utility that was installed. I selected my network and encryption method, entered my network key and BOOM! It was ready. Then you have to open the System Preferences, go to Network, Again, the machine should announce that it has found a new network device, click 'Ok' but pay attention to what it's called, on mine it called it 'en1'. Select that from the drop down list, and then click the apply button. That initiated the contact with my wireless router.

The driver is is the RT71WUSB by ralink. You can find it on their site at www.ralinktech.com, or at this link RT71WUSB.
I hope this comes in handy for some of you.

Mac

[00101110]

that didn't work for me man. my wusb54g didn't even show up using those drivers (RT71WUSB) on a 1Ghz TiPB / 10.4.7

BoneFill's method DID work, however... but not with Terminal (didn't work for me. i had to use PlistEdit Pro). now everything works. but after all this hassle - i think i am gonna order a HWL2A from Hawking since it's native: