I'm almost certain that most all Broadcom cards can work, but a few
are "problematic". I've been trying to help, but you never post the
necessary information. You say "it doesn't work" and that's about it.
We know the card, but not any of the pertinent information.
The most important things for troubleshooting a Broadcom wifi card
would be:
1)VID & PID # of the Broadcom wifi card itself. A specific Broadcom
chipset can normally be determined from these ID #'s, which tells you
which Braodcom kext is required.
These ID's can be determined several ways. Sometimes they're shown in
System Profiler. The Broadcom VID # is 0x14e4, and the PID is the
important # you're looking for. In System Profiler is should be shown
under Network>Airport Card, or perhaps under PCI Cards. If it's not
shown in System Profiler, you can use an application DPCIManager
available here. The app is within the "Build" folder, use the specific
version you need:
<http://rapidshare.com/files/380454157/DPCIManager_0.3.zip>
2)Software version and configuration. This would be OS X version, and
whether or not the correct kexts are currently loaded (meaning they
are functional within OS X). The necessary kexts for wifi connection
are IONetworkingFamily.kext, IO80211Family.kext, and a specific
Broadcom kext that may vary with the exact hardware of the card
itself. ALL THREE of these kexts need to be loaded to have wifi
functionality.
To see which kexts are loaded you can look in System Profiler under
Extensions, or better you can run the command kextstat in Terminal,
which will definitely show ALL kexts loaded, whereas System Profiler
is known to miss some every so often.
3)Status of the Network System Preferences pane, and whether or not an
"Airport" port is recognized within Network System Preferences.
So far, I don't remember seeing any of this necessary information for
you card? I still suspect your card will work, but that you need to
troubleshoot a little more intensively.
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