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Best WiFi Adapter for Linux / Mac


LilaQ

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Hey guys,

I just bought a Lenovo Y580, but the Intel WiFi adapter ist not working with MacOSX (Hackintosh), so I have to swap it.

Does anyone have a clue which adapter is the best for Linux and MacOSX? Must be PCIe and be able to use monitor mode in linux OOB

Thanks in advance,

LilaQ

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I can tell you now that the Intel Centrino Wireless N450 6300 works fantastically with all Debian variations (Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Mint..) using the iwlwifi driver.

It supports 2.4/5GhZ abgn and is rated for 450 Mbps.

% lsmod | grep iwl

iwldvm 232285 0

mac80211 626584 1 iwldvm

iwlwifi 169932 1 iwldvm

cfg80211 490477 3 iwlwifi,mac80211,iwldvm

% sudo lspci -vvv | grep -A60 Ultimate

02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 (rev 35)

Subsystem: Intel Corporation Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 3x3 AGN

Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+

Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-

Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes

Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 44

Region 0: Memory at f4100000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable)

Capabilities: [c8] Power Management version 3

Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+)

Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-

Capabilities: [d0] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+

Address: 00000000fee0100c Data: 41e1

Capabilities: [e0] Express (v1) Endpoint, MSI 00

DevCap: MaxPayload 128 bytes, PhantFunc 0, Latency L0s <512ns, L1 unlimited

ExtTag- AttnBtn- AttnInd- PwrInd- RBE+ FLReset+

DevCtl: Report errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- Unsupported-

RlxdOrd+ ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop+ FLReset-

MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 128 bytes

DevSta: CorrErr- UncorrErr- FatalErr- UnsuppReq- AuxPwr+ TransPend-

LnkCap: Port #0, Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x1, ASPM L0s L1, Exit Latency L0s <128ns, L1 <32us

ClockPM+ Surprise- LLActRep- BwNot-

LnkCtl: ASPM L1 Enabled; RCB 64 bytes Disabled- CommClk+

ExtSynch- ClockPM+ AutWidDis- BWInt- AutBWInt-

LnkSta: Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x1, TrErr- Train- SlotClk+ DLActive- BWMgmt- ABWMgmt-

Capabilities: [100 v1] Advanced Error Reporting

UESta: DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF- MalfTLP- ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol-

UEMsk: DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF- MalfTLP- ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol-

UESvrt: DLP+ SDES- TLP- FCP+ CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF+ MalfTLP+ ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol-

CESta: RxErr- BadTLP- BadDLLP- Rollover- Timeout- NonFatalErr-

CEMsk: RxErr- BadTLP- BadDLLP- Rollover- Timeout- NonFatalErr+

AERCap: First Error Pointer: 00, GenCap- CGenEn- ChkCap- ChkEn-

Capabilities: [140 v1] Device Serial Number 00-24-d7-ff-ff-33-76-90

Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi

Intel® Centrino® Ultimate-N 6300

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Hey guys,

I just bought a Lenovo Y580, but the Intel WiFi adapter ist not working with MacOSX (Hackintosh), so I have to swap it.

Does anyone have a clue which adapter is the best for Linux and MacOSX? Must be PCIe and be able to use monitor mode in linux OOB

Thanks in advance,

LilaQ

Try a Broadcom BCM4352 (2-wire) or BCM4360 (3-wire) 802.1AC card. They are the supplied units with MacOSX so are supported. They also have Linux support: [sOLVED] Broadcom BCM4352 issue . Windows of course is no problem.

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Hey guys,

I just bought a Lenovo Y580, but the Intel WiFi adapter ist not working with MacOSX (Hackintosh), so I have to swap it.

Does anyone have a clue which adapter is the best for Linux and MacOSX? Must be PCIe and be able to use monitor mode in linux OOB

Thanks in advance,

LilaQ

Hello LilaQ,

I have a lenovo y580 , remember that we have a white list in our bios , and you cant use whaerever wifi adapter. If you can do that , you need flash your bios to an unlocker version .

http://forum.techinferno.com/lenovo-ibm/2260-lenovo-y580-y480-unlocked-bios-versions.html

regards

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