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Asus PCE-AC68 802.11ac card

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So I read this thread very carefully as in my Hackintosh there is also said card working (almost fine up until now).

Even erik's hint to make it appear as an internal AirPort card via HEX editing just worked fine for me.

My problem is that I would like my WiFi to use channels above 100 for it's higher tx power (1000mW comparing to 200mW below) and currently, my card shows up supporting only channels up to 48 in system information:


Interfaces:
en1:
Card Type: AirPort Extreme (0x14E4, 0x85DF)
Firmware Version: Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (6.30.223.154.65)
MAC Address: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
Locale: ETSI
Country Code: DE
Supported PHY Modes: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
Supported Channels: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 36, 40, 44, 48
AirDrop: Supported
Status: Connected
Current Network Information:
WG_5G:
PHY Mode: 802.11ac
BSSID: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
Channel: 44,1
Country Code: DE
Network Type: Infrastructure
Security: WPA2 Personal
Signal / Noise: -56 dBm / -92 dBm
Transmit Rate: 122
MCS Index: 2

First I thought, this might be a limitation hardware-wise as I live in Switzerland. But on the windows side, changing the country code in the driver INF did the trick! There everything now runs fine at all channels with very good rates (around 800 Mbit/s, 10m from the router, 1 wall). With my MBP retina I even get the full 1300Mbit/s when sitting closer to the Router (ASUS RT-AC68U) and about 350Mbit/s at my desk.

I was wondering, how could I change the code on the Mac side? I was able to do the HEX editing and can also see the word "country" in the file to edit (AirPortBrcm4360) but don't know how to continue.

I would really appreciate any help on this.

Edit: Here is where I found the information for Windows:
http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/forums/showpost.php?p=138688&postcount=19
 
Software Versions:
CoreWLAN: 4.3.3 (433.48)
CoreWLANKit: 3.3.2 (332.36)
Menu Extra: 9.3.2 (932.35)
System Information: 9.0 (900.8)
IO80211 Family: 6.4 (640.36)
Diagnostics: 3.0 (300.40)
AirPort Utility: 6.3.2 (632.3)
Interfaces:
en1:
Card Type: Third-Party Wireless Card
MAC Address: ac:22:0b:be:84:55
Supported PHY Modes: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
Supported Channels: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 36, 40, 44, 48, 149, 153, 157, 161, 165
Wake On Wireless: Supported
AirDrop: Supported
Current Network Information:
PHY Mode: 802.11ac
BSSID: 40:16:7e:a2:18:f4
Network Type: Infrastructure
Security: WPA2 Personal
Signal / Noise: -27 dBm / -92 dBm
Transmit Rate: 600
MCS Index: 9
Other Local Wi-Fi Networks:
airport extream:
PHY Mode: 802.11n
BSSID: 40:16:7e:a2:18:f0
Channel: 11
Network Type: Infrastructure
Security: WPA2 Personal
Signal / Noise: -31 dBm / -92 dBm

with asus PCI card???
what mobo do you use and what router?
thanks
 
Yes, with the PCE-AC68. As stated in my signature: Gigabyte Z87 HD3 and RT-AC68U

At first, mine also said "Third-Party Wireless Card", but I got around this with erik's hint and now the network utility at least shows 600 Mbit/s (as theoretical maximum on channels 36-48?)
 
Would maybe the option of installing the whole system in english or setting the location to US (before installing the PCIe card) make it support all the channels? I really do not think that there are different versions sold worldwide as mine in windows supports the full set of channels.
 
Replaced my 5th Gen Airport Extreme router with a Netgear Nighthawk AC1900 router (model R7000).

Popped an ASUS PCE-AC68 in yesterday on Mavericks.

It works OOB, recognized as a Third party card. To get it recognized as Airport Extrem. I had to hex edit /System/Library/Extensions/IO80211Family.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AirPortBrcm4360.kext/Contents/MacOS/AirPortBrcm4360

and change

30 6B 10 00 00 75 0D

to

30 6B 10 00 00 90 90

As others recommended in various posts.


In Network Utility, it recognizes the card as 600mbps (over 450 before). However, in System Info -> Wifi, we see:

Current Network Information:

PHY Mode: 802.11ac
BSSID: e4:f4:c6:05:c0:d0
Channel: 161,-1
Country Code: US
Network Type: Infrastructure
Security: WPA2 Personal
Signal / Noise: -45 dBm / -83 dBm
Transmit Rate: 405
MCS Index: 7

Transmit rate = 405, which is the same as I get on my other hack with an N card (this is still higher than I got on the old router as the new router is faster).

In each case the router is only about 15 feet from the computer, so I don't think it's a signal issue.


In comparison, on my Macbook Pro Retina I get transmit rates up to 1035 (usually at 878 however). Which is terrific.

Either way, my actual transfer rates are about the same when moving big files around.

Anyone have any tips on getting it to recognize at 1300mbps? Or, more importantly, register a higher transfer rate?

How do u do this patch for Yosemite?
 
Bump. Still trying to get all the channels and thus the full speed under OS X.
 
Hi Pjalm,

thanks for your reply! Which card exactly are you using and where did you get it from?
 
Replaced my 5th Gen Airport Extreme router with a Netgear Nighthawk AC1900 router (model R7000).

Popped an ASUS PCE-AC68 in yesterday on Mavericks.

It works OOB, recognized as a Third party card. To get it recognized as Airport Extrem. I had to hex edit /System/Library/Extensions/IO80211Family.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AirPortBrcm4360.kext/Contents/MacOS/AirPortBrcm4360

and change

30 6B 10 00 00 75 0D

to

30 6B 10 00 00 90 90

Hi there, I just purchased this card and it is great thus far. Works OOB but I am just looking to get my system to recognize it as AirPort instead of Third Party. I've tried searching for 306B100000750D in Hex Fiend and the closest I could find was 30 6B 10 00 00 75 1D.

I did try changing 30 6B 10 00 00 75 1D to 30 6B 10 00 00 90 90 and after a restart it did nothing.

Any incite as to why this is happening still?

I am using Yosemite 10.10 with Z77X-UD5H mobo
 
I had the same problem.
Download DPCIManager http://sourceforge.net/projects/dpcimanager/ and look at device id.

DPCIManager.png
If it fits to 14E4:43A0 or 14E4:43B1 you can downlad this https://github.com/RehabMan/OS-X-Fake-PCI-ID
and nnstall kexts FakePCIID and FakePCIID_BCM94352Z_as_BCM94360CS2 to /S/L/E with KextWizzard for example.
Reboot and cross your fingers :)
Now it should be recognized as native AirPort Extreme.
AIRPORT.png

Good luck.
 
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