Hackintosh Router?

[alfa147x]

Ok im tired of my router it plainly just sucks, can i just add a wireless card to my hackintosh and use the "Create Network" Like on my macbook to make a network?

I would have to add a Wireless card, and an ethernet card; One for the WAN and the one onboard for the gigabit switch.

My network only has (Wireless) Macbook, iPod Touch. Then wired i have the hackintosh and an Xbox 360.

Im looking at this link:
http://wiki.osx86project.org/w...L_10.5.5#Network_Cards

but the network card is deactivated on newegg?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16833315005

Im looking for a G wireless card, dont really need anything faster

Thanks
~Alfa

 

[MrChad]

What router model to you have? I've had great luck with the DD-WRT firmware on my Linksys WRT54G.

 

[alfa147x]

D link : WBR-1310

 

[NXIL]

Hey Alfa,

that router gets some urine-poor reviews:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16833127079

The D-link wireless card that should work with Hackintosh is about $60:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...6833127213&Tpk=DWA-542

But, for not much more: here is a great router: price just went up....odd, haven't seen a price go up on something like this for a while:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16833124190

Regardless, highly recommend you get the WRT54GL, and maybe install either DD-WRT or Tomato on it.

It's good to have a router routing....low power, dedicated to purpose, acts as a firewall, etc.

HTH

NX

 

[MrChad]

Originally posted by: NXIL
Regardless, highly recommend you get the WRT54GL, and maybe install either DD-WRT or Tomato on it.

It's good to have a router routing....low power, dedicated to purpose, acts as a firewall, etc.

HTH

NX

DD-WRT runs great even on the non-L versions of the WRT54G.

 

[dbk]

According to osx86 wiki this wireless pci card works OOB.

 

[NXIL]

DD-WRT runs great even on the non-L versions of the WRT54G.

It works well on WRT54G versions 1 through 4; 5 through 8 can b a problem due to the stock Vxworks firmware (instead of linux based firmware), and, I think that WRT54G v7 does not work at all:

http://www.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv3/dd-wrt/hardware.html

Anyway, there is a big difference between the current WRT54G v8, and the WRT54GL, the Linux version being better.

HTH

NX

 

[ivan2]

if performan is waht you need then just get the dlink dir-655 or any of the dlink gamerlounge. if feature is what ur after then nothing will beat a WRT54 with DDWRT

 

[Eastwind]

alfa147x,

I understand. That router is the worst piece of junk -**EVER**. Seriously- google reviews on the WBR-1310. It is one of the most hated piece of electronics I have ever come across.

My suggestion is to use DD-WRT or Tomato. I personally have Tomato on an older Buffalo router that I bought for $20 and it si nothing short of fantastic. I don't suggest the Buffalo routers to switch the firmware, it can be very difficult. My suggestion is to get a Linksys as NXIL suggested above. You can grab a used Linksys cheap lots of places.

http://www.polarcloud.com/tomato

I have a WBR-1310 that I will send to anyone if you pay postage and absolve me of the sheer hatred it will bring out in you.

 

[Psycho Donut Killer]

I run Tomato on a Buffalo Buffalo WHR-HP-G54 that you can't get anymore, and it is way faster than my piece of crap linksys I got because it was $30 after rebate. And I mean on wired not wireless, it was a bottleneck for my internet connection. I second the recommendation of running Tomato on the WRT54GL or whatever else supports it.

 

[Fallen Kell]

Its not that hard to switch the buffalo routers, you just need to have the tftp connection command ready to go the second you power it off and back on. Basically just open up a command window and type everything ready to go and just hit the enter key when you plug the router back in.

 

[Eastwind]

I did exactly that. I had the two windows open, tftp at the ready each time. It was a bitch for me. My Buffalo router took literally tens of dozens of tries. I did know what I was doing, it even said that it might take a while in the instructions I was using. By contrast, the Linksys was incredibly easy.

Maybe my Buffalo was different? Broken? Anyway, the Buffalo with Tomato is simply awesome. I have a pigtail 5Db antenna on it and I get exceptional range across open distance (across a canal).

I liked Tomato so much, I donated to the author within a few hours of setting it up.

 

[Emulex]

the wrt600N is a sweet little linksys that runs dual band bonded *270mbps* and well you just load the dang thing up with DD-wrt and go. no tftp or bricking necessary.

you're going to find even the poopiest old PC running off a usb flash stick with say 512meg of ram will smoke most routers and you can do other nifty things on them that the wifi/routers just don't have the horsepower to do.