Broadcom Wireless Tutorial

Kext Used
The kext used for this tutorial is the IO80211Family.kext. This kext needs to be put into /System/Library/Extensions/ if it is not already there. 

Entering your device ID

• Make a backup of IO80211Family.kext
• Edit the .plist file

cd /System/Library/Extensions

sudo nano /IO80211Family.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleAirPortBrcm4311.kext/Contents/Info.plist

• Once editing the plist navigate to the area where you see

<string>pci14e4,4311</string>
<string>pci14e4,4318</string>
<string>pci14e4,4320</string>

• Add a line with dev id (in place of XXXX)

<string>pci14e4,XXXX</string>
Setting Permissions

• Type these commands into terminal

sudo chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions

kextcache -k /System/Library/Extensions

Final touches (Optional)

• edit the interface config in order to use the airport utility instead of istumbler.

sudo nano /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/NetworkInterfaces.plist

• swap the en0 with en1 for that device.
• Run disk util and repair perms
• Please note that you may need to change the number to en2 if you have 2 onbaord pci lan cards.

Sometimes your network card is already configured as an airport device and you do not need to swap the en #