Micro USB Wifi Adapter for Mac Mohave

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Does anyone know of a compatible micro/nano USB wifi adapter for Mac? Tried a D-Link DWA-131 without success.
 
I have had successes with anything with a Ralink chipset but the security lockdown on Mojave is something I cannot comment on (won't upgrade because of that and that it breaks several of my softwares and they do not need the upgrade and subsequent price tag).
 
GreGorGy said:
I have had successes with anything with a Ralink chipset but the security lockdown on Mojave is something I cannot comment on (won't upgrade because of that and that it breaks several of my softwares and they do not need the upgrade and subsequent price tag).
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Eish. Thanks. Very little info on getting them working with Mojave. Apparently the El Capitan drivers are able to work on Sierra which would be the latest OS.
 
capd said:
Does anyone know of a compatible micro/nano USB wifi adapter for Mac? Tried a D-Link DWA-131 without success.
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What do you want to do with it? (that the built-in is not)
 
capd said:
Eish. Thanks. Very little info on getting them working with Mojave. Apparently the El Capitan drivers are able to work on Sierra which would be the latest OS.
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Maybe check out the Hackintosh scene and see what they are doing.
 
neoprema said:
What do you want to do with it? (that the built-in is not)
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The AirPort card seems to be faulty. That or the slot its in. I have no way of testing and figured a USB wifi adapter would be easiest.
 
I thought by "airport card" he might have just meant the Wi-Fi adapter, not actual pci-e card.
 
capd said:
MacBook Air. By AirPort card I mean the WiFi card that slots in on the motherboard. In System Info its called an AirPort Card.
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Damn - you learn something new every day.

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There's a micro usb on amazon that is claimed to work with Mojave. I have the link at work - will share tomorrow (if I remember that and my Cure tickets).
 
GreGorGy said:
Damn - you learn something new every day.

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There's a micro usb on amazon that is claimed to work with Mojave. I have the link at work - will share tomorrow (if I remember that and my Cure tickets).
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It will say "card" but it's embedded on the board on most (all?) moderns machines.

OP what exactly is the problem or the error you are getting? Pretty good chance it can be sorted out with software.

DId someone physically work on the machine? Then they may have disconnected the antenna.
 
capd said:
Card went faulty and reinstallation hasnt helped. Ive arranged a spare card to test with which will show if its the current card or the slot thats at fault. Hoping the spare card works.
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But what is the actual fault?

Have you reset the PRAM and SMC and all those tricks?
 
So far I've tried;

Alfa AWUS036H
Alfa AWUS036NH
TPLink Micro UDB (RTL8188CU)
No-name-Brand Realtek RTL8192

None of them work on my Macbook. Drivers from Realtek are horribly bad too, installs messy and argh.
 
neoprema said:
So far I've tried;

Alfa AWUS036H
Alfa AWUS036NH
TPLink Micro UDB (RTL8188CU)
No-name-Brand Realtek RTL8192

None of them work on my Macbook. Drivers from Realtek are horribly bad too, installs messy and argh.
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Thanks so much for checking.
 
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