Buffalo usb wireless adapter wont work

I got a buffalo WLI-U2-KG54-AI usb wireless adapter for christmas. It works on the family pc, but it dosent work on my G3 or even under its own copy of virtual pc (windoze 98). How can I get this to work (buffalo still has not answered my email)?

Beige G3, Quadra 700, Mac OS X (10.1.x), G3 also runs 9.2.2, Quadra 7.5.5

Posted on Dec 31, 2005 10:10 AM

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Jan 3, 2006 11:56 AM in response to Q700

I just went through this ordeal.

1. Buffalo does not supply Max OSX drivers.
2. Buffalo has an auto install mode for Wintel boxes.
3. Buffalo buys the chipset from RaLink Technology
4. You will have do download the RaLink drivers from their web site at http://www.ralinktech.com/supp-1.htm
5. You will have to flip the dip switch on the side of the adapter.
6. you will have to hack the driver using Property List Editor (developer tools).
7. what you have to add is:
you have to change "Info.plist".
The file is below.
/System/Library/Extensions/RT2500USBWirelessDriver.kext/Contents/Info.plist

Add the following strings.

<key>Buffalo</key>
<dict>
<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
<string>com.Ralink.driver.RT2500</string>
<key>IOClass</key>
<string>RT2500USBWirelessDriver</string>
<key>IOProviderClass</key>
<string>IOUSBDevice</string>
<key>bcdDevice</key>
<integer>1</integer>
<key>idProduct</key>
<integer>103</integer>
<key>idVendor</key>
<integer>1041</integer>
</dict>

For more info on folks blood, sweat and tears, see RaLink's forum on this topic at: http://61.222.76.235/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=504&start=0

Good luck.

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