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X230 - i5 3320m - Intel Centrino N6205 WiFi Support for High Sierra
Hello,
https://github.com/xxx10101xxx/ThinkPad-X230-macOS
According to the guide above, I installed MacOS High Sierra. Everything is working except the Intel Centrino N6205 WiFi.
Am I missing anything? Can you guys give me a hand if you can?
Thank you.
Intel WiFi cards are unsupported in macOS. In order of difficulty, you can get a USB WiFi adapter, rebrand an Atheros card to Intel, or flash a modified BIOS with the wifi whitelist removed. For flashing the BIOS, you need an SPI programmer to dump your original BIOS. Then you send it off to a modder and reflash once finished.
If you are looking for a quick solution, just get a Mac compatible USB WiFi stick. The other two methods require some more technical skills such as compiling software and using command line tools.
Thank you very much for your answer.
Quick question:
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/rebranding-intel-centrino-n6205-into-ar5b95-and-fake-pci-id.203658/
Are you referring to the above link for rebranding ( Without replacing the physical wifi card - Intel Centrino N6205 )?
For rebranding, you will need to purchase a compatible Atheros WiFi card. You need a second computer capable of booting with the card installed in order to rebrand. I have followed this guide in the past: https://github.com/nouatzi/AR9285-rebranding
You'll need to be able to run Linux from at least one machine in order to dump the device and vendor IDs. Basically, the process is dumping the original Intel card info and then patching the eeprom on the Atheros card with the Intel card info. This allows your laptop to boot without the need for BIOS flashing.
I used this method for a while, but ultimately went with the BIOS flash as it gave most flexibility in the long run. This is however more risky and I waited a while before deciding to flash my BIOS.
The guys over at bios-mods.com are very quick to respond with BIOS mod requests. Just remember to send a monetary donation for their time.
Also, I forgot to mention that with the card rebrand, you will need to use FakePCIID to have macOS treat the card as an Atheros card again. This is the same for any other OS you might plan on using with the laptop with this card.