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Files and Scripts to install macOS Catalina on T460 with OpenCore Bootloader
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Wifi Card question #13

Closed aptonline closed 4 years ago

aptonline commented 4 years ago

I'm looking into getting the same Wi-Fi/BT card as you recommend in your setup but when I find the same one on eBay they specifically say they won't work in a Lenovo. Any idea why this is?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PC-Hackintosh-wifi-Card-BCM94352Z-NGFF-WiFi-wlan-Card-867Mbps-Bluetooth-4-0-WiFi/172212358962?hash=item2818a80f32:g:2kEAAOSwQcJfImUy

xqdxqd commented 4 years ago

I'm looking into getting the same Wi-Fi/BT card as you recommend in your setup but when I find the same one on eBay they specifically say they won't work in a Lenovo. Any idea why this is?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PC-Hackintosh-wifi-Card-BCM94352Z-NGFF-WiFi-wlan-Card-867Mbps-Bluetooth-4-0-WiFi/172212358962?hash=item2818a80f32:g:2kEAAOSwQcJfImUy

same card works on t470p (I bought it from Taobao)

aptonline commented 4 years ago

Looking at the same card on AliExpress there is reference to the card not working on Lenovo due to the bios whitelist. My understanding is this was only for some earlier Thinkpad models which doesn’t include the T460.

metro2450 commented 4 years ago

Looking at the same card on AliExpress there is reference to the card not working on Lenovo due to the bios whitelist. My understanding is this was only for some earlier Thinkpad models which doesn’t include the T460.

T460 doesn't have a wireless card whitelist, however now you are able to use intel WiFi pre-installed with your machine by applying this new driver.

aptonline commented 4 years ago

T460 doesn't have a wireless card whitelist, however now you are able to use intel WiFi pre-installed with your machine by applying this new driver.

Yeah I saw that... after purchasing a DW1560 the other day. From what I understand the new driver is very much early in development and the speeds are slow compared so while it’s a great project to keep an eye on I’ll use the one I bought for now 👍.

metro2450 commented 4 years ago

T460 doesn't have a wireless card whitelist, however now you are able to use intel WiFi pre-installed with your machine by applying this new driver.

Yeah I saw that... after purchasing a DW1560 the other day. From what I understand the new driver is very much early in development and the speeds are slow compared so while it’s a great project to keep an eye on I’ll use the one I bought for now 👍.

In fact, the stable version released yesterday runs well. Regrading to speed it seems to be acceptable if your WAN connection is less than 100M and not very much concerned about local LAN speed :-)

aptonline commented 4 years ago

out of interest does the itlwm kext support Bluetooth for handoff and continuity on the T460?

Looks like maybe not: https://github.com/MSzturc/Lenovo-T460-OpenCore/issues/14#issuecomment-679087267

aptonline commented 4 years ago

DW1560 installed and working perfectly on my T460.

aptonline commented 4 years ago

Spoke too soon, having upload issues: https://github.com/MSzturc/Lenovo-T460-OpenCore/issues/17