There is No Atheros XSPAN EWC chipset per-se. However cards that are market as 'Atheros XSPAN EWC' seems to use AR5008 chipset. So try to Log to this page, scroll down and download the Win 7 drivers. Atheros WLAN USB Driver for Mac Free Download - Work-around WLAN to re-tool for older Macs.
Description:. This module is compatible with all laptops that have a mini PCI-E internal slot.except IBM and HP laptop. The Atheros AR5008 chipsets are Atheros' highest performance wireless LAN solutions to date.
Atheros Driver Download Center
Apparently this is not possible for 9485, as in apples driver for all of the cards used two opcode to initialize baseband,but for 9485 need be three. I've patched the Linux driver to determine the ucodes necessary and found I only really need the mac core (swapped AR9462's for AR9565 in Linux fine), mac postamble (same as AR9565), baseband core (AR9462 rev. 0) and baseband postamble (AR9462 rev. 0) to at least scan + connect to 2.4 Ghz. I patched the PCI id checks and 0x2c0 - 0x280 in the OS X driver and now have an en0 with the wifi logo showing. However, it doesn't scan networks:/ Any ideas?
With the same AR9565 MAC Core, AR9565 MAC Postamble, AR9462 Baseband Core and AR9462 Baseband Postamble, Linux scans and connects to networks just fine. Here's the patches I made on your AR9565 AirPortAtheros40 for AR9462. It successfully gets the MAC address of the card and shows the wifi logo, but doesn't scan networks yet. I tried switching out the baseband ucode but it doesn't seem to have worked. Mind checking my patches and seeing what I did wrong? Here's the syslog: it does appear to be loading and trying to scan but can't:/. If that works under linux then u just need to work on the mac os x rx/tx functions and it will start working if that fails under os x u will need to recheck the needed ucodes this is not a easy task and it will take u some time I also used freebsd sources when working on the driver.
Hello for me nothing work, for wifi i modify the kext for my specs and do the same for bluetooth but nothing. I just have for bluetooth the screen that saying that it try to search bluetooth product but nothing, the button for deactivate the bluetooth is gray and impossible to use. For wifi there is no option. I used a combo Killer 1525, the wifi is an atheros with vendor: 168C Device: 003E, seems to match with an QCA6174 For the bluetooth its vendor: 0CF3 Device: 3004, seems to match with an AR3012 So if someone can help me. Maybe i do something wrong?
Got partial success on AR9462! I managed to get working 5 ghz. The card thinks it's in Japan for some reason. It connects and is stable on 5 ghz. For some reason the system freezes sometimes on 2.4 Ghz. The freezing is intermittent and only seems to be on 2.4 ghz, not 5 ghz.
• • Make sure that the plugs are connected securely. 
• When connecting equipment other than Sony’s, refer to the instruction manual of the equipment. ICD-P330F Serial No. • We recommend you make a trial recording to check the connections and volume control.
Also, for some reason the card doesn't scan networks on a cold boot. I have to boot into Windows/Linux and do a warm reboot from Windows/Linux into OS X to have working wifi. Update: Fixed 2.4 Ghz freezing. Just had to change country code from JP to FCC. Working binary for AR9462 MacRev 2. Tested on Acer C720 chromebook.
Atheros Xspan Drivers For Mac Windows 10
Fully working 2.4 Ghz and 5 Ghz WiFi. Modify Info.plist to switch 168c:30 id to 168c:34. Does not work on a cold boot. Boot into Windows and then warm reboot into OS X for working wifi. Place binary in /System/Library/Extensions/IO80211Family.kext/Contents/Plugins/AirPortAtheros40.kext/Contents/MacOS/ as AirPortAtheros40. Current issues:. Sleep/Resume kills wifi.
WiFi doesn't work on a cold boot. Only when warm rebooting from Windows or Linux. System sometimes freezes when connecting to a 2.4 Ghz network fixed in patch12.
Download appears to have slower than normal speeds than Windows/Linux (maxes at 100 mbit instead of 200 mbit), although upload seems to be fine. If you run into issues with wifi on this kext, please use IORegistryExplorer, find 'AirPortAtherosNewma40' and get its en0's IO80211HardwareVersion and include its contents with the message. Changelog:. patch10 - initial version verified working for 5 ghz. patch11 - remove several 0x200 - 0x280 changes to use code for 0x1C0 instead. patch12 - set correct locale code (FCC) instead of JP to fix 2.4 Ghz freezing.
Excellent work jalavoui and coolstar.