No more dongle , use Intel WiFi Driver Loader Kext [ Tested on Catalina]

Zahid Islam · April 28, 2020

Hope all you are fine . Few days ago I have installed Catalina on my Lenovo IdeaPad 310-15IKB . After Installation complete I was disappointed to see that built in Intel Dual Band Wireless [8086:3166] not workable with Catalina . Then I keep eye on some GitHub projects which are not stable still now . Though I have build and tested 2 , but no luck , it was loading firmware but not working yet. These are bellow -

https://github.com/AppleIntelWifi/adapter

https://github.com/ammulder/AppleIntelWiFiMVM

Then I found a kext build by a china developer , actually I don't know him ( credits goes to him). Which working perfectly on my device. Also I found many person success with different Intel WiFi card model . So lets try if you have Intel WiFi card. But every step you should follow carefully .

1. At first make sure that you disable SIP (System Integrity Protection) . You can disable it via recovery mode. Here I am using Olarila config.plist , MaLd0n sir already

done it in config.plist . Before follow step 2 make sure you have the below code in your config.plist.

<key>RtVariables</key>
	<dict>
		<key>BooterConfig</key>
		<string>0x28</string>
		<key>CsrActiveConfig</key>
		<string>0x67</string>
	</dict>

2. Then run master-disable.command script from Files Folder of your Installation USB . Or you can do it via Terminal alternatively .

sudo spctl --master-disable

3. Download Post Installation.zip from link bottom of this topic and unzip AppleIntelWiFi.kext.zip by double click , right click on AppleIntelWiFi.kext , then select "Show Package Contents" . Then in Contents folder open info.plist with TextEdit or Xcode and replace BSSID with your router/hotspot SSID(name) and PWD with your router/hotspot password.

4. Keep this kext as zip , here is a limitation that you can not install/place it in CLOVER/kext/ or in /System/Library/Extensions or in /Library/Extensions .

Please do not install it through any kext installer/hackintool , your system will face panic , you won not boot later.

So what we will do , in every time after boot into MacOSX we will load the kext temporary via terminal .

i) unzip AppleIntelWiFi.kext.zip by double click. Then Back to Folder.

ii) Right click on "Post Installation Folder" and Select "New Terminal Tab At Folder"

iii) then copy-paste below commands one by one in terminal and hit enter.

sudo mv ./*.kext /tmp
sudo chown -R root:wheel /tmp/*.kext
sudo kextload /tmp/*.kext

** please do not keep any other kext file in Post Installation Folder , then all will be moved and load.

You are done , if your wireless router active (power on) and BSSID and PWD was correct then you are connected . After loading kext , the firmware of your card will be loaded and searching network automatically.

***** Later you should follow only step 4 , after every reboot.

Download Kext--

AppleIntelWiFi.kext.zip

Thanks everybody

lohigno · May 2, 2020

Hi.

tested on lenovo y70-70 laptop with catalina 10.15.5 using your kext on an INTEL AC3160 and working without kernel panic...done a speed test and get only 4mbps download and 12mbps upload , ping 18ms , normally under windows get 94mbps down and 15mbps up with 15ms ping.

Really good job.

Here is the official github link : https://github.com/zxystd/itlwm

P.S. no bluetooth working,

Edited May 2, 2020 by lohigno

Zahid Islam · May 3, 2020

19 hours ago, lohigno said:

Hi.

tested on lenovo y70-70 laptop with catalina 10.15.5 using your kext on an INTEL AC3160 and working without kernel panic...done a speed test and get only 4mbps download and 12mbps upload , ping 18ms , normally under windows get 94mbps down and 15mbps up with 15ms ping.

Really good job.

Here is the official github link : https://github.com/zxystd/itlwm

P.S. no bluetooth working,

Great , Thanks for repository link.

jvargasr62 · May 8, 2020

On 4/28/2020 at 6:13 PM, Zahid Islam said:

Hello, the link does not work, I get an error. Can you update please

MaLd0n · May 8, 2020

17 minutes ago, jvargasr62 said:

updated, check

jvargasr62 · May 8, 2020

5 minutes ago, MaLd0n said:

actualizado, consultar

Thank you

Zahid Islam · May 8, 2020

sorry I was offline.

soy_francisco · May 12, 2020

Tested on Acer Aspire A515-51G with catalina 10.15.5 using kext for intel ac 3168, but an internet does not work after a while running, even appearing as connected in the options

Edited May 12, 2020 by soy_francisco

Thiago Sandes · May 31, 2020

Edited May 31, 2020 by Thiago Sandes

Zarach · June 2, 2020

Tentei, meu Adaptador é um:

Intel Wifi AC 9560

Aqui não trabalhou

Zarach · June 3, 2020

Ele aparece no terminal quando dou o comando kextstat, mas não habilita meu Wifi:

Zarach · June 5, 2020

On 4/28/2020 at 6:13 PM, Zahid Islam said:
Hope all you are fine . Few days ago I have installed Catalina on my Lenovo IdeaPad 310-15IKB . After Installation complete I was disappointed to see that built in Intel Dual Band Wireless [8086:3166] not workable with Catalina . Then I keep eye on some GitHub projects which are not stable still now . Though I have build and tested 2 , but no luck , it was loading firmware but not working yet. These are bellow -

https://github.com/AppleIntelWifi/adapter

https://github.com/ammulder/AppleIntelWiFiMVM

Then I found a kext build by a china developer , actually I don't know him ( credits goes to him). Which working perfectly on my device. Also I found many person success with different Intel WiFi card model . So lets try if you have Intel WiFi card. But every step you should follow carefully .

1. At first make sure that you disable SIP (System Integrity Protection) . You can disable it via recovery mode. Here I am using Olarila config.plist , MaLd0n sir already

done it in config.plist . Before follow step 2 make sure you have the below code in your config.plist.
<key>RtVariables</key>
	<dict>
		<key>BooterConfig</key>
		<string>0x28</string>
		<key>CsrActiveConfig</key>
		<string>0x67</string>
	</dict>
2. Then run master-disable.command script from Files Folder of your Installation USB . Or you can do it via Terminal alternatively .
sudo spctl --master-disable
3. Download Post Installation.zip from link bottom of this topic and unzip AppleIntelWiFi.kext.zip by double click , right click on AppleIntelWiFi.kext , then select "Show Package Contents" . Then in Contents folder open info.plist with TextEdit or Xcode and replace BSSID with your router/hotspot SSID(name) and PWD with your router/hotspot password.

4. Keep this kext as zip , here is a limitation that you can not install/place it in CLOVER/kext/ or in /System/Library/Extensions or in /Library/Extensions .

Please do not install it through any kext installer/hackintool , your system will face panic , you won not boot later.

So what we will do , in every time after boot into MacOSX we will load the kext temporary via terminal .

i) unzip AppleIntelWiFi.kext.zip by double click. Then Back to Folder.

ii) Right click on "Post Installation Folder" and Select "New Terminal Tab At Folder"

iii) then copy-paste below commands one by one in terminal and hit enter.
sudo mv ./*.kext /tmp
sudo chown -R root:wheel /tmp/*.kext
sudo kextload /tmp/*.kext
** please do not keep any other kext file in Post Installation Folder , then all will be moved and load.

You are done , if your wireless router active (power on) and BSSID and PWD was correct then you are connected . After loading kext , the firmware of your card will be loaded and searching network automatically.

***** Later you should follow only step 4 , after every reboot.

Download Kext--

AppleIntelWiFi.kext.zip 6.4 MB · 56 downloads

Thanks everybody

Mano, encontrei as firmware bluetooth que ativam o bluetooth dos adaptadores Intel:

Edited June 5, 2020 by Zarach
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Zarach · June 5, 2020

Aí, Bluetooth pegando de boa, só tô apanhando pra fazer o Wifi funfar:

https://github.com/zxystd/IntelBluetoothFirmware

Zarach · June 6, 2020

Agora está funcionando de boas o WIFi Intel 9560

Gelo Salcedo · June 9, 2020

excuse me guys, how can I know what kind of wifi card I have on my laptop?

Zarach · June 9, 2020

8 hours ago, Gelo Salcedo said:

excuse me guys, how can I know what kind of wifi card I have on my laptop?

If you have Windows, use the Aida:

https://www.aida64.com/downloads

erickmob.simplus · June 9, 2020

Ali no dict onde coloco o BSSID e a senha, posso deixar configurado duas redes?

como faço? Assim:

<dict>
        <key>AppleIntelWiFi</key>
        <dict>
            <key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
            <string>com.zhong.AppleIntelWiFi</string>
            <key>IOClass</key>
            <string>AppleIntelWiFi</string>
            <key>IOPCIPrimaryMatch</key>
            <string>0x00008086&0x0000ffff</string>
            <key>IOProviderClass</key>
            <string>IOPCIDevice</string>
            <key>NetWork Parameters</key>
            <dict>
                <key>BSSID</key>
                <string>VIVOFIBRA-1425</string>
                <key>PWD</key>
                <string>secrecet1</string>
            </dict>
            <dict>
                <key>BSSID</key>
                <string>VIVOFIBRA-1425-5G</string>
                <key>PWD</key>
                <string>secrecet2</string>
            </dict>
        </dict>
    </dict>

?

Zarach · June 9, 2020

5 hours ago, erickmob.simplus said:

Ali no dict onde coloco o BSSID e a senha, posso deixar configurado duas redes?

como faço? Assim:


<dict>
        <key>AppleIntelWiFi</key>
        <dict>
            <key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
            <string>com.zhong.AppleIntelWiFi</string>
            <key>IOClass</key>
            <string>AppleIntelWiFi</string>
            <key>IOPCIPrimaryMatch</key>
            <string>0x00008086&0x0000ffff</string>
            <key>IOProviderClass</key>
            <string>IOPCIDevice</string>
            <key>NetWork Parameters</key>
            <dict>
                <key>BSSID</key>
                <string>VIVOFIBRA-1425</string>
                <key>PWD</key>
                <string>secrecet1</string>
            </dict>
            <dict>
                <key>BSSID</key>
                <string>VIVOFIBRA-1425-5G</string>
                <key>PWD</key>
                <string>secrecet2</string>
            </dict>
        </dict>
    </dict>

?

Eu não tenho como testar isso.

Mas caso não dê certo, copia a kext e altera com a rede diferente, quando você quiser uma rede diferente dá unload no terminal e carrega a outra manualmente.

Edited June 9, 2020 by Zarach

Zarach · June 9, 2020

Não dá pra testar aqui porque só tenho uma rede.

erickmob.simplus · June 9, 2020

7 minutes ago, Zarach said:

Eu não tenho como testar isso.

Mas caso não dê certo, copia a kext e altera com a rede diferente, quando você quiser uma rede diferente dá unload no terminal e carrega a outra manualmente.

boa, vou fazer isso; o comando do unload é

sudo kextunload /tmp/*.kext

?

Eu experienciei uns problemas quando o pc entra em sleep.. ele volta e parece que ta conectado mas nao ta.
tem como contornar esse problema do sleep?

erickmob.simplus · June 9, 2020

OBs: vi que o post é de 28 de abril e que o japa do projeto comutou 4 dias atrás.
Será que nao tem uma versão nova do kext atualizada e com menos bugs?
Tentei achar o arquivo kext no repositorio mas nao achei.

https://github.com/zxystd/itlwm/commits/master

MaLd0n · June 9, 2020

Use Xcode

Zarach · June 9, 2020

Just now, erickmob.simplus said:

OBs: vi que o post é de 28 de abril e que o japa do projeto comutou 4 dias atrás.
Será que nao tem uma versão nova do kext atualizada e com menos bugs?
Tentei achar o arquivo kext no repositorio mas nao achei.

https://github.com/zxystd/itlwm/commits/master

Sei lá mano. Vai na fé

Sobre o comando:

pra carregar a kext

cd documents(a pasta onde ela estiver, eu coloquei a minha aí)

sudo chmod -R 755 *.kext

sudo chown -R root:wheel *.kext

sudo kextload *.kext

Pra descarregar ela:

cd documents (A pasta onde você colocou a sua)

sudo chmod -R 755 *.kext

sudo chown -R root:wheel *.kext

sudo kextunload *.kext

Zarach · June 9, 2020

Aqui o bug que dá nela é que as vezes quando abro youtube a net fica lenta e os vídeos quase não carregam.

Daí qualquer outro site fica rápido, inclusive pra fazer download gigantesco demora pouco tempo.

Mas nada que no momento eu sinta necessidade de modificar.

Eu não dou sleep, daí não sabia desse bug.

Eu sempre deixo o notebook direto no carregador, com a bateria desconectada.

Eu não sei essas baterias novas, mas a do meu primeiro notebook durou menos de um ano, então houve ocasiões que precisava dela com energia e durava pouco, daí decidi usar notebook direto na energia, sem a bateria conectada. Só conecto quando tenho de levar pra algum lugar que eu não queira levar o carregador.

erickmob.simplus · June 11, 2020

On 6/9/2020 at 8:06 PM, Zarach said:

Pra descarregar ela:

cd documents (A pasta onde você colocou a sua)

sudo chmod -R 755 *.kext

sudo chown -R root:wheel *.kext

sudo kextunload *.kext

Quando faço isso da dando kernel panic
Fiz esse sh para conectar, funciona perfeito:

#!/bin/bash

echo "#1/9 - removing AppleIntelWiFi.kext"
 rm -rf AppleIntelWiFi.kext

echo "#2/9 - removing /tmp/AppleIntelWiFi.kext"
 rm -rf /tmp/AppleIntelWiFi.kext

echo "#3/9 - unziping wifi2GKext.zip"
unzip wifi5GKext.zip

echo "#4/9 - unloading existing kexts on /tmp/*.kext"
kextunload /tmp/*.kext

echo "#5/9 - disabling master"
spctl --master-disable 

echo "#6/9 - moving extracted kext to /tmp"
mv ./*.kext /tmp

echo "#7/9 - chown"
chown -R root:wheel /tmp/*.kext

echo "#8/9 - loading kext"
kextload /tmp/*.kext

echo "#9/9 - finished"

Mas dai eu ia fazer um para desconectar.. tava testando os comandos conforme aquele citado acima, a única coisa que muda é o caminho.

sudo chmod -R 755 /tmp/*.kext
sudo chown -R root:wheel /tmp/*.kext
sudo kextunload /tmp/*.kext

Porém quando executo a ultima linha (do unload) da kernel panic.

Alguma ideia?

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