OS X will not register newly installed network adapters

OS X will not register newly installed network adapters

I have purchased an Edimax 7318USg and tested it on a Windows machine (works). The installation process for the software for this adapter runs smoothly. However, OS X simply does not recognize new network adapters. When you go to System Preferences/Network, a new network adapter should be present/there should be an alert. This is not the case.

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Guest [Entry]

"serverfault.com/questions/39181/how-to-register-a-new-usb-network-adapter-in-os-x-leopard

I see you commented about still not having any luck?

Is there an uninstall app? Sometimes they do not play nice if you have tried multiple installs. I had this happen with a rosewill wireless usb adapter. Once I uninstalled everything I tried before, it then worked with the newest drivers installed fresh. Try uninstalling if you can... and starting from scratch.

Hopefuly there is an uninstall to make this easy.

EDIT: Also, make sure the device is not plugged in from the start.

Uninstall previous attempts
Restart
Install Drivers
Restart
Now plug in device and see what happens

Let us know if that works?

EDIT 2: Also, do you have other 3rd party wireless cards installed or have installed in the past? Out of curiosity, what type of mac are you trying to install this on?

You can check for the device existance in the system profiler under the USB bus and see if it is there. It would be under the USB category-->usb bus-->some device name. There might be many usb bus's depending if any usb cards or hubs are connected. Are you connecting this straight to the mac or through a hub possibly?

The company mentions 10.4.x and 10.5.x in the compatibility section of the manual. So they claim to support the exact configuration you are using. This might be one to call in to the company if worse comes to worst."

Guest [Entry]

This was an issue with the driver for this device for this brand of macbook. Customer service have now informed me of a new driver, which is working. Thanks to all that assisted me.