Sprint PowerBook Mac OS X Directions To Use Novatel S620 |
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Monday, 05 September 2005 |
This article will descibe how to get the Novatel S620 to work with your PowerBook on Sprint's High Speed Wireless network.
NOTE: These are instructions are for advanced users who know what they are doing only! These directions work under Mac OS 10.3.5 - 10.4.2. If you purchase your Sprint Sierra Aircard 580 from us, we can perform these steps for you remotely. We can even pre-activate your card, so that you do not need to find a PC in order to use your Sprint Connection Card.
Also, the card MUST be activated on a Windows PC before it can be used on the Mac.
You can also support EVDOinfo.com & EVDOforums.com, by purchasing your Booster Antenna's from Booster-Antenna.com or even your Sierra Aircard 580 (or others) and Sprint High Speed Wireless.
- Remove the Novatel V620 Card if it is already inserted.
- Log in as an Administration user.
- Open the Terminal application.
- Go to the IOSerialFamily kernel extension PlugIns folder by executing the following command: cd /System/Library/Extensions/IOSerialFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/
- Execute the ls command to view the directory, and you should see amongst the other plug-ins one called AppleVerizonSupport.kext and the other called AppleVerizonSupportKicker.kext. If you do not see these directories, then you are probably not running Mac OS X 10.3.5 or later, as they are installed by default (you can download the Apple Drivers and then start over)
- To enable support for the Novatel Wireless card, we need to change the Vendor ID number in the two Info.plist files contained within the two kext's above. You can use pico, but any text editor will do.
- Type sudo pico AppleVerizonSupport.kext/Contents/Info.plist
- Scroll down until you see a line that says idVendor
- In the line underneath, you should see 3901
- Replace the number with 5136 (which is the vendor ID of the Novatel Wireless card)
- Scroll down until you see a line that says idProduct
- In the line underneath, you should see 274
- Replace the number with 4368 (which is the product ID of the Novatel Wireless card)
- Save and exit the editor
- Repeat process for the AppleVerizonSupportKicker.kext plist file
- Rebuild the kernel extension cache by executing these two commands:
- sudo rm /System/Library/Extensions.kextcache
- sudo kextcache -k /System/Library/Extensions
- Restart your Mac (you can do this from the command line with a
- sudo shutdown -r now command)
- Insert the Sierra AirCard 580
- When the dialog box pops up asking you if you want to configure it, click OK
- Click OK and it will create a new profile in your Network system preference called "AirPrime CDMA Wireless PC Card"
- In this new profile, enter the following:
- Service Provider = (leave this field blank)
- Account Name = (leave this field blank)
- Password = (leave this field blank)
- Telephone Number: #777
- Be sure the Verizon (PC 5220) modem script is selected
- Be sure that wait for dialtone option is NOT CHECKED
- Hit the Apply Now button
Congratulations, your Novatel S620 is now working in your PowerBook on the Sprint Network, you can now use Internet Connect (in Applications Folder) to connect.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 25 September 2006 )
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