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Derek Hatchard writes on the theme of "improving experiences" which includes managing technology, user experiences, life hacking, and some business related stuff. Derek has a software development blog at ardentdev.com and a product review site at wellrated.com. He is a Principal Member of Technical Staff (PMTS) at Radian6, a salesforce.com company. All views expressed are his alone (or those of any guest writers) and do not represent the views of Radian6 or salesforce.com.

Make Wireless Work on Vista on MacBook

Here’s a solution that might help if you are having trouble connecting to wireless networks with Vista on a MacBook using Bootcamp. 

MacBook owners regularly report problems with their wireless network adapter under Vista.  On my 13″ black MacBook (about 2 months old), the wifi works great after a clean Vista install until I install the Apple Bootcamp 1.2 drivers and run Windows update.  I’m not sure which is causing the problem but the end result is I get a new wireless network driver with which I can see wireless networks but I cannot connect. 

To fix the problem:

  • Uninstall the Apple Atheros drivers (there are two) from Uninstall a Program (via Control Panel).  [FYI: My adapter is being report as an Atheros AR5008X]
  • Go to Device Manager (click the Start marble and type ‘device man’) and expand Network Adapters. 
  • Right-click on the Atheros adapter and select Update Driver….  
  • Click Browse my computer for driver software. 
  • Click Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer. 
  • In the Manufactuer list, select Atheros.  In the Network Adapter list, select Atheros AR5008 Wireless Network Adapter.  Click Next.  Click Close.

Worked for me.  YMMV.


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One Response

  1. David Worsham says:
    March 18, 2009 at 11:38 am

    This did not work for me, but just running the boot camp install again in repair mode did.

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