Will Verizon PC5220 work with Tiger

hatuma · EVDO Newbie Joined: 01 May 2005 Posts: 1

I am currently running on panther mac osx but I was thinkning of switching to Tiger but I want to verify that the EVDO PC5220 will work with this updated operating system.

Michael · Posted: Sun May 01, 2005 9:45 am Post subject:

First thing I tried after getting Mac OS X 10,4 / Tiger, was to try a Sierra PC 5220 (same as Audiovox PC 5220 & AirPrime 5220).

It worked perfectly, just like it did with 10.3.5 or greater, no drivers to install, just insert the 5220 in the PC Slot and it is recognized.
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Carlos · Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 11:36 pm Post subject:

I have a 5220 card which I'm trying to use in a PowerBook 17" with 10.4. I was using this card in the same machine under 10.3.x just fine, but with Tiger it just blinks a red light at me. I've rebooted and removed/inserted the card a number of times. I've tried to activate it (sometimes it just does it, sometimes it hangs). If I try to connect, I get a PPP failure message. Always the red light though, so I know it won't connect.

I'm in an area with decent signal strengt (1xRTTonly), and a Windows machine in the same room works fine with the same card.

Ideas?

Michael · Posted: Thu May 05, 2005 9:18 am Post subject:

Did you re-install the Apple Verizon Drivers on top of Tiger? I just tested and confirmed, that your PC Card will no longer be able to work (until you re-install the OS).

See this thread for more info:

http://www.evdoforums.com/about218.html
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Carlos · Posted: Thu May 05, 2005 11:25 am Post subject:

No, I learned that lesson the hard way when I first installed it on 10.3. Actually it wasn't so hard, I was able to remove them and the prefs files, and make it work without reinstalling the OS.

Right now the card is working, I'm at the airport typing this. I didn't do anything to fix it, other than remove/replace the card and reboot many many times. Also, the machine's UI would often hard-lock when I would turn off the card or pull it out. The apps and processes would continue to run, I could SSH to it, but the UI would not accept any KB or mouse input and the mouse pointer was stuck. It would pop up the sleep/restart/shutdown menu if I pressed the power button, but I couldn't select anything.

Oddly enough, this also happened to me when I first started using this card on 10.3. It happened with another PowerBook (recently upgraded to the latest generation). I don't recall any issues using it on Windows machines, but I very rarely do that. So I wonder if I have a faulty card...?

Once the card works, then the lockups stop, and the card is quite reliable. That leads me to believe it's more of a software issue.