Intel Wi-Fi support

[tangalbert919]

Just recently, a bunch of developers got Intel Wi-Fi cards to work on macOS, meaning it is no longer a requirement to replace them with Broadcom Wi-Fi cards.

Their repository can be found here and the team's website is here. Perhaps the hack for the Aero 15X can be adjusted so the use of Broadcom patches won't be necessary.

I should point out, however, that their first release came out yesterday, and things are still being worked out. I've only been able to test this on macOS 10.15, so I'm not sure if it works on anything older than that.

[zacmks]

Thank you @tangalbert919! Nice to see that we have the first official release of itlwm. How is the kext working for you?

Unfortunatelly I don't have my Intel wifi module with me so I can't test it =///

Still, thanks a lot for the info. I'll update [at least] the README of the repo asap

And if we get some nice reports of the driver working good with the system I think we could add the kext to the repo too
(I'll appreciate if I get an MR with the changes to make it work too)

[tangalbert919]

So far, the kext works as intended, but there are a few things to note:

• The Info.plist in the kext has to be modified. The user needs to put in their network's SSID and password (if no password, leave it blank) in the WiFi_1 section before they can install macOS.
• The team developed an app called "HeliPort", which is required to control the Wi-Fi card.
• The card itself is spoofed as an Ethernet device. Hence, the HeliPort app.
• There's only support for 802.11n right now. I've been able to connect to 5GHz networks though, but it's not fast.

There's more on their FAQ.

EDIT: They also got Intel Bluetooth working here, so this might give people less of a reason to replace their Intel network cards.

[Malumen]

https://github.com/OpenIntelWireless/itlwm/releases

Please read up on using the AirPortItlwm kext! It allows for near-native macOS support. Many features like apple-watch unlock etc etc do not work, and getting AirDrop to work is hit-or-miss.

Note: you will need to make sure ApECID is 0 and SecureBootModel is Default for it to load properly. (otherwise you can add an entry for the apple related native kext under Force, but I could never get it to work with Force)