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Telstra supports the Sierra AirCard 580 among other cards however does not support Mac OS X. This card is identical to the Verizon Wireless 3G card supported by Apple in Mac OS X 10.3.5. to the exception of the vendor ID.
In order to use your Sierra AirCard with Telstra from your Mac, you need to change the ID vendor.
Checklist
• you have
subscribed to Telstra wireless so-called solutions and have a PC
Sierra AirCard 580 (see
Telstra web site).
• you have Administrator privileges on your mac.
• Mac OS X 10.3.5 or above is installed on your Mac. If you don't update your software.
• you have Administrator privileges on your mac.
• Mac OS X 10.3.5 or above is installed on your Mac. If you don't update your software.
Instructions
• remove the card if already
inserted.
• log in as an Administrator user if you are not one
• open the Terminal application
• type:
• type ls to list the contents of the directory. You should see a files named Info.plist.
• type
• scroll down, you should see two lines towards the end of the file
<key>idVendor</key>
<integer>3901</integer>
• you need to replace the number 3901 with 4505 (the vendor ID number for the Sierra card). Use you favorite text editor, for instance pico and type:
• scroll down until you see the line <key>idVendor</key> and replace the number 3901 with 4505.
• save and exit.
• type:
• you need to change the vendor ID in the Info.plist file as per previous instruction.
• rebuild the kernel extension cache by executing these two commands:
• restart your Mac
• insert the Sierra Wireless 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, edit your Service Provider, Account Name, Password and Telephone Number
• hit the Apply Now button
• log in as an Administrator user if you are not one
• open the Terminal application
• type:
cd
/System/Library/Extensions/IOSerialFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleVerizonSupport.kext/Contents
• type ls to list the contents of the directory. You should see a files named Info.plist.
• type
less Info.plist
to list the content of the file• scroll down, you should see two lines towards the end of the file
<key>idVendor</key>
<integer>3901</integer>
• you need to replace the number 3901 with 4505 (the vendor ID number for the Sierra card). Use you favorite text editor, for instance pico and type:
sudo pico Info.plist
• scroll down until you see the line <key>idVendor</key> and replace the number 3901 with 4505.
• save and exit.
• type:
cd
/System/Library/Extensions/IOSerialFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleVerizonSupportKicker.kext/Contents
• you need to change the vendor ID in the Info.plist file as per previous instruction.
• rebuild the kernel extension cache by executing these two commands:
sudo rm
/System/Library/Extensions.kextcache
sudo kextcache -k /System/Library/Extensions
sudo kextcache -k /System/Library/Extensions
• restart your Mac
• insert the Sierra Wireless 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, edit your Service Provider, Account Name, Password and Telephone Number
• hit the Apply Now button
Adapted from MacOS X Hints.