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Review on Super Power Supply® DWL 8600AP Directional by Mike Fedd

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Macintosh works! Best in Network Antennas

MacOS X 10.10 and 10.11 and Windows 8.1 worked as expected. Both Bluetooth and Wi-Fi on the Hackintosh work like native Mac hardware. Windows only needed drivers which I found on the Apple support page for BootCamp. You need a real Mac to get these drivers. Or if you look at TonyMacx86 you will find someone with drivers. Haven't tested the transfer but should work as it's an accurate card in a real Mac. With a little effort, you can easily get this to work in either environment. My only complaint is that Broadcom combined with the mini PCI-E adapter gives a larger solution than the original board. It's fine, but you'll need to tie it to a metal support, just in case. You need to purchase four mini PCI U.FL/IPEX to RP SMA pigtails to make the solution fully functional. Three antenna connections are for WLAN and one for Bluetooth. I purchased Super Power Supply 4 x 6dBi 2.4GHz/5GHz dual band WiFi RP-SMA planar antennas to complete this solution. You have to get creative to make the antennas work in the body of your case. In my situation, I was able to install the antennas inside at the top.

Pros
  • Decent Performance
Cons
  • Miscellaneous Miscellaneous