Banglalion WiMAX on Mac OS X

Run Banglalion WiMAX devices on Mac OS X 64bit (With El Capitan Fix)

Before You Begin

This guide is 100% unofficial, not verified or authorized by Banglalion Communications Ltd. You must accept that I will not be responsible for any kind of loss to your device or computer. You will need a Mac with OS X 10.5 or later installed.

Special Thanks

• Rafat Touqir Rafsun for the suggestion of using WiMAXDevDetector tool.
• Ujjal Suttra Dhar for reporting that other devices are working perfectly.

Downloads

• WiMAXCMInst.zip

Supported Devices

• WU216
• WIXUBB216
• AX226

Special notes for newer macOS users

If you are using OS X 10.11 or newer, you need to disable Apple's System Integrity Protection.

• Reboot OS X in Recovery Mode by by restarting while holding CMD(⌘)+R key
• Open Utility > Terminal
• Run the command csrutil disable
• Reboot OS X in normal mode

Install

Extract the file WiMAXCMInst.zip and run WiMAXCMInst.mpkg bundle. You will be prompted to enter your account password for administrative access. After installing Restart your mac and plug in the modem.

But the Device Doesn't Showing up?

There has been a massive changes to Mac OS X since the release of version 10.8. So you need to do some trick to make the device load its firmware. Run the following line in a terminal /Applications/Banglalion_Connection_Manager.app/Contents/MacOS/WiMAXDevDetector and then the device LED shoud lit up.

Alternatively you can start the WiMAXDevDetector manually.

Go to Applications from Finder, right click Banglalion_Connection_Manager.app and click Show package contents.

Then go to Banglalion_Connection_Manager.app/Contents/MacOSX/ and run WiMAXDevDetector. Your device LED should change its color depending on the model. For me, it turned into green.

Run the application Banglalion_Connection_Manager, Click Settings and fill up your username and password.

If the username and password is both correct, your device should be connected to the internet. If not, it may be network issue or you entered a wrong username and password combination.

Info tab inside the connection manager application.

Even the device is shown up at Network with the alias BCSM250 Mobile WiMAX.

On El Capitan...

F.A.Q.

• If I get the modem AirStream 1100 F25, will it work on Mavericks or Yosemite?
  • No. I own a AirStream 1100 F25, it doesn't work on Mac OS X 10.8 or later. Apple removed the RNDIS feature from Mac years ago. It doesn't support USB CDC ACM devices since Yosemite. If you have any workaround to make this device work on OS X 10.10+, let me know via comment below.
• Do I need to boot my Mac into 32-bit mode?
  • No. This solution works on 64-bit perfectly.
• Does it work on Mavericks or Mountain Lion or Yosemite or El Capitan or High Sierra
  • The installer claims that it will run on Mac 10.5+. I tested it on Mac OS X 10.10, 10.11 and 10.12, works like a charm.
• I have a question that is not listed here.
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