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AX88178 

Mac OS X Driver Installation Guide

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Revision 3.10 

Nov. 10

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, 2016 

AX88178 Mac OS X Driver Installation Guide 

Summary of Contents for AX88178

Page 1: ...1 Copyright C 2010 2016 Reserved by ASIX Electronics Corporation All Rights Reserved AX88178 Mac OS X Driver Installation Guide Revision 3 10 Nov 10th 2016 AX88178 Mac OS X Driver Installation Guide ...

Page 2: ...8760 AX88772 related information 3 Added Appendix C Apple Mac OSX Native USB to LAN Drivers Supported Devices List 4 Modified some descriptions in Section 1 and 2 2 01 2012 08 22 1 Added Section 4 Troubleshooting 2 02 2012 09 26 1 Modified some descriptions in Section 1 3 00 2014 02 26 1 Modified to support Mac OS X 10 9 driver installer 2 Modified some descriptions in Section 1 2 3 3 Replaced Sec...

Page 3: ...stallation Procedures 4 3 Driver Uninstallation Procedures 11 4 Troubleshooting 12 4 1 How to identify the Vendor ID and Product ID of your USB dongle 12 4 2 How to identify the installed Mac OS X driver revision 13 4 3 How to isolate driver failure issues after upgrading Mac OS system 14 Appendix A Apple Mac OS X Native USB to LAN Drivers Supported Devices List 15 ...

Page 4: ...ported by the native AppleUSBGigEthernet driver on Mac OS X 10 5 to 10 11 systems or the native AppleUSBEthernet driver on Mac OS 10 12 and later systems so users MUST manually install ASIX s AX88178 standard Mac OSX driver Some USB to LAN dongles have manufacturers own VID PID If both Apple s native driver and ASIX s standard driver couldn t work fine with your USB to LAN dongle please contact th...

Page 5: ...n Guide Step 2 Click the AX88178_vx x x pkg x x x is driver installer revision number the following driver setup dialog will appear Click the Continue button to start the installation operation and follow the instructions to continue the installation Step 3 Click the Install button to continue the installation operation ...

Page 6: ...S X Driver Installation Guide Step 4 You might need to enter your user password during the driver installation Step 5 Click the Continue Installation button to continue the installation operation Step 6 Click the Restart button to restart Mac OSX system to take effect the revised driver installation ...

Page 7: ... your Mac OSX system plug your AX88178 USB dongle onto the USB port of your Mac OSX system and refer to the following information to double check if your USB dongle had been identified properly by Mac OSX system and the AX88178 Mac OSX driver was installed correctly or not 1 You can check the Vendor Product ID information of your USB dongle from here ...

Page 8: ...tat command or from the Software Extensions console as below figure Tsengteki MacBook Air allan kextstat Index Refs Address Size Wired Name Version Linked Against 142 0 0xffffff7f80d88000 0x9000 0x9000 com asix driver ax88178 1 2 0 65827D49 E30C 39F2 9C26 DC7CE994D8A3 50 40 7 5 4 3 1 143 0 0xffffff7f826a2000 0x18000 0x18000 com apple driver usb ethernet asix 5 0 0 0DD762E9 3C44 39DB BB30 6E69218E8...

Page 9: ...ectronics Corporation All Rights Reserved AX88178 Mac OS X Driver Installation Guide Step 8 Please refer to below figure to add a new USB Gigabit Ethernet network interface and then press the Apply button to take effect the new network interface ...

Page 10: ...10 Copyright C 2010 2016 Reserved by ASIX Electronics Corporation All Rights Reserved AX88178 Mac OS X Driver Installation Guide Step 9 The new USB Gigabit Ethernet driver should be ready now ...

Page 11: ... s AX88178 Mac OSX driver uninstallation procedures Step 1 Click the AX88178 dmg the following AX88178 virtual disk will be appeared on the Desktop of your Mac OSX system This AX88178 virtual disk will be auto removed after rebooting Mac OSX system Step 2 Click the AX88178_uninstall_vxxx utility xxx is the revision number of the driver uninstaller utility to uninstall ASIX s AX88178 Mac OSX driver...

Page 12: ...1 How to identify the Vendor ID and Product ID of your USB dongle Please refer to below picture to make sure if the Vendor ID and Product ID of your USB dongle are ASIX s default values or not If no please contact the manufacturer of your USB dongle to get a proper driver directly The following are the AX88178 default VID PID ASIX Product ASIX Vendor ID Product ID AX88178 0B95h 1780h Note If you c...

Page 13: ...ired Name Version Linked Against 142 0 0xffffff7f80d88000 0x9000 0x9000 com asix driver ax88178 1 2 0 65827D49 E30C 39F2 9C26 DC7CE994D8A3 50 40 7 5 4 3 1 143 0 0xffffff7f826a2000 0x18000 0x18000 com apple driver usb ethernet asix 5 0 0 0DD762E9 3C44 39DB BB30 6E69218E823A 79 78 50 39 5 4 3 1 asixs MacBook Pro allan sudo dmesg AX88178 start Version number 1 2 0 AX88178 Input buffers 64 Output buff...

Page 14: ... if the driver can work fine now or not 3 If you still have problems please unplug re plug your AX88178 dongle to see if it can improve your issues or not 4 If you still have problems please refer to Section 4 1 to make usre if your issues are caused by potential hardware compatibility issues on your suspected AX88178 dongle or not If yes please contact the manufacturer support guys of your suspec...

Page 15: ...ments ASIX Electronics Corp AX88178 0B95h 1780h ASIX Electronics Corp AX88772A AX88760 0B95h 772Ah ASIX Electronics Corp AX88772 0B95h 7720h Apple Apple USB Ethernet Adapter 05ACh 1402h Linksys USB200M 13B1h 0018h D Link Corp DUB E100 Fast Ethernet 2001h 3C05h Linksys USB1000 AX88178 1737h 0039h Belkin Components F5D5055 AX88178 050Dh 5055h MelCo Inc USB Gigabit Ethernet AX88178 0411h 006Eh I O Da...

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