RehabMan
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RehabMan and all: I saw your posts on this topic on several forums. If I understand some of what I've read so far, it is that even with functional Ethernet, one cannot connect to the App Store except by built-in WiFi.
Actually, Built-in WiFi or built-in Ethernet (at en0) will authorize MAS access.
I have a 2014 MacBook Pro with a damaged Airport card and while this model doesn't have a "proper" Ethernet port, it does support "Thunderbolt Ethernet" with an adapter—no additional software or drivers needed. But I can't connect to the App Store because of the device verification error.
Does the broken device still show on the PCI bus? If so, you can use NullEthernet.kext + NullEthernetInjector.kext (with IOPCIPrimaryMatch that matches your vendor/device-id).
If it doesn't show on the PCI bus, you would then have to go the SSDT method, and of course the only way to get your Mac to load an extra SSDT is to use a hackintosh bootloader (such as Clover).
Before I install this kext—or any of the other patches floating around—I wanted to make sure that it (1) wouldn't break my Thunderbolt Ethernet access,
It will not affect other working devices.