AX88179 -- USB3.0 to 10/100/1000M Gigabit Ethernet Controller - New Driver

[molestrangler]

I just noticed ASIX recently (2016-01-28) released a new OS X driver for their AX88179 -- USB3.0 to 10/100/1000M Gigabit Ethernet Controller

Though the installer reported a problem updating the new driver it works fine and it seems to have done the job (I'm still running OS X 10.10.5):

$ kextstat|grep asix
$ 71 0 0xffffff7f8168e000 0x9000 0x9000 com.asix.driver.ax88179-178a (1.6.0) <44 39 7 5 4 3 1>

It upgrades to version 1.6.0 as you can see above.

Link to the product page is:

http://www.asix.com.tw/products.php?op=pItemdetail&PItemID=131;71;112

The download link for the new driver is:

http://www.asix.com.tw/FrootAttach/...to_10.11_Driver_Installer_v2.6.1_20160128.zip

The USB adapter I am using has exactly the same (use System information to get your details):

Product ID: 0x1790
Vendor ID: 0x0b95 (ASIX Electronics Corporation)

As stated in the install guide included with the driver. So if yours does not match, then maybe this new driver may not work for you.

I find this USB adapter more reliable than my MB built-in Ethernet adapter, as the driver does not drop out when I push the limits of the network connection. For others it could mean choosing a more suitable MB cuz they can ignore the Ethernet chipset built onto the MB.

 

[nels1]

Hi,

I just received that one it's connected to one of my two working thunderbolt ports.
I've installed the driver 2.14 for my os Mojave and reboot. I've followed the installation guide, but I can't configure it on Network prefs. it simply don't appears.
Can you tell me if you did something special to make it work. And which motherboard you have ? The one on your profile don't seems to have usb 3 connectors !

thanks