ABOUT THIS MANUAL This manual provides a beginner's introduction to installing, configuring and using the USB3.0 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter. Information in this document has been carefully checked for accuracy; however, no guarantee is given to the correctness of the contents. The information in this document is subject to change without notice.
Table of Contents 1. Introduction ....................... 1 Features ..........................1 Package Contents ......................2 System Requirements ......................2 LED Status ........................2 2. Installation ......................3 Driver installation ......................3 On Windows Operating Systems ..................3 On Mac OSX ..........................5 Hardware installation ......................
1. Introduction 1. Introduction The USB3.0 Gigabit Ethernet adapter, is a high performance and simple plug-and-play Gigabit Ethernet network connection capability for desktops, notebook PC’s, Ultrabook’s, docking stations, game consoles, digital-home appliances, and any embedded system using a standard USB port. The USB3.0 Gigabit Ethernet adapter offers a wide array of features including IPv4/IPv6 checksum offload engine, crossover detection and auto-correction, TCP large send offload and IEEE802.3az EEE (Energy Efficient Ethernet) that allows to...
USB 3.0 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter User’s Manual Package Contents Before installation, please check the items of the package. The package should contain the following items: USB 3.0 HUB with Gigabit Ethernet Adapter x1 Driver CD with User’s Manual ...
2. Installation 2. Installation Driver installation On Windows Operating Systems Caution: DO NOT connect the Ethernet Adapter to your computer before you install the provided driver. 1. Insert the provided Driver CD into your disc drive. Please locate and double-click the setup.exe file under x:\Driver\ where x is your disc drive letter.
Page 7
USB 3.0 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter User’s Manual 2. Select the language then Click on OK to continue this installation. 3. Wait a while for the program to install the driver. 4. When the installation is done, click Finish.
2. Installation On Mac OSX Insert the provided driver CD into your CD-ROM drive. Double-click the CD and navigate to the directory of \Driver\Mac\ Click the AX88179.dmg, the AX88179 virtual disk will be appeared on the Desktop of your Mac OSX system. (This “DISK IMAGE” virtual disk will be auto-removed after rebooting Mac OSX system.) Click the AX88179.pkg, the following driver setup dialog will appear.
Page 9
USB 3.0 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter User’s Manual Click the Install button to continue the installation operation. Click the Continue Installation button to continue the installation operation. Click the [Restart] button to restart Mac OSX system to take effect the revised driver installation.
2. Installation Hardware installation 1. Connect the USB end on HUB with Gigabit Ethernet adapters to a free USB port of your computer. Then a pop-up message will appear in the notification area indicating the installation is complete. * Actual strings depend on your operation system. These screen shots are from Windows 7 and might vary slightly for each operation system.
USB 3.0 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter User’s Manual Verifying the Installation on Windows Operating Systems Once you finish the installation, you can open Windows Device Manager to verify if your Ethernet Adapter is properly installed. To access the Device Manager: ...
2. Installation on Mac OSX After booting up your Mac OSX system, plug USB3.0 HUB with Gigabit Ethernet Adapter onto the USB port of your Mac OSX system and there is a new Ethernet network interface is available. Also navigate to System Preference>Network, please click on the Ethernet Adapter then Click Advanced >...
USB 3.0 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter User’s Manual 3. Uninstalling the Driver Uninstalling the Driver on Windows Operating Systems Please take these steps to uninstall Driver: Open the Control Panel, Programs and Features and double-click Uninstall a Program on Windows 7 or Add or Remove Programs on XP. Select AX88179_AX88178A Windows Driver and click Uninstall Select [Yes] to continue the uninstall process.
Page 14
3. Uninstalling the Driver 4. The uninstall process starts automatically. 5. Click Finish to complete uninstalls process.
USB 3.0 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter User’s Manual 4. Specifications General Host Interface USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 compliant Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8 Operating System Support Mac OS10.6 and later. Ports and Connectors Upstream 1 x Upstream USB 3.0 Port (Type A male Connector) Downstream...
Page 16
4. Specifications Storage Temperature -10~80°C Relative Humidity < 85% non-condensing Regulatory Compliances Safety, EMI FCC, CE RoHS RoHS compliant * Specification is subject to change without further notice.
USB 3.0 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter User’s Manual 5. Regulatory Compliance FCC Statement This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.