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- Page 1 AX88178 Mac OS X Driver Installation Guide AX88178 Mac OS X Driver Installation Guide Revision 3.10 Nov. 10 , 2016 Copyright (C) 2010-2016 Reserved by ASIX Electronics Corporation, All Rights Reserved.
- Page 2 Rearranged the document format and added more detailed driver installation/uninstallation procedures information. 1.32 2011/10/14 1. Moved some Section 1 descriptions to Appendix A. 1. Changed the document name to “AX88178 Mac OSX Driver Installation 2.00 2012/08/03 Guide”. 2. Removed AX88772B/AX88772A/AX88760/AX88772 related information.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
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 Copyright (C) 2010-2016 Reserved by ASIX Electronics Corporation, All Rights Reserved. -
Page 4: Introduction
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 already support some of major AX88178 dongles so users need not to manually install ASIX’s standard AX88178 Mac OSX driver if you don’t have any issue on Apple’s native driver. - Page 5 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. Copyright (C) 2010-2016 Reserved by ASIX Electronics Corporation, All Rights Reserved.
- Page 6 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. Copyright (C) 2010-2016 Reserved by ASIX Electronics Corporation, All Rights Reserved.
- Page 7 Mac OS X Driver Installation Guide Step 7: After booting up 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.
- Page 8 AX88178 Mac OS X Driver Installation Guide (2) You can check the installed AX88178 Mac OSX driver version information by running the “kextstat” command or from the “Software -> Extensions” console as below figure. Tsengteki-MacBook-Air:~ allan$ kextstat Index Refs Address...
- Page 9 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. Copyright (C) 2010-2016 Reserved by ASIX Electronics Corporation, All Rights Reserved.
- Page 10 AX88178 Mac OS X Driver Installation Guide Step 9: The new “USB Gigabit Ethernet” driver should be ready now. Copyright (C) 2010-2016 Reserved by ASIX Electronics Corporation, All Rights Reserved.
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Page 11: Driver Uninstallation Procedures
The following is an example of ASIX’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.) -
Page 12: Troubleshooting
4-1. 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. -
Page 13: How To Identify The Installed Mac Os X Driver Revision
4-2. How to identify the installed Mac OS X driver revision? Please refer to below picture to identify the driver revision of the installed AX88178 Mac OS X driver. Or run the “kextstat” or “sudo dmesg” commands in the Terminal console to identify the driver revision of the installed AX88178 Mac OS X driver. -
Page 14: How To Isolate Driver Failure Issues After Upgrading Mac Os System
1. Please refer to Section 3 to uninstall clearly the previous revision AX88178 Mac OSx driver firstly. 2. Please refer to Section 2 to install the latest AX88178 Mac OSx driver to see if the driver can work fine now or not? 3. -
Page 15: Appendix A. Apple Mac Os X Native Usb To Lan Drivers Supported Devices List
Supported Devices List The Apple native driver “AppleUSBGigEthernet” on Mac OS X 10.5 to 10.11 systems supports the following AX88178 USB-to-LAN dongles, and the Apple native driver “AppleUSBEthernet” on Mac OS X 10.5 to 10.11 systems supports the following AX88772A/AX88760/AX88772 USB-to-LAN dongles. - Page 16 AX88178 Mac OS X Driver Installation Guide 4F, No.8, Hsin Ann Rd., Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C. TEL: +886-3-5799500 FAX: +886-3-5799558 Email: support@asix.com.tw Web: http://www.asix.com.tw Copyright (C) 2010-2016 Reserved by ASIX Electronics Corporation, All Rights Reserved.
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