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AX88179/AX88178A Mac OS X Driver Installation Guide AX88179/AX88178A Mac OS X Driver Installation Guide Revision 2.01 June 10 , 2014 Copyright (C) 2012-2014 Reserved by ASIX Electronics Corporation, All Rights Reserved.
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Section 4-1 “How to identify the Vendor ID and Product ID of your USB dongle?”. 4. Added Section 4-2 and Section 4-3. 5. Removed “Appendix A. AX88179/AX88178A Script Files” section. 2.01 2014/06/10 1. Modified some descriptions in Section 2. Copyright (C) 2012-2014 Reserved by ASIX Electronics Corporation, All Rights Reserved.
4-1. How to identify the Vendor ID and Product ID of your USB dongle? .. 11 4-2. How to identify the installed Mac OS X driver revision? ..... 12 4-3. How to configure AX88179/178A Mac OS X driver parameters? ..13 Copyright (C) 2012-2014 Reserved by ASIX Electronics Corporation, All Rights Reserved.
The following is an example of ASIX’s AX88179/AX88178A Mac OSX driver installation procedures. Step 1: Click the “AX88179_178A.dmg”, the following “AX88179” virtual disk will be appeared on the Desktop of your Mac OSX system. (This “AX88179” virtual disk will be auto-removed after rebooting Mac OSX system.)
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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. You might need to enter your user/password during the driver installation. Copyright (C) 2012-2014 Reserved by ASIX Electronics Corporation, All Rights Reserved.
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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) 2012-2014 Reserved by ASIX Electronics Corporation, All Rights Reserved.
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Mac OS X Driver Installation Guide Step 7: After booting up your Mac OSX system, plug your AX88179/AX88178A 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 AX88179/AX88178A Mac OSX driver was installed correctly or not.
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AX88179/AX88178A Mac OS X Driver Installation Guide Step 8: Please refer to below figure to add a new “AX88179 USB 3.0 to Gigabit Ethernet” network interface and then press the [Apply] button to take effect the new network interface. Copyright (C) 2012-2014 Reserved by ASIX Electronics Corporation, All Rights Reserved.
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AX88179/AX88178A Mac OS X Driver Installation Guide Step 9: The new “AX88179 USB 3.0 to Gigabit Ethernet” driver should be ready now. Copyright (C) 2012-2014 Reserved by ASIX Electronics Corporation, All Rights Reserved.
The following is an example of AX88179/AX88178A Mac OSX driver uninstallation procedures. Step 1: Click the “AX88179_178A.dmg”, the following “AX88179” virtual disk will be appeared on the Desktop of your Mac OSX system. (This “AX88179” virtual disk will be auto-removed after rebooting Mac OSX system.)
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.
Mac OS X Driver Installation Guide 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 AX88179/AX88178A Mac OS X driver. Or run the “kextstat” or “sudo dmesg” commands in the Terminal console to identify the driver revision of the installed AX88179/AX88178A Mac OS X driver.
4-3. How to configure AX88179/178A Mac OS X driver parameters? Note that in most of cases, users need not to modify the driver parameters. Press the “Advanced…” button and select the “Hardware” tab to configure AX88179/AX88178A Mac OS X driver parameters if necessary.
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AX88179/AX88178A 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) 2012-2014 Reserved by ASIX Electronics Corporation, All Rights Reserved.
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