SIIG’s USB 3.0 to Gigabit Ethernet Adapter is designed to add a RJ-45 Gigabit Ethernet port to your Windows or Mac computer through USB 3.0 connection. It delivers high performance packet transfer rate of up to 1000 Mb/s to support high speed, high-bandwidth data or multimedia content transferring. Built-in data diagnostic LEDs allow you to monitor your network connection. You can get the AX88179 ethernet driver directly from the chip manufacturer’s web site (Asix). Here is the web page for various platforms including macOS Catalina, just pick the driver for your platform. The AX88179/AX88178A Mac OSX driver installation package is “AX88179178A.dmg”. The following is an example of ASIX’s AX88179/AX88178A Mac OSX driver installation procedures. Step 1: Click the “AX88179178A.dmg”, the following “AX88179” virtual disk will be appeared on the Desktop of your Mac. ASIX is a Leading Fabless Semiconductor Company for USB-to-LAN, Network SoC, PCIe/PCI/USB Bridge and Non-PCI Ethernet Solutions. Call 886-3-5799500 for details.
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When I purchased the new Macbook Pro last year, one big issue was the lack of widely used interface ports. In order not to purchase many dongles (and spend too much on the Apple Store) I had a look on the usual sites and found a nice one from Cable Matters (no, sadly I have no sponsorship from them) which had them all: ethernet, USB-A, VGA and HDMI. Fantastic!
Coming from Linux, where 99% of the drivers are already provided in the kernel, the first odd thing I had to do is install the drivers for these ports! Even if I manage Windows computers daily, I wasn’t used anymore on my laptop!
Luckily drivers are not hard to find:
- USB-A port uses ASM1153 chipset (55aa:174c), but works out of the box
- Ethernet uses AX88179 from Asix (1790:0b95)
Asix Ax88179 Usb Driver
When I first installed the drivers I was using Sierra, and no problems arise. Now that I reinstalled with High Sierra the ethernet driver wasn’t working. Why? User-Approved Kernel Extension Loading.
User-Approved Kernel Extension Loading is a feature (released broken) which should enhance system security, from preventing unknown sources extensions from loading into the kernel.
So when I was prompted to load a kernel extension from developer WEI LU SU I instantly said NO. Just later I found out that it’s the extension which manages the USB Ethernet AX88179!
Ax88179 Driver Mac Os X
So if, like me, you missed or misinterpreted that prompt you can go to System Preferences > Security & Privacy > General in the window bottom you can see System software from developer “WEI LU SU” was blocked from loading. Right next to it a button will allow you to Allow the extension from loading, and the USB Ethernet port should work right after.