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!
Sudo kextload -b com.asix.driver.ax88179-178a. Password: com.asix.driver.ax88179-178a failed to load - (libkern/kext) not loadable (reason unspecified); check the system/kernel logs for errors or try kextutil(8). Appears to be a question of signing the kernel extension: sudo kextutil -b com.asix.driver.ax99179-178a. Ax88772 os x driver free download - Apple Mac OS X Mavericks, Apple Java for OS X 10.6, R for Mac OS X, and many more programs. 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. On the Select the Device Driver you want to install for this hardware screen, select the Have Disk option. In the Install from Disk dialog box, click Browse. Browse to the AX88179youroperatingsystemManual Drivers folder and open the 32-bit or the 64-bit folder, depending on your system type. Note: To view your system type, click Start.
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:
![Ax88179 windows 7 driver Ax88179 windows 7 driver](https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1emWAKFXXXXbAXXXXq6xXFXXXY/VTOP-Mini-Sized-USB-3-0-Gigabit-Ethernet-Adapter-ASIX-AX88179-Chipset-Compatiable-with-Windows-10.jpg_640x640.jpg)
- USB-A port uses ASM1153 chipset (55aa:174c), but works out of the box
- Ethernet uses AX88179 from Asix (1790:0b95)
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!
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.
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Company Name: | ASIX Electronics Corp. |
File Description: | ASIX AX88179/178A Network Driver |
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Legal Copyright: | Copyright(c) ASIX Electronics Corp. 2013 |
Product Name: | ASIX AX88179/178A USB 3.0/2.0 to Gigabit Ethernet Adapter |
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Asix Ax88179 Driver For Mac
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