AX88179 Drivers for Big Sur 11.0

App & System Services Drivers USBDriverKit

Created Jun ’20

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Well it seems that the drivers for the ethernet adapters are probably going to need updating. Does anyone know where I can find the updated driver for Big Sur? I had this issue with the last beta and just remembered it now that I'm without an ethernet adapter to use. I use the 3 Gig adapter from Amazon Basics and it's worked excellent.

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Performa476Pete OP

May ’21

.0 (2021-05-17) appears to have fixed my slow ethernet speeds.

jan123456 OP

May ’21

@Friedchips after getting that pop-up you simply need to go to "System Preferences -> Privacy and Security" and click on "allow".

Installation works for me but even 1.2.0 from yesterday crashes after a minute or two and I need to unplug and plugin the Ethernet cable. I hope it gets more stable in the next weeks :-/ I tried it on two different MacBook Pros (2016 and 2019 model).

jan123456 OP

May ’21

Yesterday, Asix released another binary. It's still at version 1.2.0 but the release date changed. It still stops working after a few minutes.

allanchou12 OP

Jun ’21

Please download the latest ASIX USB Ethernet macOS 11.3 and above driver from ASIX download URL (https://www.asix.com.tw/en/support/download).

You can also see ASIX YouTube video - "ASIX USB Ethernet macOS Big Sur 11.3 Driver Installation Troubleshooting" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DA1J7II6RA0) for more details.

KentaroM OP

Aug ’21

On my 11.5.1, the installer 1.2.0 denied even the SIP disabled.

Also, terminal is not working as follows.

/usr/sbin/spctl kext-consent list spctl: no kext consent configuration found

/usr/sbin/spctl kext-consent add 5RHFAZ9D4P spctl: failed to store new configuration.

Please advise me if you have any good ideas. Thanks! Screen Shot 2021-08-11 at 5.50.49.png

zrt1992 OP

Aug ’21

download the latest driver and it will work like charm https://www.asix.com.tw/en/product/USBEthernet/Super-Speed_USB_Ethernet/AX88179

itspat OP

Oct ’21

Does not work on macOS Monterey 12.0.1 (21A558) with AX88179 driver Version 1.3.0.

I was able to install the driver and the dongle also gets detected. The Device just does not recognize any cable.

User_65269824 OP

Oct ’21

This worked for me (StarTech USB hub on Big Sur): https://plugable.com/blogs/news/new-asix-driver-fixes-macos-11-big-sur-ethernet

nwsayer OP

Oct ’21

StarTech's download is the same as the one you can get directly from Asix. Neither works on Monterey 12.0.1. I suspect that once again we will be waiting until August for a working driver and it will break again on the next OS.

Asix really is the worst.

ArNoNi OP

Oct ’21

A new driver (v2.0.0) was released. Unfortunately, it doesn't solve the issue that I'm experiencing (no internet after wakeup from standby):

Direct link: https://plugable.s3.amazonaws.com/bin/AX88179/ASIX_AX88179_DEXT_v2.0.0.zip

Source: https://plugable.com/blogs/news/new-asix-driver-fixes-macos-11-big-sur-ethernet

gnwiii OP

Nov ’21

http://jeffq.com/blog/the-ethernet-pause-frame/ has an analysis of network down after standby problems (note: the formum says the jeffq.com domain is "not allowed").