There is a lot to be said for Apple’s simplicity of design. I am not a IT expert but searched a solution for a long time and this is the best one I found for now.Listen up, all you Boot Camp’in Mac users … Can’t find Windows drivers for the Apple USB Ethernet adapter? Want to use use the adapter on another Windows machine? Are you crazy? Well, it turns out it CAN be done, with a little bit of trickery. Plug in your USB-Ethernet device again, and you should be able to access the Internet normally now.In System Preferences -> Security and Privacy, you will be prompted to allow this driver installation, accept.In the terminal run the command "csrutil disable" (it will disable System Integrity Protection, it's probably possible to re-enable it later, I did not try, or when MacOS 11 has been properly updated).Select "Utilities" (top menu) > "Terminal".When booting press and hold the "Command+R" key until the Apple icon appears on the screen, and the computer enters the recovery mode (if you have not entered this mode, please restart it again).Uninstall the outdated driver if you installed drivers previously (I did not uninstall anything).Unplug the external USB/Typce-C ethernet device.To upgrade the drivers, follow the steps below. Original Chinese page with drivers for download:įYI: you may find other updated download links on the English website, Type C products (support > download) Since the download page is in China and in Chinese, I uploaded the driver on Google Drive:ĭrivers for Type-C Ethernet Chipset AX88179 for MacOS 10.9 to MacOS 11:ĭrivers for Ethernet Chipset AX88772A for MacOS 10.05 to MacOS 11:ĭrivers for Type-C Ethernet Chipset RTL8153/RTL8153B for MacOS 10.12 to MacOS 11: Next, download the latest drivers for Axis/Realtek provided by Ugreen (the company is making Thunderbolt-Ethernet type-C USB adapters for MacOS). Sometimes it may only be just a number (product ID): 0x8153 (then 0x8153 = Realtek8153) - if not familiar with this part, please refer to screenshots examples below: Look under USB (usually under USB 3.0) search for model name like: AX88179, AX88772A (for Axis) or RTL8153 (for Realtek).choose Apple menu > About This Mac, then click System Report (more details: ).To identify you network card, make sure your adapter is plugged in, then: RTL8153/B, AX88179 and AX88772A series of chip network card drivers have corresponding MacOs 11.0 drivers upgrade, they can be directly updated with new drivers, like normal upgrade solution. My type-C adapter is BASEUS brand, but the new drivers worked, since most adapters use Axis or Realtek chip, the brand does not matter! I found a simple solution using new drivers provided by UGREEN (Chinese company). After the update, the USB ports were working but not the ethernet port. I had the same problem after macos 11 big sur update.
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