Apple mobile device ethernet install#

You should now have a working Ethernet adapter! In Device Manager, it will be listed as a 'ASIX AX88772A USB2.0 to Fast Ethernet Adapter' under the 'Network adapters' category, and there should be no exclamation marks or anything like that.

Apple mobile device ethernet install#

Click 'Yes' anyhow, for this and any other prompts to confirm that you want to install the driver.

You will get an 'Update Driver Warning' or similar saying that Windows can't verify that the driver will work with your hardware, which may cause problems.

Choose the option ASIX AX88772A USB2.0 to Fast Ethernet Adapter (on my system, it is the second option listed).

In the box labeled 'Copy manufacturer's files from:', type in or browse to the location where you unpacked the.

Otherwise, click the top entry in the list (should be something like 'All devices') and hit OK, then click Have Disk.

Choose Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer.

Choose Browse my computer for driver software.

Go back to Device Manager, right-click the device entry that needs the driver, and choose Update Driver Software.

Don't do anything with these files directly, but remember where they are. INF file (the driver information), and a Readme.txt. You should see a folder containing four files: a. If you use a browser that adds the 'mark of the web' (IE or Edge for sure, maybe others), right-click the downloaded ZIP, go to Properties, click Unblock (either a button or checkbox), and hit OK. Note that this is the actual driver download, not a Setup program.

Go to the website listed in the blog post and find the driver for your OS.

You should see a listed Apple device with a little yellow exclamation mark next to it, saying Windows can't load the driver.

Check Device Manager (you can get there by right-clicking Start).

Plug in the adapter while the computer is running.

I followed a variant on their instructions, and it worked for me too.

I did a little more hunting online and found this link to a blog that said they'd found the driver for the chipset in the adapter, and convinced it to work.