Description: Driver for Ax8817x USB-To-Ethernet devices
The ASIX AX8817x is a USB To Fast Ethernet controller found in popular USB 2.0 compatible USB-To-Ethernert devices. There is a standard for USB-To-Ethernet devices called the CDC standard. While this device nominally supports that standard, it is not compatible with Apple's CDC driver and is not used by other popular drivers.
This driver supports multicast, promiscuous mode, and the ability to select the media. When the computer is put to sleep, the driver shuts down the ethernet. It restarts the ethernet when the computer wakes up again. This driver does not support the "Wake On Lan" option, although some of the devices apparently do. If anyone is interested in adding support for "Wake on Lan", let me know.
This driver has been confirmed to work with a handfull of devices. If your device does not appear to be recognized by the driver, you might have to add it to the Info.plist file, which is located inside the USBAx8817x.kext directory. Although it will recognize some phone-line networking devices, it is hightly doubtfull it will work properly with these devices. If anyone is interested in adding support for phone-line networking devices, please let me know.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to email me (dsumorok@alum.bu.edu).
Changes:
Version 1.0.1: Added preliminary support for the Ax88772 chip.
UNINSTALL:
If this driver causes problems, or if you would like to Uninstall, reboot the machine with no USB devices plugged in, then remove the following file:
/System/Library/Extensions/USBAx8817x.kext
If you running Mac OS 10.4 (Tiger), remove the following file:
/Library/Receipts/USBAx8817x_Tiger.pkg
If you running Mac OS 10.3 (Panther), remove the following file:
/Library/Receipts/USBAx8817x_Panther.pkg
Then, reboot again...
Acknowledgments:
This driver would not have been possible were it not for the linux driver, the sample CDC USB-To-Ethernet code from Apple, and the BSD driver, aue.c.
Copyright: Copyright 2006, Peter Sichel and Daniel Sumorok, dsumorok@bu.edu
Disclaimer:
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