Asix based USB to Ethernet driver Introduction ============ This is an NDIS driver for the Asix 88179 family of USB to Ethernet adapters. This driver supports the following adapters. 0B95:178A ASIX Electronics AX88178A USB ethernet adapter 0B95:1790 ASIX Electronics AX88179 USB ethernet adapter 050D:0128 Belkin 2001:4A00 DLink 17EF:304B Lenovo 0DF6:0072 Sitecomeu This driver has been tested on a 0B95:1790 device. Copyrights and Licensing ======================== Copyright (c) 2022-2024 David Azarewicz All rights reserved. Copyright (C) 1992, 2000-2001 IBM Corporation. All rights reserved. Binary programs and documentation for the USB drivers are licensed to and distributed by Arca Noae, LLC. Important! By downloading or using this software, you acknowledge that you have read and consent to the license agreement contained in the separate License.txt file, that you understand it, and that you agree to be bound by its terms. Installation ============ This driver can be installed during operating system installation, or by using the Network Adapters and Protocols tool (naps.exe). The USB Warpin installer only copies the driver files to your system. After the driver files are on your system, run the Network Adapters and Protocols utility (naps.exe or System Setup->Adapters and Protocols) to set up the network driver as usual. Then reboot. If you are already using this driver, then the USB Warpin installer will update the files on your disk and there is no need to reinstall. The new driver will be used when you reboot. This driver can only operate one device and only one instance of this driver is allowed. Do not setup more than one instance of this driver. Only the first discovered and accepted device will operate. Any additional devices which may be supported by this driver will be rejected and ignored. For best results, the USB device should be plugged in before booting. Other Notes =========== Due to the way the ASIX chip reports packets, some packets may be dropped which may cause performance issues. Getting Support and Reporting Problems ====================================== For more information and to report problems please visit: https://www.arcanoae.com and click on SUPPORT. Or go directly to the USB support wiki at: https://www.arcanoae.com/wiki/usb/ Driver Command Line Options =========================== Option Description ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ /V Display informational messages during boot. Additional debugging options: /W Causes the debug buffer to wrap. The default is nowrap. /COM: Causes debug messages to be output to the specified serial port. 1=0x3f8, 2=0x2f8, 0xnnnn specifies the COM port base address. /BAUD: Sets the serial Port to the specified speed. Only valid if /COM is specified first. Network Configuration Options ============================= These options can be specified in protocol.ini: NETADDRESS This parameter overrides the network address of the network adapter. The value of this parameter is a hexadecimal string of 12 digits. The address must be unique among all other network adapter addresses on the network. Example: NETADDRESS = "00133ba810e1"