Hello! This is regarding the USB to Ethernet hub called USB3200SPT in macOS but I guess it’s relevant for all similar proucts. I noticed in a previous installation (macOS 12, Monterey) that it required three reboots which is quite a lot. So now I’m a bit hesitating to install this on macOS 14, So…

The web page for the usb32000spt notes that it has several hardware offload features. I would assume these are not handled by the class driver. “Three reboots” does seem excessive. You shouldn’t need any. At most, you should need to reload the driver or unplug and replug the device. (Having sai…

Hello @Oortone Thank you for posting on our StarTech.com Community forum! Whether the driver is required for macOS 14 will depend on what revision of the USB32000SPT you have. The original revision of this adapter used the ASIX AX88179 chipset, whereas revision 2 uses the newer ASIX AX88179A chips…

[image] AdamS: To confirm which revision of the USB3200SPT you have you can check the adapter itself and/or the packaging it came in to see if it has any revision markings or if it has a “Lot code” sticker. The Lot code sticker will have a bar code accompanied by a 10 digit number. The 5th and 6…

[image] AdamS: The original revision of this adapter used the ASIX AX88179 chipset, whereas revision 2 uses the newer ASIX AX88179A chipset. Linux has had support for usb:0b95:1790 since Linux 3.9 (April 28, 2013). From reading ASIX’s own driver, it looks like the difference between the AX88…

[image] divad27182: One question: is it USB3200SPT or USB32000SPT? It’s “USB32000SPT”, so three zeros, seems like I misspelled. That was a tricky one…

Yes, the product ID is USB32000SPT. @Oortone that number may be a different number, perhaps a serial number. The Lot code number would be on a white sticker. If this is not present at all, then it is most likely you would have one of the original revision models. You should also be able to confirm …

It looks like an original sticker and there is no other with similar numbers. There’s one with product name and two with each mac-address. Anyway, I could not fin the word “chipset”, neither under Ethernet nor USB although I find the device there. I do find (slightly translated to English): USB 3.…

That entry does indeed show it to be the original revision using the AX88179 chipset. So this would require the most recent driver install to function in macOS 14.

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Oortone September 5, 2024, 7:29pm 10

OK, thanks. Good to know.

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