Edimax EU-4306 User manual

EU-4306

Quick Installation Guide

03-2013 / v1.0

Contents

I. Package Contents.................................................................................. 3

II. System Requirements............................................................................ 3

III. Installation............................................................................................ 3

IV. Linux ..................................................................................................... 5

IV-1. Requirements ..................................................................................5

IV-2. File Description................................................................................5

IV-3. Conditional Complition Flags ...........................................................5

IV-3-1. Getting Started ........................................................................5

IV-3-2. Usage.......................................................................................6

IV-3-3. Driver Parameters....................................................................6

V. Mac OS ................................................................................................. 7

V-1. Driver Installation ............................................................................7

V-2. Driver Uninstallation........................................................................9

V-3. Troubleshooting –OS X 10.8 Installation Issue..............................10

VI. Windows..............................................................................................12

I. Package Contents

USB 3.0 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter QIG CD-ROM

II. System Requirements

-Windows 98 SE, Windows 2000, Windows ME, Windows XP, Windows 7,

Windows 8, Mac OS X

-Internet Explorer V 5.0 or above, Netscape V 4.0 or above, Firefox 1.5 or

above.

III. Installation

1. Switch on your computer and insert the Ethernet adapter into an available

USB port of your computer.

Note: The EU-4306 is compatible with USB

2.0 & 3.0 ports - for best performance

please use a USB 3.0 port.

2. If a Hardware Wizard/Driver Installation window opens as shown to the

left, please click “Cancel” or “Close”.

3. Insert the included CD-ROM into the CD drive of your computer. Browse to

the contents of the CD-ROM and open the “Drivers” folder.

4. Open the correct folder for your operating system and then follow the

instructions in the appropriate chapter to install the necessary drivers.

5. After the drivers are installed, carefully insert your Ethernet cable into the

Gigabit Ethernet adapter.

IV. Linux

V. Mac OS

VI. Windows

IV. Linux

IV-1. Requirements

In order to build the driver, Linux kernel sources must be installed on the build

machine. The running kernel version must match the installed kernel sources;

kernel sources can be obtained from www.kernel.org or your Linux

distributor.

Note: Ensure that the kernel is built with Host-side, EHCI, OHCI or UHCI support.

IV-2. File Description

File

Description

ax88179_178a.c

AX88179_178A Main Linux driver

axix.h

AX88179_178A Linux driver header

Makefile

AX88179_178A driver make

IV-3. Conditional Complition Flags

IV-3-1. Getting Started

1.Extract the compressed driver source file to your template directory by the

following command:

[root@localhost template]# tar -xf DRIVER_SOURCE_PACKAGE.tar.bz2

2. The driver source files should be extracted to the current directory.

Execute the following command to compile the driver:

[root@localhost template]# make

3. If the compilation is successful, ax88179_178a.ko will be created under

the current directory.

4. If you wish to use modprobe to mount the driver, execute the following

command to install the driver:

[root@localhost template]# make install

IV-3-2. Usage

1. To load the driver manually, go to the driver directory and execute the

following commands:

[root@localhost template]# modprobe usbnet

[root@localhost template]# insmod ax88179_178a.ko

2. To unload the driver, execute the following command:

[root@localhost anywhere]# rmmod axax88179_178a

IV-3-3. Driver Parameters

The following parameters can be set when using insmod:

Msg_enable=0xNNNNNNN

Specifies the msg_enable of usbnet.

Example:

Insmod ax88179_178.ko msg_enable=0x00000000

bszie=xx

Specifies the Rx Bulk In Queue size (KB)

If bszie value is between 1 and 5, the bszie value is fixed at 5KB.

If bszie value is over 24, the bszie value is fixed at 24KB.

If bszie value equals zero, the Bulk In Queue function is

disabled.

V. Mac OS

V-1. Driver Installation

1. Open the folder named “AX88179_178A_...” and double click the

“AX88179_178A.dmg” file. Navigate to the disk image mounted to your

Mac as shown in the following screen:

2. Double click the .pkg file to open the driver installation wizard. Click

“Continue” and follow the on-screen instructions.

3. Click “install” to continue the installation operation. You may be

prompted for your username and password.

4. You will be prompted that your computer must restart after the

installation is complete. Click “Continue Installation” to proceed.

5. When the installation is complete, as shown below, click “Restart” to

restart your system.

V-2. Driver Uninstallation

1. Open the folder named “AX88179_178A_...” and double click the

“AX88179_178A.dmg” file. Navigate to the disk image mounted to your

Mac as shown in the following screen:

2. Double click the “AX88179_178A_uninstall” file to uninstall the driver. The

screen below will confirm the uninstall was successful:

V-3. Troubleshooting –OS X 10.8 Installation Issue

For Mac OS X 10.8 users, new security features in the OX X 10.8 system may

initially prevent you from installing the drivers. By default, the OS X 10.8

system prevents users from installing or launching applications which are not

downloaded from the Mac App Store, or which have not been digitally signed

by the developers.

Depending on your driver version, your drivers may not yet have been digitally

signed. If this is the case, you will see the error message below when you

open the installer:

To override this function, and continue with driver installation, please follow

the instructions below:

1.Control-click (hold down the control button on your keyboard and then

click) the .pkg file and select “Open” from the menu, as shown below:

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