RTL8153 driver for MacOSX

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I just bought a USB Hub that has 1 Ethernet port, 2 USBs, and SD card support. Currently the Ethernet is not working although I see a green light on the port when I plug the Ethernet cable.

The adapter can be found here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MNKHOKY

The description mentions it is compatible with MacOSX.

System information:

USB 3.0 SuperSpeed Bus:

  Host Controller Location: Built-in USB
  Host Controller Driver:   AppleUSBXHCI
  PCI Device ID:    0x9cb1 
  PCI Revision ID:  0x0003 
  PCI Vendor ID:    0x8086 
  Bus Number:   0x0a 

USB3.0 Hub:

  Product ID:   0x0616
  Vendor ID:    0x05e3  (Genesys Logic, Inc.)
  Version:  4.02
  Speed:    Up to 5 Gb/sec
  Manufacturer: GenesysLogic
  Location ID:  0x15200000 / 14
  Current Available (mA):   900
  Current Required (mA):    0

USB 10/100/1000 LAN:

  Product ID:   0x8153
  Vendor ID:    0x0bda  (Realtek Semiconductor Corp.)
  Version:  30.00
  Serial Number:    00E04D6804B6
  Speed:    Up to 5 Gb/sec
  Manufacturer: Realtek
  Location ID:  0x15230000 / 17
  Current Available (mA):   900
  Current Required (mA):    144
  BSD Name: en5

USB Storage:

  Product ID:   0x0743
  Vendor ID:    0x05e3  (Genesys Logic, Inc.)
  Version:  8.19
  Serial Number:    000000000819
  Speed:    Up to 5 Gb/sec
  Manufacturer: Generic
  Location ID:  0x15210000 / 16
  Current Available (mA):   900
  Current Required (mA):    896

Internal Memory Card Reader:

  Product ID:   0x8406
  Vendor ID:    0x05ac  (Apple Inc.)
  Version:  8.20
  Serial Number:    000000000820
  Speed:    Up to 5 Gb/sec
  Manufacturer: Apple
  Location ID:  0x15300000 / 3
  Current Available (mA):   900
  Current Required (mA):    896
  Built-In: Yes

I can't find any driver for RTL8153 Realtek chip. I tried to install various 'generic' drivers and none of them worked.

Is there a solution to this or should I just trash the adapter ?

JahMyst

Posted 2016-02-18T19:31:04.707

Reputation: 121

1I use Sierra with 10.12.3. Everything works as excepted. Not need to install additional driver. – fkpwolf – 2017-02-07T07:59:57.743

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