USB2.0 to 10/100M Fast Ethernet Controller with Microsoft AOAC Support

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Yes, the AX88772C Windows 10/8.x/7 32-bit/64-bit drivers were qualified by Microsoft WHCK certification and the AX88772C Windows XP/Vista 32-bit/64-bit drivers were qualified by Microsoft WHQL certification.

Yes, the AX88772C/AX88772B/AX88772A/AX88760/AX88772 USB dongles with ASIX's default VID/PID are supported by Windows 8 inbox drivers directly.

Yes, please deliver your own AX88772C schematic and PCB layout files to ASIX's Support (support@asix.com.tw) for further review before making your own AX88772C PCB board.

Yes, AX88772C demo board was certified by USB-IF.

Yes, every Ethernet device must have a unique MAC address. Users should always assign a unique MAC address in the AX88772C EEPROM for every AX88772C based devices.

No, it depends on the real requirement of your AX88772C target application. If users need to install more than one AX88772C based devices on your target application, you should assign a different serial number in the EEPROM for every AX88772C device. If your target application always uses one AX88772C device, you can consider assigning the same serial number in the EEPROM for every AX88772C device for easy maintenance in mass production, especially if you plan to use a Windows PC to test AX88772C based devices repeatedly during mass production test.

No, the AX88772C already supports available device drivers for most of operating systems such as Windows 10/8.x/7/Vista/XP, Linux, Mac OSX, WinCE/Mobile, etc. Please visit AX88772C Driver Download web page for details.

The answers to above questions really depend on user's product applications and target market, which can be different on individual cases. Below gives customers some general guidelines about whether one can use ASIX's VID/PID or one should better register its own one with USB-IF. 1.Case where it is OK to use ASIX Electronics's VID (0B95h) and PID (772Bh): You may be able to use ASIX Electronics' VID and PID when your AX88772C based application system can simply work with AX88772C standard drivers provided by ASIX without any modification and you don't have any concern from business and product marketing perspective to use the same VID and PID on your products as ASIX's other customers who are also using ASIX's VID and PID. ASIX Electronics would like to request customers to inform ASIX sales staffs by sending us email at sales@asix.com.tw beforehand if you would like to use ASIX Electronics VID and PID for your products. In other words, if your AX88772C based application system requires you to modify AX88772C driver on your own or by ASIX support team, you might have to register your own VID and PID. This can avoid your end customers from going to ASIX web site to download the AX88772C standard driver which may not be suitable to work with the specific AX88772C based application system. 2.Cases requiring you to use your own VID and PID (1) Your AX88772C based application systems can't work directly with AX88772C standard drivers which ASIX Electronics release on its web site and your target application system (such as USB dongle or docking station) may allow your end customers to update the standalone AX88772C driver by themselves after sales. In that case, you MUST assign your own unique VID and PID for your AX88772C based devices. (2) For brand name products, you probably don't want your AX88772C based devices to become compatible with other company's AX88772C based devices. In this case, you should consider assigning your own unique VID and PID for your AX88772C based devices. You can register your own VID from USB Implementers Forum, Inc. and define the PID based on your company rules.

Yes, the AX88772C supports Microsoft AOAC (Always On Always Connected) feature.

Yes, the Windows Surface RT 8.1 system supports an AX88772C inbox driver now, but AX88772C doesn’t support Windows Surface RT 8.0 driver.

No, it could not be done by end users. To install AX88772C Linux driver on your Android tablet PC, you have to recompile AX88772C Linux driver source on your target Android tablet platform and then you can install the compiled AX88772C Linux driver on your Android platform. It can only be done by the manufacturer of your Android tablet PC. Please contact the support guys of the manufacturer for further support if necessary.

AX88772C supports some default settings inside chip hardware to enable it to communicate with USB host controller during enumeration when the AX88772C EEPROM is blank (prior to being programmed). The default settings inside chip facilitate users to update the EEPROM content through a Windows PC during R&D validation process or program a blank EEPROM mounted on target system PCB during manufacturing process. ASIX Electronics provides Windows/Linux SROM programming tools for users to easily program the Serial EEPROM of AX88772C on a typical Windows/Linux platforms. These AX88772C SROM programming tools support to customize the MAC address, Serial Number, Vendor ID and Product ID, etc. for AX88772C based application systems in mass production. Alternatively, users can pre-program the blank EEPROM on a 3rd Party Universal Programmer before soldering the EEPROM onto the AX88772C application device. You must assign a unique MAC address in the EEPROM for every AX88772C device.

Please try to un-install the existing installed AX88772C driver firstly and then re-install the latest AX88772C macOS driver to improve this kind of issue. For macOS 10.13 or above systems, please double check if you have set the "Allow apps downloaded from" option on the ”Security & Privacy” console to "App Store and identifier developers" to allow loading the newly-installed third-party kernel extensions (KEXTs).

You can open the gerber files of AX88772C demo board by running ORACLE's AutoVue Evaluation Revision tool (30 days evaluation date). Please visit ORACLE's web site for more details.

You can open the PowerPCB PCB layout file of AX88772C demo board by running Mentor Graphics PADS Layout Product Evaluation Software (No time limitation but with limited function). Please visit Mentor Graphics' web site for more details.

The reference Ethernet transformer on the AX88772C demo board is the Bothhand LU1S041X LF (Turns Ratio 1CT:1CT, Auto-MDIX) single RJ-45 connector module with integrated 10/100 BASE-TX magnetic. Please refer to AX88772C USB-to-LAN Application Design Note for the detailed Ethernet magnetic circuit information.

The 25MHz crystal signals of AX88772C board should be winthin 25MHz +- 50ppm. Please refer to AX88772C USB-to-LAN Application Design Note for details.

The AX88772C supports 16-bit mode 93C56 or 93C66 EEPROM.

Please register MyASIX membership and then download the latest AX88772C datasheet, reference schematic, gerber/PCB layout files and application design note from AX88772C Product web page directly.

Please visit the AX88772C Driver Download web page for details.

You can easily download the AX88772C Windows 10, 8.x, 7, Vista or XP 32-bit/64-bit WHCK/WHQL drivers setup program from AX88772C Driver Download web page and then run the setup program to install a proper AX88772C Windows driver on your Windows machine directly.

All ASIX's AX88772C/AX88772B standard drivers are qualified with ASIX's AX88772C/AX88772B demo boards with AX88772C/AX88772B default Vendor ID (0B95h) and Product ID (772Bh). Some of AX88772C manufacturers have their own Vendor ID and Product ID on their AX88772C applications. In this case, ASIX's AX88772C standard drivers will not work with your AX88772C device. Please contact the technical support of your AX88772C device manufacturer to obtain a proper driver.

ASIX USB Ethernet macOS 11.3 and above driver supports ASIX AX88179/AX88178A/AX88772C/AX88772B USB Ethernet controllers.