[CentOS] Startech USB21000S

Fri Feb 10 15:08:29 UTC 2012
Ljubomir Ljubojevic <office at plnet.rs>

On 02/10/2012 04:14 AM, Nataraj wrote:
> On 02/09/2012 03:19 PM, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote:
>> On 02/09/2012 08:19 PM, Phil Savoie wrote:
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> Just wondering if anyone has had the occasion to use one of these for
>>> usb networking with Centos 6.2.  Did it work out of the box?  Any
>>> recommendations?  It uses the ax88178 chipset and is a gigabit usb
>>> network adaptor.
>>>
>> Here:
>> http://www.asix.com.tw/download.php?sub=driverdetail&PItemID=84
>>
>> it says you can download Linux driver for 2.6.9-2.6.13 kernel. I guess
>> it should be in kernel...
>>
>> And there are this drivers:
>> http://driverscollection.com/?H=AX88178&By=ASIX&SS=Linux
>>
>
> According to reviews on this web page, it may require kernel source to
> compile necessary driver, but it does work.  Fedora 15 is supposed to
> have drivers included, but don't know about Centos 6.2.
>
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=33-114-046&SortField=0&SummaryType=0&PageSize=10&SelectedRating=-1&VideoOnlyMark=False&IsFeedbackTab=true#scrollFullInfo
> <http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=33-114-046&SortField=0&SummaryType=0&PageSize=10&SelectedRating=-1&VideoOnlyMark=False&IsFeedbackTab=true#scrollFullInfo>

CentOSPlus kernel should have it enabled. If not, then you can always 
ask ElRepo for help in compiling the kmod- package.

It would be good is DeviceID would be available.


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