For some reason, it's now rare to find a PCI ethernet card on shelf anywhere. I did manage to find a GigaWare USB to Ethernet Adapter at my local RadioShack. It works fine in Windows XP and 7. Is this just a case of no driver base? And, isn't sanity really just a one-trick pony anyway? Scribblenauts Unlimited Free Play No Download there. Diagnosing Gigaware device driver problems. Please choose your version of Windows below: I have Windows 7. I have Windows 8. I have Windows 10.

Update: A Windows 10 driver now exists for the USB2-E1000. However, it will not appear in the CD that comes with the adapter until the next lot of adapters is shipped. The updated driver can be downloaded from this link:. If you are not able to connect to the Internet without installing the driver, you can download it onto a flash drive on another computer and use that to install it. In testing Plugable’s USB-Ethernet adapters with Windows 10, we were happy to discover they all work successfully when their drivers are properly installed. However, an installation problem could cause issues with the.

Drivers are already built into Windows 10 for the ASIX AX88772 chip in our and and the ASIX AX88179 chip in our,, and. When you insert these adapters into a USB port, the drivers are automatically installed with no need for an internet connection. However, the driver for the ASIX AX88178 chip in our USB2-E1000 is not pre-installed in Windows 10, and we have discovered a problem with the downloadable driver that keeps it from installing.

If this happens, the adapter will show up in Device Manager as “AX88178” with a Code 28 error: “”Drivers for this device are not installed.” There are several ways to work around this issue, depending on the scenario: 1. Upgrading from Windows 7 or Windows 8.1: If you have already installed the driver for the USB2-E1000 in Windows 7 or 8.1 and upgrade directly from that version to Windows 10, the currently installed driver will be available to Windows 10, and your adapter should work without any further effort. If you haven’t yet installed this driver, please install it before upgrading. The easiest way is to establish an internet connection, either wirelessly or through another Ethernet port, then plug in the USB2-E1000. Windows Update should see it and automatically download the correct driver.