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    From It's A Me@its-a-me@mario.com to comp.sys.mac.system on Thursday, November 21, 2024 19:46:06
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    I've got an M1 MacBook Pro which has a USB-hub Ethernet adaptor to give
    wired network to the modem-router, but it has lost that connection.
    Nothing I do seems to get it working again. I've tried multiple cables, checked the USB adaptor still works proeprly with USB-A devices, tried
    adding a new Location, deleting and re-adding network services, etc.
    The USB 10/100/1000 LAN is visible in the Network System Settings, but
    no internet/network connectivity works.

    Does anyone have any bright ideas? :o(

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  • From Bernd Froehlich@befr@eaglesoft.de to comp.sys.mac.system on Thursday, November 21, 2024 07:46:18
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    On 21. Nov 2024 at 07:46:06 CET, "It's A Me" <its-a-me@mario.com> wrote:

    I've got an M1 MacBook Pro which has a USB-hub Ethernet adaptor to give
    wired network to the modem-router, but it has lost that connection.
    Nothing I do seems to get it working again. I've tried multiple cables, checked the USB adaptor still works proeprly with USB-A devices, tried
    adding a new Location, deleting and re-adding network services, etc.
    The USB 10/100/1000 LAN is visible in the Network System Settings, but
    no internet/network connectivity works.

    I had hit and miss with Ethernet adaptors too.
    Nowadays I use only wireless with my MacBooks.
    If it HAS to be Ethernet then I guess you need to try another adaptor.
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  • From Alan Browne@bitbucket@blackhole.com to comp.sys.mac.system on Thursday, November 21, 2024 10:32:44
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    On 2024-11-21 01:46, It's A Me wrote:

    I've got an M1 MacBook Pro which has a USB-hub Ethernet adaptor to give wired network to the modem-router, but it has lost that connection.
    Nothing I do seems to get it working again. I've tried multiple cables, checked the USB adaptor still works proeprly with USB-A devices, tried adding a new Location, deleting and re-adding network services, etc. The
    USB 10/100/1000 LAN is visible in the Network System Settings, but no internet/network connectivity works.

    Does anyone have any bright ideas?  :o(

    Sounds like you've run the gauntlet - but do try again by getting your
    MBP back to the state where none of this is installed. Make sure WiFi
    works properly, RE-BOOT, then re-install the s/w for the device and try
    again.

    Curious: do you /need/ it to be a wired connection?

    I prefer it that way too - so this iMac M3 has the power supply with the Ethernet connector - but being in the same room as the router transfer
    speeds over WiFi match those of the ISP (440 Mbps down).
    --
    "It would be a measureless disaster if Russian barbarism overlaid
    the culture and independence of the ancient States of Europe."
    Winston Churchill

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  • From Fishrrman@Fishrrman2000@nowhere.net to comp.sys.mac.system on Thursday, November 21, 2024 13:05:01
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    On 11/21/24 1:46 AM, It's A Me wrote:
    Does anyone have any bright ideas?

    Try the adapter/cable/drivers on a DIFFERENT Mac.
    Does it fail there, as well...?
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  • From It's A Me@its-a-me@mario.com to comp.sys.mac.system on Friday, November 22, 2024 10:07:09
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    On 2024-11-21 07:46:18 +0000, Bernd Froehlich said:
    On 21. Nov 2024 at 07:46:06 CET, "It's A Me" <its-a-me@mario.com> wrote:

    I've got an M1 MacBook Pro which has a USB-hub Ethernet adaptor to give
    wired network to the modem-router, but it has lost that connection.
    Nothing I do seems to get it working again. I've tried multiple cables,
    checked the USB adaptor still works proeprly with USB-A devices, tried
    adding a new Location, deleting and re-adding network services, etc.
    The USB 10/100/1000 LAN is visible in the Network System Settings, but
    no internet/network connectivity works.

    I had hit and miss with Ethernet adaptors too.
    Nowadays I use only wireless with my MacBooks.
    If it HAS to be Ethernet then I guess you need to try another adaptor.

    I think the adaptor is okay. It was working fine for a long time, then suddenly lost the connection one day. An OS update perhaps?

    I did get it working again once when tweaking the system settings, but
    it stopped working again the next day after shutting the computer down overnight.

    It would be an expensive exercise to keep buying a new adaptor until eventually finding one that works. :o(

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  • From It's A Me@its-a-me@mario.com to comp.sys.mac.system on Friday, November 22, 2024 10:09:58
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    On 2024-11-21 18:05:01 +0000, Fishrrman said:
    On 11/21/24 1:46 AM, It's A Me wrote:
    Does anyone have any bright ideas?

    Try the adapter/cable/drivers on a DIFFERENT Mac.
    Does it fail there, as well...?

    Unfortunately I don't have another Mac or Windows computer to try it with.

    No drivers were ever installed, unless automagically in the backgorund. Originally it was simply plug in the adaptor and it worked.

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  • From Jolly Roger@jollyroger@pobox.com to comp.sys.mac.system on Friday, November 22, 2024 02:11:42
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    On 2024-11-21, It's A Me <its-a-me@mario.com> wrote:
    On 2024-11-21 07:46:18 +0000, Bernd Froehlich said:
    On 21. Nov 2024 at 07:46:06 CET, "It's A Me" <its-a-me@mario.com> wrote:

    I've got an M1 MacBook Pro which has a USB-hub Ethernet adaptor to give
    wired network to the modem-router, but it has lost that connection.
    Nothing I do seems to get it working again. I've tried multiple cables,
    checked the USB adaptor still works proeprly with USB-A devices, tried
    adding a new Location, deleting and re-adding network services, etc.
    The USB 10/100/1000 LAN is visible in the Network System Settings, but
    no internet/network connectivity works.

    I had hit and miss with Ethernet adaptors too.
    Nowadays I use only wireless with my MacBooks.
    If it HAS to be Ethernet then I guess you need to try another adaptor.

    I think the adaptor is okay. It was working fine for a long time, then suddenly lost the connection one day.

    Adapters can and do fail.
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    JR
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  • From Bernd Froehlich@befr@eaglesoft.de to comp.sys.mac.system on Friday, November 22, 2024 08:57:50
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    On 21. Nov 2024 at 22:07:09 CET, "It's A Me" <its-a-me@mario.com> wrote:

    It would be an expensive exercise to keep buying a new adaptor until eventually finding one that works. :o(

    I´m curious: why is WLAN not an option?
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  • From It's A Me@its-a-me@mario.com to comp.sys.mac.system on Saturday, November 23, 2024 10:02:51
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    On 2024-11-22 08:57:50 +0000, Bernd Froehlich said:
    On 21. Nov 2024 at 22:07:09 CET, "It's A Me" <its-a-me@mario.com> wrote:

    It would be an expensive exercise to keep buying a new adaptor until
    eventually finding one that works. :o(

    I'm curious: why is WLAN not an option?

    Wi-fi networking does work and is being used as a, hopefully, temproray
    fix, but the wired connection would be the preferred option, if it be
    made to work again consistently. It worked before and nothing other
    than the normal MacOS updates has been changed. :o(

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