How To: Fix MacBook Air and USB Ethernet Adapter

Written by Richard Blanchard on December 13th, 2010. Posted in Apple / iPod, USB Tutorials

How To: Fix MacBook Air and USB Ethernet Adapter

If you are one of the few who rushed out to purchase the MacBook Air, you might have found yourself in a bit of a pinch.  How to get the USB Ethernet Adapter working?  If this is you, or a friend you know, here is a quick fix until a new Apple update is published.

MacBook Air USB Ethernet Adapater

First, it appears that some have luck plugging the adapter into different ports on the MacBook Air, but it’s not a universal solution.

After a bit of investigative work sifting through the Apple forums, you can do the following for a sure thing fix:

Create a new location in Network Preferences and then try connecting the USB Ethernet Adapter.  This simple trick will resolve your problem.

Source:  Cult-of-Mac.

http://tinyurl.com/28vf83o

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