HT202617: Apple USB or Thunderbolt to Ethernet Adapters: First time setup
Learn about Apple USB or Thunderbolt to Ethernet Adapters: First time setup
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by Grant Bennet-Alder,May 26, 2016 11:16 AM in response to Danielwang1
Grant Bennet-Alder
May 26, 2016 11:16 AM
in response to Danielwang1
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DesktopsSome Users are surprised to discover just how much force is required to make a good connection. Push on the cable at the ThunderBolt port until essentially ALL of the metal plug-end of the cable disappears inside the jack.
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Jun 5, 2016 6:31 AM in response to Danielwang1by lethe6,Super simple test: boot into recovery, disable wifi, open a terminal window and try to ping google.com or 4.2.2.1.
If it works then your adapter is fine and the problem is elsewhere. I was too lazy after 20 minutes of looking around I reinstalled OSX then restored stuff from backups and the problem didn't come back (yet?).