#Add network drivers to esxi 6 keygen update
#Add network drivers to esxi 6 keygen driver

First and foremost, this is NOT officially supported by VMware, use at your own risk.Now, Before jumping into the goods, I do want to mention there are a few caveats to be aware of and that I think it is important to understand themВ before making any purchasing decisions. I think it is safe to say that the overall VMware community also thanks you for your efforts.В This new capability will definitely enable new use cases for vSphere home labs that were never possible before when usingВ platforms such as the Intel NUC or Apple Mac Mini for example.В Thank you Songtao! I would also like to extend an additional thank you to Jose Gomes, one of my readers, who has also been extremely helpful withВ his feedback as well as assistance on testing the new drivers. This effort could notВ have been possible without Songtao andВ I just want to say thank you very much for all of your help and contributions.

#Add network drivers to esxi 6 keygen driver

Today, I am please to announce that we now have a functional USB ethernet adapter driver based on the ASIX AX88179В that works for both ESXi 5.5 and 6.0. Songtao was kind enough to provide some of assistance in his spare time to help with this non-sanction effort that I was embarking on.

#Add network drivers to esxi 6 keygen update

UPDATE (11/17/16) -В New driver has been updated for ESXi 6.5, please find the details here.ДЄfter reaching out to a few folks internally, I was introduced to Songtao Zheng, a VMware Engineer who works on some of our USB code base. UPDATE (01/22/17)-В For details on using a USB-C / Thunderbolt 3 Ethernet Adapter, please see this post here.

If you are still on ESXi 5.5/6.0, you can continue using the existing driver but please note there will be no additional development in the existing vmklinux-based driver. UPDATE (02/12/19) - A new VMware Native Driver for USB-based NICs has just been released for ESXi 6.5/6.7, please use this driver going forward. OverВ the last few weeks I haveВ been investigating to see if it was possible to compile a new version of the driver that would function withВ newer versionsВ of ESXi such as our 5.5 and 6.0 release. After havingВ re-discovered theВ thread several years later, I had tried reaching out to the user but concluded that he/she has probably moved on given the lack of forum activity in the recent years. This was made possible by using a custom built driver for ESXi thatВ was created over three years ago by a user named Trickstarter. Earlier this month I wrote an articleВ demonstratingВ a functionalВ USB ethernet adapter for ESXi 5.1.