Toshiba DynaDock ethernet issues with 1.5betas

[Patrick]

Originally Posted by wuffe

It seems that Toshiba DynaDocks are having problems with the new 1.5beta series (in combination with Snow Leopard 10.6.1)

I'm using Toshiba DynaDock DVI and its ethernet network interface port is not detected and therefore not working when booting up or returning from sleep.

WORKAROUND:
I found out that manually unloading and loading the apple usb ethernet driver makes the Toshiba DynaDock DVI network interface work.

the following should be executed at root (sudo):

kextunload -b com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEthernet;

kextload /System/Library/Extensions/IONetworkingFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleUSBEthernet.kext;

after this stunt my Toshiba DynaDock DVI network interface works as a charm - until reboot or sleeping.

/Uffe :-)

Hello Uffe,

it seems that Apple changed the way Ethernet USB devices are attached. As it's a normal Ethernet USB device it should be recognized by the OS as it has been the case in 10.5.
Good to know that the driver somewhat works ( it's probably not autoloading as sleep does not work).
We'll see if Apple fixes this in 10.6.2.

Regards Patrick aka Jolly