[Nexus Player Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jeremiah.Crowell:
Hello everyone,

I recently wanted to upgrade my USB hub. Originally, I had purchased this hub for my Nexus Player from Amazon http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00L32UUJK?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00 . This is the one I was going to replace. The reason I wanted to replace it was the ethernet was only 10/100. I have 140mbps connection at my house, so the hub was limiting my speed to 90-93mbps. The extra 20-30mbps I would gain is huge and I think it's worth chasing if it's possible. The wireless AC does test at 130-140mbps, but it's wireless and I've found that even plugged into a wired connect at 90mbps is better than the WIFI AC 5ghz @ 140mbps.

I did some research and searched reviews for a replacement USB hub with a gigabit ethernet port. Most if not all gigabit usb hubs are usb 3.0. Our NP only has 2.0 as you know, so I was limited to my selection. I came across this one http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IJU0K2Q?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00 . The reviews for this hub and the chipset for the ethernet in the hub claimed it supported Android OS. The only issue was the there was not a Micro USB hub available by this company. So I bought a Micro USB otg that allowed me to power the usb ports so it would be able to be used with the usb 3.0 hub. Here's the otg cable I bought. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FGKXY9S?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00

So I hooked it up yesterday, and did some testing. I noticed that my DL speeds were capped at 8mbps, as well as my upload was lower than normal too. So I rebooted etc. After not being able to figure out why, I read the manual and did some google searching. The manual says the ethernet chip may have compatibility issues for some systems to use the gigabit speed/driver. So it came with a CD and also gave their website to dl the drivers. The issue is the drivers are not an adroid apk, app, or zip file I can flash. After more investigating a possible fix, I found the ethernet chip manufacture has drivers for Android on their website. AWESOME!

Except they needed to be compiled and built into the kernal/boot.img . This is where my issue lies. I am not savvy enough yet to input the drivers into the boot.img/kernel. I wanted to know if someone would help?

The boot.img file I need is the one with Lollirock 2.1., and it's attached to this thread. I have PM'd Zulu to see what he thinks, but I wanted to see if someone else may be able to help as well.

I wanted to know if someone could put this driver into the boot.img and post/send the boot.img back to me? I am trying to see if this is the fix I need to get this USB hub to work and stop limiting my bandwidth. If it doesn't work, I can send it back to amazon, however there is a time limit on when I can send it back before I have to keep it. Can anyone help? Maybe there's another way?

Here's the website from the ethernet manufacturing company with the driver that needs to be inputted into the boot.img. http://www.asix.com.tw/products.php?op=pItemdetail&PItemID=131;71;112

Here's a direct link to the file to dl the driver V1.14.2. http://www.asix.com.tw/FrootAttach/driver/AX88179_178A_LINUX_DRIVER_v1.14.2_SOURCE.tar.gz

EDIT- Fixed. It was a cheap OTG cable.