SMC EZ Networking Compact 10/100 USB

The smc networks drivers or SMC EZ Networking Compact 10/100 USB can be downloaded here.This is a USB Ethernet driver for the SMC card as listed being the SMC 2209 USB / Ethernet. Ensure that you have the correct Ethernet device from SMC before you install this onto your computer as you need to ensure that the driver matches the device. Also scan all files from the internet and run a malware scanner on these files.

SMC EZ Networking Compact 10/100 USB

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This driver was originally made for the Microsoft Windows 98/ME/2000/XP. Yes, it is that old as the hardware is very old. The hardware ID on this device is the SMC EZ Networking Compact 2.0 Adapter. You can see below how to install the driver as it can be installed on a Windows 10 system as well as a Windows 7 system. See below how this is done.

Hardware ID

USB\VID_0B95&PID_1720

The hardware is old much like the FT230X Full Speed USB to Basic UART as well as the Xperia X Compact Driver as wellwhich is also a very common error when you deal with this smc networks drivers older hardware.

Download the ZIP file below and then extract the files. There are only 3 files and a directory for Windows XP. Don’t click in the Windows XP directory. See the INF file in the files and then right-click on the INF file. Likewise also see the as the No device drivers were found’ when installing Windows 7 on here. The SMC EZ Networking Compact 10/100 USB functions as a compact USB 2.0 to 10/100 Mbps Ethernet adapter. Its user-friendly features include Plug-and-Play support and easy installation. Additionally, this adapter is bus-powered, meaning it draws power directly from the host PC’s USB port, eliminating the need for an external power supply.

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You will then need to click on “install” on the new menu that shows. See the graphics on the side where it shows SMC networks drivers. See the small graphic on the side and you will see that you will need to right-click on the INF file called the “SMC2209.inf” file. The Windows OS will then show that it has found new hardware and will then install the driver. You might need to reboot the computer after this. Finally see also the SMC 2208 USB on here.

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