AppleIntelE1000e

AppleIntelE1000e is a legacy Intel gigabit Ethernet driver for macOS. Largely superseded by IntelMausiEthernet for modern Intel NICs, but still needed for older Intel I210/I211 chipsets.

Features

• Legacy Intel NIC Support: Supports older Intel I210/I211/82574/82583/82579 gigabit Ethernet controllers
• Gigabit Speeds: Full 10/100/1000 Mbps support
• macOS Compatibility: Works across a wide range of macOS versions from El Capitan to Big Sur

Installation

1. Download the latest release from GitHub
2. Copy AppleIntelE1000e.kext to your EFI partition: EFI/OC/Kexts/
3. Add the kext to your config.plist under Kernel > Add
4. Reboot your system

Related Kexts

• IntelMausiEthernet - Modern Intel Ethernet driver (preferred for most Intel NICs)
• AppleIGB - Intel I210/I211 Ethernet driver
• RealtekRTL8111 - Realtek Ethernet driver

Resources

• GitHub Repository