From what I discovered, the USB device itself is not listed by lsusb anymore although the driver ax88179_178a is available in /lib/modules/...
Note : I've checked the device on another laptop where it works just fine with the very same cable. On that secondary laptopt, the device is listed by lsusb properly as follows :
ASIX Electronics Corp. AX88179 Gigabit Ethernet
From what I discovered, the USB device itself is not listed by lsusb anymore although the driver ax88179_178a is available in /lib/modules/...
Note : I've checked the device on another laptop where it works just fine with the very same cable. On that secondary laptopt, the device is listed by lsusb properly as follows :
ASIX Electronics Corp. AX88179 Gigabit Ethernet