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Surface Ethernet Drivers

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Hi,

My name is Scott McArthur and I am a Supportability Program Manager for Surface. Today I have a quick blog on some important deployment information regarding the Surface Ethernet Drivers. When doing a deployment, it is necessary to add the Surface Ethernet drivers to boot images (ConfigMgr, MDT, WDS). This blog will discuss where to get the drivers.

First some technical details on the drivers themselves:

  • PNPID: VID_045E&PID_07C6. This is partial PNPID
  • Windows 10 X86
    • msux86w10.inf
    • msux86w10.sys
  • Windows 10 X64
    • msux64w10.inf
    • msux64w10.sys
  • Windows 8.1 X86
    • msu30x86w8.inf
    • msu30x86w8.sys
  • Windows 8.1 X64
    • msu30x64w8.inf
    • msu30x64w8.sys

Where to get the driver:

  • Starting with Windows 10 Version 1607 the Surface Ethernet driver is included so if you are deploying it should just work. Note the inbox version is 10.2.504.2016. A later version has already been released.
  • The .MSI package, which is used to update existing installs of Surface, does not contain the Surface Ethernet Drivers.
  • The .ZIP package used for bare metal deployments (For example Surface Pro 4) do not contain the Surface Ethernet drivers.

To download the latest drivers for Surface Ethernet adapter, do the following:

  1. Browse to the Microsoft Update Catalog here.
  2. In the search box enter Surface Ethernet Drivers.
When looking at the drivers pay special attention to the version column. At the time of this blog publication the latest drivers were:
  • Windows 10: 10.2.704.2016
  • Windows 8.1: 8.18.303.2015

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Notes:

  • Check back regularly for any new versions.
  • There are 2 entries. One for x86 and one for x64. x86 is primarily for customers who have purchased the Surface Ethernet Adapter and using it on another device although you may be booting X86 based boot image but installing X64 operating system. Best practice is to include both in your deployments.
  • The drivers support the older 10/100 adapter (model 1552), newer USB 3.0 1GB adapter (model 1663), and Surface docks

Update 4/24/2017

Just wanted to update this blog with the latest information.  The name of the driver has changed in the Microsoft Update Catalog to "Microsoft-Net"

surface-ethernet-drivers

Hope this helps with your deployments.

Comments

  • Anonymous
    November 11, 2016
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  • Anonymous
    February 13, 2017
    I have just attempted to update a SP4 running Anniversary Update (Driver ver. 10.2.504.216) with the latest Surface Driver and Firmware update MSI and the Surface Ethernet Adapter is NOT included in the MSI installation media.It updated a bunch of other firmware and drivers, but not the Surface Ethernet Adapter. I have checked back on previous versions of the MSI and I cannot find the specified msux64w10.inf or msux64w10.sys files.Is the only way to get the updated driver from the Microsoft Update Catalog?If so, that is also out of date.The latest version I have installed on my SP4 running AU is 10.3.1115.2016 (from Windows Update) The latest version available from the Microsoft Update Catalog is: 10.2.701.2016 We would like to update the build with the latest driver, but some consistency would be nice.
  • Anonymous
    March 06, 2017
    Can we add this as a driver package in WDS Server 2012 R2
  • Anonymous
    June 02, 2017
    hi i'm installing windows 10 1607 but the deployment failed due to network driver not installed.
  • Anonymous
    August 15, 2017
    While I know this is a year old...would be great if one could update to include the newerer model 1821 as i've found many that have the same issue as me where they ordered more adapters and the new ones dont work but old ones do. I'm hoping once i include this new version that it doesn't break the old one. I'm guessing I need to remove the old one from my SCCM deployment before adding the new one? Also I am coming from a Win 8.1 SP3 trying to image it to Win 10 so which driver do I need, the OS it current has or the OS I want to go to?
  • Anonymous
    August 30, 2017
    We're seeing a heap of network disconnects on 1607 using 10.4 when using the Surface Dock. Some machines have had their drivers downgraded to 10.2 (the lowest possible with 1607), and it's fixed the issue, but it hasn't helped others. My concern is that when we upgrade to 1703, we're stuck with the 10.4 driver and we can't downgrade. Are there any known issues with 10.4 and is there a 10.5 in the works? If so, what's the timeframe?