The following steps worked for CentOS 6
# rpm –import https://www.elrepo.org/RPM-GPG-KEY-elrepo.org
# rpm -Uvh http://www.elrepo.org/elrepo-release-6-6.el6.elrepo.noarch.rpm
# yum install kmod-asix
# modprobe asix
# service network restart
The following might be unnecessary but it can be tried if the above fails
# wget http://elrepo.org/linux/elrepo/el6/x86_64/RPMS/kmod-asix-4.13.0-1.el6.elrepo.x86_64.rpm
# rpm -ivh kmod-asix-*.rpm
References:
http://elrepo.org/tiki/tiki-index.php
http://support.plugable.com/plugable/topics/asix_88178_usb_ethernet_adapter_on_centos_6?full_site=1