XBox controller (Mac) to Win11

Hi everyone,

My aim is to connect an Xbox controller to my Mac (OS 26.3.1) and have it broadcast to a remote Windows 11 machine, however I'm having some trouble with this.

The Mac has the server (4.8.6) installed, and the windows machine has the client (5.9.7) installed. The controller is connected via a USB-C cable, and the client is successfully recognising it. However an online Gamepad tester is showing that no joystick/button inputs are being recognised. I've heard a few things about the Xbox wireless adapter on this forum and some buggy behaviour with direct usb connections, however Microsoft has explicitly said that the adapter does not work on Mac.

Would this adapter magically solve all my problems, or is there a deeper rooted issue here?

Thank you!

Server log:
Sat Apr 11 15:32:26 2026 LOG_INFO    Re-enabling paceap (iLok)
Sat Apr 11 15:32:26 2026 LOG_INFO    Unmanaging device 17825792 [0b95:1790]
Sat Apr 11 15:32:26 2026 LOG_INFO    Unmanaging device 34603008 [045e:0b12]
Sat Apr 11 15:32:28 2026 LOG_INFO    Disabling usbmuxd
Sat Apr 11 15:32:28 2026 LOG_INFO    Listening on all network interfaces at TCP port 7575 (IPv6 dual-stack)
Sat Apr 11 15:32:28 2026 LOG_INFO    Found Full speed device [045e:0b12] 'Microsoft, Controller' at address 34603008
Sat Apr 11 15:32:28 2026 LOG_INFO    Found High speed device [0b95:1790] 'ASIX, AX88179B' at address 17825792
for reference the AX88179B is just a USB ethernet adapter.