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Re: USB Ethernet Adapters


From: "~" <chano79thstreet () gmail com>
Date: Wed, 16 May 2018 10:55:58 +0100

To me then the Anker AK-A7611011 sounds perfect. It has indicator lights,
good build quality and uses said Realtek chip.

On Wed, 16 May 2018, 01:51 Colton Conor, <colton.conor () gmail com> wrote:

Mario,

Thanks for the recommendation. I am leaning towards the devices with
a Realtek RTL8153 chipset over the devices with the Axis AX88179. I have
more faith in Realtek than AXIS as I have had serveral laptops in the past
with Realtek NIC's, but never a single device with AXIS. Plus Realtek seems
to be more standards based whereas AXIS only supports 4k Jumbo frames?

On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 9:35 PM, Mario Eirea <meirea () charterschoolit com>
wrote:

My recommendation was based on the Realtek RTL8153 chipset. It's the only
USB chip I had found at the time that did VLANs and full gigabit, in
Windows. I have had this for a while now, I would hope there are more
things on the market.


-ME
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*From:* NANOG <nanog-bounces () nanog org> on behalf of Colton Conor <
colton.conor () gmail com>
*Sent:* Monday, May 14, 2018 9:20 PM
*To:* NANOG
*Subject:* Re: USB Ethernet Adapters

Thanks for the responses so far. I am surprised to see the wide array of
responses. A couple of more things:

1. I like the ones that have lights on the Ethernet port so you can see
if
the device is up/down. I find that critical as we go to a lot of sites
where we don't know if the cable is good/bad, so a indication on the
lights
is critical.
2. Techs are constantly doing speedtest.net tests on 1Gbps Ethernet
connections, so ideally an adapter that can constantly push the 1Gbps
speeds is ideally.

Seems that most of these adapters use a common chipset. Anyone done
research on which chipset is the best, and why?

On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 12:45 PM, Colton Conor <colton.conor () gmail com>
wrote:

Our new laptops like most do not have an Ethernet adapter build in as
they
are too slim. What USB to Ethernet adapter do you recommend and why?
Ideally it would be compatible with Windows 10, and have the ability to
set
speed, duplex and VLAN IDs if possible.





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