USB Ethernet Adapters

Dovid Bender dovid at telecurve.com
Mon May 14 18:24:25 UTC 2018


I would stay away from the Amazon Basics 1 gig device. After a while of
using it the metal housing slides out and it falls apart.


On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 2:04 PM, Hunter Fuller <hf0002+nanog at uah.edu> wrote:

> We have been recommending the AmazonBasics ones for this. The reason is
> because they are cheap and reliable, and everyone has Amazon Prime. I have
> not tested the VLAN functionality under Windows, but the adapter itself
> works fine under Windows, and the VLAN functionality works fine under RHEL.
>
> On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 12:57 PM TJ Trout <tj at pcguys.us> wrote:
>
> >
> > https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BBD7NFU/ref=oh_aui_
> search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
> >
> > and
> >
> >
> > https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00X4S587K/ref=oh_aui_
> search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
> >
> > have both been working great for me on windows ten using an xps 13
> >
> > TJ
> >
> > On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 10:45 AM, Colton Conor <colton.conor at 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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