USB Ethernet Adapters

Colton Conor colton.conor at gmail.com
Tue May 15 01:20:10 UTC 2018


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 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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