<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">I have some USB-2 Gigabit Ethernet adapters you can try if you like. I found it to be quite reliable for the following use cases — I used two of them on a ThinkPad as a firewall (Shaw gigabit and MTS). It worked quite well to create an HA VPN. I also have used it to test virtual Ethernet performance (vether on OpenBSD). <div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jan 23, 2023, at 07:49, Adam Thompson <athompso@athompso.net> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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<div dir="auto">Also, I'm afraid I have to point out that "USB to Ethernet adapter" and "reliable" don't belong in the same sentence to begin with.</div>
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As to specific recommendations, no. Virtually all USB Ethernet adapters for sale today use the Class driver, and are implemented using one of about 3 or 4 chipsets - and made using one of about 4 or 5 reference designs. The only variability is (a) whether
the adapter has other co-existing functions [e.g. a hub], which does not IMHO have any specific correlation with quality, and/or (b) the warranty and ease of contacting tech support.</div>
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Mind you, all the same goes for USB-SATA adapters.</div>
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There's still some room to differentiate on USB-C to NVMe adapters, but even that market is rapidly coalescing and consolidating.</div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Roundtable <roundtable-bounces@muug.ca> on behalf of Adam Thompson <athompso@athompso.net><br>
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<div dir="auto">I don't understand - the drive and the NIC are orthogonal to each other. Based on your email, an eSATA port might make sense, but I'm not seeing how an USB NIC helps you at all.</div>
<div dir="auto">Please clarify?</div>
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the external USB3 drive will frequently need to be disconnected from NAS usage and connected locally to another computer via USB (for certain data updates).<br>
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