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.
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.
Mind you, all the same goes for USB-SATA adapters.
There's still some room to differentiate on USB-C to NVMe adapters, but even that market is rapidly coalescing and consolidating.
-Adam
From: Roundtable <roundtable-bounces@muug.ca> on behalf of Adam Thompson <athompso@athompso.net>
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2023 7:42:43 AM
To: Continuation of Round Table discussion <roundtable@muug.ca>
Subject: Re: [RndTbl] USB3 to Ethernet, to make NAS
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.
Please clarify?
-Adam
From: Roundtable <roundtable-bounces@muug.ca> on behalf of Hartmut W Sager <hwsager@marityme.net>
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2023 2:14:57 AM
To: MUUG - Round Table <roundtable@muug.ca>
Subject: [RndTbl] USB3 to Ethernet, to make NAS
Can someone here recommend some specific USB3 to Ethernet hardware adapters, to make a reliable NAS drive. I want this architecture because
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).
Hartmut - +1-204-339-8331
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