Re: recommended USB-c Ethernet adapter for laptop

On 5/5/22 15:08, Ludovit Koren wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I am using FreeBSD 14.0-CURRENT #0 main-n253876-1e9ce60a6d7 on my laptop
> and to find a reliable USB-c Ethernet adapter. I have tried the following:
> 
> ure0 on uhub0
> ure0: <Realtek USB 10/100/1000 LAN, class 0/0, rev 3.00/30.00, addr 1> on usbus1
> miibus0: <MII bus> on ure0
> rgephy0: <RTL8251/8153 1000BASE-T media interface> PHY 0 on miibus0
> rgephy0:  none, 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseT-FDX, 1000baseT-FDX-master, auto
> ue0: <USB Ethernet> on ure0
> ue0: Ethernet address: 00:e0:4c:68:04:20
> 
> and
> 
> ugen1.4: <ASIX AX88179A> at usbus1
> axge0 on uhub3
> axge0: <NetworkInterface> on usbus1
> miibus0: <MII bus> on axge0
> ukphy0: <Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface> PHY 3 on miibus0
> ukphy0:  none, 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseT-FDX, 1000baseT-FDX-master, auto, auto-flow
> ue0: <USB Ethernet> on axge0
> ue0: Ethernet address: 50:a0:30:02:b7:f6
> 
> both of them stop working when there is significant traffic on the
> interface, i.e. scp ISO image to the different computer.
> 
> Please, could you advice good, reliable USB-c Ethernet interface.
> 
> Thank you very much.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> lk
>

Hi,

I think the older axge's are OK.

> axge0 on uhub0
> axge0: <NetworkInterface> on usbus0
> miibus0: <MII bus> on axge0
> rgephy0: <RTL8169S/8110S/8211 1000BASE-T media interface> PHY 3 on miibus0
> rgephy0:  none, 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 10baseT-FDX-flow, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 100baseTX-FDX-flow, 1000baseT-FDX, 1000baseT-FDX-master, 1000baseT-FDX-flow, 1000baseT-FDX-flow-master, auto, auto-flow
> ue0: <USB Ethernet> on axge0
> ue0: Ethernet address: 3c:2e:be:a0:b5:db

BTW: We should debug the issue with the axge's .

--HPS