usb network adapter

Understudy list at understudy.net
Fri Jan 14 03:35:24 UTC 2011


On 1/13/2011 10:32 PM, Warren Block wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Jan 2011, Understudy wrote:
>
>> I have a G555 with an alc0 nic. When I upgraded to 8.1.
>
> alc(4) works on 8-stable here.  My Acer D250 has a 1G PHY on a 10/100 
> interface, and autonegotiation is unreliable.  Manually setting media 
> type makes it work.
I tried that and it did not function. For some reason part of what I 
typed must have vanished. When I upgraded to 8.1 the alc0 stopped 
working. I tried all the settings manually and it would not work.
>
>> So I figure as a temporary solution I can use a usb to nic adapter. I 
>> was looking for suggestions on one that is readily available and 
>> works easily with FreeBSD. I know there is a list but I am asking for 
>> ones that have been used and not caused you to many headaches.
>
> A Belkin F5D5050 has been occasionally useful to me.  It's slow, I 
> wouldn't really trust it long-term, and wouldn't have it if it hadn't 
> been on clearout for like $2 years back.  Better than nothing, certainly.

Thank you.

Sincerely,
Brendhan

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