[PLUG] USB to ethernet adapters

[Richard Owlett]

On 03/19/2017 08:25 AM, David wrote:
> On 03/19/2017 05:45 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
>> The recent thread about the Lantronix XPort caught my attention.
>> A quick search found a variety of USB to ethernet adapters.
>>
>> I will be visiting a local Staples next week. Their website lists several.
>> What should I look for?
>> A better question might be "What should I avoid?"
>> TIA
>
> I can't speak for Staples specifically, but I recently bought a laptop
> without RJ-45 on-board and successfully used both an old Netgear FA120
> and an Apple USB-RJ45 without any problems.
>
> The only thing to note (if not mentioned elsewhere already) is that most
> of the USB dongles only support 100MB speeds for data transfer. If you
> need speeds exceeding that, you may run into compatibility issues with
> Linux and likely pay a premium for that feature.
>
> dafr

My only speed criteria is that it is as fast the 56k dialup link I used 
up until ~1 year ago.

Also, the old machine that prompted this question only has USB 2.

Thank you