USB 2.0 Ethernet 10/100 Network LAN RJ45 Adapter

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Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B001M545DK
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 25, 2008

Product Description

Give your laptop or desktop computer more connectivity with an RJ-45 (aka Ethernet) Adapter. Simply plug it into your computer's USB port and hook up! Driver CD included. (Note: if you've ever struggled with a cable that's two inches too short to reach the port, you need this!)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars WASTE, March 26, 2009

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Ermin Bucknor "MINBUC" (CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: USB 2.0 Ethernet 10/100 Network LAN RJ45 Adapter (Electronics)

This purchase is a waste. The seller does not indicate that a driver has to be installed. What is worse is that a special program is needed to open the driver if one is using windows XP.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Mixed Bag, works if you get the right one., May 26, 2010

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Some techie guy - See all my reviews

This review is from: USB 2.0 Ethernet 10/100 Network LAN RJ45 Adapter (Electronics)

The problem with these things are they all look alike, but there are several different chipsets out there.

My first order of these came from HDE, and used the DM9601 chip. Worked great, automatically detected by Debian and OpenBSD. Needed drivers for windows (untested). Had no problems on the BSD box, so I decided to order more.

My second order came from eforcity. These....weren't so great. They used a fullwin FY-618SM chip which again required drivers in Windows (untested), and wasn't recognized by either Debian or OpenBSD.

Searching amazon, I'm also coming across an "Agiler" version which physically looks identical. I have no idea how that one stacks up.

So Buy at your own risk.

(At least they're cheap)

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Works, March 16, 2009

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William Bagley (Ashland, Oregon) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: USB 2.0 Ethernet 10/100 Network LAN RJ45 Adapter (Electronics)

I got 2 of these ethernet to usb adapters from HDE. They came very fast, in a few days. When I plugged them in, however, they did not work on my Pentium II IBM Thinkpads running on Ubuntu Linux 6.06. Oddly enough, I had an Airlink USB Ethernet Adapter that did. The return policy is not good for these, because the shipping costs more than the unit and shipping is not refundable in either direction. I was going to consign them to my spare parts pile for later experiments, but I found something interesting happened. The ethernet cable was recognized when I upgraded the Thinkpads to either 8.10 or 8.04 Ubuntu! They work smoothly on these operating systems and are "plug and play" (at least when installed before booting them up). My only concern is that when I unplug them that they are slightly hot, but so far they have not failed to function and I have done a fair amount of web surfing and downloading through them.