[PLUG] Wheezy USB 2 Ethernet?

[JP Vossen <jp@jpsdomain.org>]

My Backup server lost another NIC in the lightning recently.  Last time 
it was a multi-port NIC so the "fix" was easy.  This newer server had 
only 1 NIC and has no room for an internal card, so I can either try to 
replace the motherboard or just use a USB (2.0) Ethernet.  Given the 
frequency that this happens, an easily swappable USB dongle is probably 
a good idea anyway.

And yes, I used to have the Ethernet plugged into the UPS' filter port. 
 But: a) that didn't help the first time and b) this time I had 
bypassed the filter because it was limiting me to 100M instead of 1000M.

This looks like it will either Just Work or work with a bit of tweaking 
for Debian Wheezy running kernel 3.2.46-1:

http://www.amazon.com/Plugable-Gigabit-Ethernet-Chromebook-Specific/dp/B003VSTDFG
  * 
http://plugable.com/2010/10/18/howto-asix-88178-usb-ethernet-adapter-on-ubuntu-10-10-linux
    * (AX88178) http://www.asix.com.tw/search.php
      * 
http://www.asix.com.tw/FrootAttach/driver/AX88772C_772B_772A_760_772_178_LINUX_Driver_v4.9.0_Source.tar.bz2

Any thoughts or other recommendations?

Thanks,
JP
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