Re: [PLUG] Wheezy USB 2 Ethernet?

[Casey Bralla <MailList@nerdworld.org>]

Should "just work".   But of course beware that the device name may not be 
what you are expecting.



On Friday 2013-07-26 4:19:18 PM JP Vossen wrote:
> 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/B003V
> STDFG *
> http://plugable.com/2010/10/18/howto-asix-88178-usb-ethernet-adapter-on-ubun
> tu-10-10-linux * (AX88178) http://www.asix.com.tw/search.php
>        *
> http://www.asix.com.tw/FrootAttach/driver/AX88772C_772B_772A_760_772_178_LIN
> UX_Driver_v4.9.0_Source.tar.bz2
> 
> Any thoughts or other recommendations?
> 
> Thanks,
> JP
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