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USB 3.0 to Gigabit RJ45
Post by wosco » Sun May 19, 2019 1:30 am
Hi All
A quick question, I have no RJ45 connection on my laptop, if I puchase a USB 3.0 to Gigabit RJ45 connector do I need software to drive it or will it plug and play, I am running Mint 19
Thanks
wosco
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Re: USB 3.0 to Gigabit RJ45
Post by phd21 » Sun May 19, 2019 1:34 am
I have one of the USB to Gigabit RJ45 Ethernet adapters and it works great in Linux. Read the descriptions and if it says Ms Windows only then avoid that one.
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Re: USB 3.0 to Gigabit RJ45
Post by wosco » Sun May 19, 2019 1:42 am
Thanks phd21, the one I am looking at says operating systems WinXP-7 plus Mac, but of course most people are woefully ignorant of Linux and it’s beauty so I will have to contact them and ask, trouble is a lot of retailers say Linux — Mint what??
Did you just plug it in and it worked? no software?
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Re: USB 3.0 to Gigabit RJ45
Post by phd21 » Sun May 19, 2019 11:29 am
I have a generic adapter made in China USB 3 to gigabyte (10/100/100) Ethernet RJ45 adapter which was automatically detected as «plug-n-play» in Linux using a USB v2 port. My guess is that most of these would work well in any OS (operating system) including Linux. Some of these devices are also hubs with a Gigabit Ethernet port, but only use USB hubs with their own power supply.
This one specifically states works with Linux for around $14us
Amazon.com: UGREEN Network Adapter USB 3.0 to Ethernet RJ45 Lan Gigabit Adapter for 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet Supports Nintendo Switch Black: Computers & Accessories
https://www.amazon.com/UGREEN-Network-E . YFP6B4V93E
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Re: USB 3.0 to Gigabit RJ45
Post by wosco » Sun May 19, 2019 10:19 pm
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Re: USB 3.0 to Gigabit RJ45
Post by phd21 » Sun May 19, 2019 11:21 pm
Let us know how it works for you when you get it.
Although my current computer already has a gigabyte Ethernet port I put in my USB Gigabyte Ethernet adapter to see what Linux shows and this is what I get:
Amazon.com: Plugable USB 3.0 to Ethernet Gigabit 10/100/1000 LAN Network Adapter (ASIX AX88179 chipset Compatible with Windows 10, 8.1, 8, 7, XP, Linux, OS X/macOS, Switch Game Console, Chrome OS): Computers & Accessories
https://www.amazon.com/Plugable-Etherne . B00AQM8586
$inxi -Fxzd
Network:
Device-1: Intel 82567LM-3 Gigabit Network vendor: Dell driver: e1000e v: 3.2.6-k port: ece0 bus ID: 00:19.0
Device-2: ASIX AX88179 Gigabit Ethernet type: USB driver: ax88179_178a bus ID: 1-1.1:7
$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 0b95:1790 ASIX Electronics Corp. AX88179 Gigabit Ethernet
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Re: USB 3.0 to Gigabit RJ45
Post by shawn_garcia » Wed Nov 20, 2019 11:17 pm
What it is: Ugreen USB 3.0 male A to RJ45 female ethernet adapter connects your computer or tablet to a router, modem or network switch for network connection. It adds a standard RJ45 port to your Ultrabook, notebook, Nintendo Switch or MacBook Air for file transferring, video conferencing, gaming, and HD video streaming. You can follow the guidelines mentioned on https://howtotechh.com/firestick-ethernet-adapter/.
Protector Replace a Broken Ethernet Port: USB 3.0 to Gigabit Ethernet Adapter is a good accessory to protect the RJ45 Lan port in your expensive computer or replace a broken Ethernet port.
Speed Up to 5Gbps: Full 10/100/1000Mbps gigabit ethernet performance over USB 3.0’s 5Gbps bus, faster and more reliable than most wireless connections. Link and Activity LEDs. USB powered, no external power required. Backward compatible with USB 2.0/1.1.
Compatibility: This USB to Gigabit Ethernet adapter work with Windows 8.1/8/7/Vista/XP, Mac OSX 10.6/10.7/10.8/10.9/10.10/10.11/10.12, Linux kernel 3.x/2.6, and Chrome OS. DO NOT SUPPORT Windows RT and Android. Compatible with IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u and IEEE 802.3ab. Supports IEEE 802.3az (Energy Efficient Ethernet).
Specifications
1. USB3.0 to RJ45 adapter supports Gigabit networking over USB 3.0 with up to 5Gbps
2. Supports suspend mode and remote wakeup via link-up, magic packet, or external pin, USB-Powered
3. Compatible with Nintendo Switch, Windows 10/XP/Vista/7/8, Mac 10.6-10.8/10.11 El Capitan, Linux kernel 2.6 and later
Note
1. Drivers built-in, no driver install required—on Chrome OS, Windows 10/8.1/8.
2. Windows7/XP/Vista, Mac OS10.6,10.11 El Capitan and above, Linux kernel 4.x/3.x/2.6.x require driver install via download or included disk
3. Reboot your PC after driver installation, then connect this USB ethernet adapter to your computer and ethernet
4. Not supported on ARM-based Windows, including Surface RT and Surface 2
5. Mac System: System Preference—Network—Add a new network connection
6. Windows 7: Device Manager—USB-AX88179
Using USB-to-Ethernet with Ubuntu 12.04
There is some missing link in my understanding and hence it would be of great help if you can bounce off some ideas on how I can take this forward so that Device A and PC exchange data over IP.
Device A is just a webcam type of device which will just stream out the video data.
The question is: Is device A just a dumb webcam or does it run some kind of OS. In other words, can device A run drivers for the USB-ethernet adapter?, Have device A any kind of network stack?.
AFAIK, Device A is just a dumb webcam and its only interface is USB. It has neither USB host capabilities nor a network stack. It simply pumps out the video data. It can not runs drivers but can only respond to USB based command requests for device probe and streaming.
2 Answers 2
From your description, I understand you want to connect your usb webcam to other computer via an IP network. As John Siu wrote, they are two different protocols, both in physical part (electrical) and in the software part.
You will always need something who ‘speak’ both protocols and translate one in the other. Well, translate is not the better word, because what is normally done is grab the packet as is from one medium and transport it over the other medium as a payload.
I’ve found this project googling a bit:
USB/IP Project aims to develop a general USB device sharing system over IP network. To share USB devices between computers with their full functionality, USB/IP encapsulates «USB I/O messages» into TCP/IP payloads and transmits them between computers.
This is only the software part, you also need some hardware, and for this you have the pocket size computers like BeagleBoard or Raspberry PI
But there are already assembled tools available in the market like this one:
note: I never use neither the usbip neither the CamsecureUSBtoIP. I just wrote this two links to help you in the investigation.