Ethernet NICs w/ USB host attach?

[Tom Buskey]

On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 8:19 AM, Alex Hewitt <hewitt_tech at comcast.net>wrote:

> Ben Scott wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 7:12 AM, Jim Kuzdrall <gnhlug at intrel.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I would bet that all of these use the same chip and firmware, so they
> >> should all look the same to the operating system.
> >>
> >
> >   There are definitely multiple chips out there.  Not all USB/Ethernet
> > adapters as the same.
>
> There's always the LinkSys USB model. The reviewers at the Newegg site
> claimed that this worked well with their Tivos which are Linux based.
>
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833124122
>
>
I have 2 of these on my TiVos.  I think I bought at least one from TiVo.
Since they use Linux 2.4 on a MIPS or PPC(?) chip , they're picky about
adapters.

The MIPS TiVo (a 240) works well.  The other (a 540) locks up if I pull
shows from it & has pulling shows to itself.  But that's not the chip.

The Linksys 200M has a funny connector for the ethernet; they hold it at an
angle.  Like the old modem phone jacks on some PCMCIA cards.
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