Ethernet NICs w/ USB host attach?

[michael miller]

I put a linksys usb nic on my wife's computer (ubuntu) 2 years ago and
it worked right out of the box

Mike Miller


On Fri, 2009-01-23 at 08:19 -0500, Alex Hewitt 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.
> >
> > -- Ben
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> 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
> 
> -Alex
> 
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