On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:56:23 +0100
Alan Pope <alan@???> wrote:
> One of the guys in the LUGRadio community mentioned the Apple USB to
> Ethernet device and how it worked well under Linux. So I found a
> vendor selling them cheap (they're not actually that expensive at full
> price) and he's right, it just works. I did a couple of speed tests
> and it managed 78.3 Mb/s which should see me through until Virgin
> Media finally move to 100Mb/s cable :)
>
> According to dmesg it's...
>
> [55520.035401] eth1: register 'asix' at usb-0000:00:1d.7-7, ASIX
> AX88772 USB 2.0 Ethernet, 00:1f:f4:fd:7c:2b
>
> http://bit.ly/cUW0T - amazon link to device.
>
> Amusingly on the packaging it says "Compatible only with MacBook Air
> computers". I beg to differ.
>
> Cheers,
> Al.
>
Interestingly? I obtained (today) an ASIX AX88772 device from Amazon:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/USB-Ethernet-Network-RJ45-Adapter/dp/B002883YXM/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1250067652&sr=1-4#moreAboutThisProduct
Which also works impressively well, so much so I've submitted a "Works
with Linux" review. "Works perfectly with Linux (Ubuntu 9.04) on three
architectures. Just plug it in and it works. No faffing around finding
drivers, no forced reboots, just works."
-jh
