[Gloucs] USB to Ethernet

[Graham Nye]

Colin Morey wrote:
> On 2 Jan 2010, at 20:44, Glyn Davies wrote:
> 
>> 'lo,
>>
>> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Female-USB-A-to-RJ45-Plug-Ethernet-Male-Adapter-1-99_W0QQitemZ230417946196QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Computing_NetworkingTools_Accessories_SM?hash=item35a5fad654
>>
>> Has anyone got any experience of these. There are quite a few on Ebay. 
>> The description suggests they are a cheap way of converting USB devices 
>> to Ethernet. However, my guess is they just convert between USB cabling 
>> and CAT5 cabling i.e. just convert the physical interface and not the 
>> electrical interface.
>>
>> -- 
>> Best Regards
>> Glyn Davies
>>
> 
> Those ones to look like a straight USB->Cat5 adapter, rather than a USB 
> ethernet adapter (if that makes sense), 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Colin

The same vendor has an active USB-Ethernet converter for £4.89 so it
looks as though the £1.99 device is just a physical adapter (to run
a USB link over RJ-45 structured wiring).

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Graham Nye
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