Devices Supported by EtherUSB
Glen Walker (2585) 469 posts |
According to the website here: EtherUSB supports the following chipsets
But that was in May 2012—has this list expanded/changed at all? Also, I’m going to be using this on a Raspberry Pi so am assuming that EtherUSB is included as part of the Pi image from ROOL? (I’m assuming that because the Ethernet on the Pi has always just worked so I’ve never actually had to think about it). I’m hoping to put my PiZero back to some kind of use soon and was wondering what USB adapter I should buy. |
Jeffrey Lee (213) 6046 posts |
Yes. The main changes are the addition of a few more SMSC chips. There’s a list of vendor and product IDs in the sources: In practical terms, SMSC chips should work well (since they’re built in to many machines). AX88772 devices also seem to work quite well. Not sure how many people have tried AX88172 or MCS7830. I think the Pegasus driver is a bit rough around the edges, but since my Pegasus device has a dodgy RJ45 connector it’s a bit of a pain to try and do any work on the driver for it.
Correct. |
Colin (478) 2433 posts |
I have one of these Plugable adapter which is an ASIX AX88772A adapter and that seems to work ok – I’ve had it a while so may not be exactly the same as the new one. I have a cheaper AX88772B noname adapter which doesn’t have an allocated mac address but it works ok and it only cost 1.50ukp. These are both 100Mb adapters. The problem with the cheap ones is you usually don’t know what chip you are getting though I suspect the 100Mb ones will be ASIX AX88772 I have an SMSC7500 1000Mb adapter which again works ok but I prefer the 100Mb plugable one. The latest drivers may be different – I haven’t used the adapters for a while – but the 1000Mb one was a bit fiddlier to get a good speed with ShareFS. Avoid USB3 adapters they are likely to be unsupported chips. |
Glen Walker (2585) 469 posts |
Thanks folks! Looks like I have the option to buy cheap (and potentially have to buy twice, or thrice…) or get something relatively pricey that I will know it works…although if I’m going to splash out on a USB adapter for £24.99 then maybe I should just get myself one of the ZeRO modules (it would look neater too). Might check out eBay and gamble on a cheap adapter first… |
Steffen Huber (91) 1945 posts |
A good indicator is to buy an adaptor labelled as “Nintendo Wii compatible”, those have the Asix AX88772 inside IIRC. You should be able to get a new one for less than 12€. |
Willard Goosey (5119) 257 posts |
The one I got is a UGREEN 20254 from Amazon. Works great with RISCOS. |
David Boddie (1934) 222 posts |
When I was looking for an adapter for the Efika MX Smartbook to use under FreeBSD I found a couple with the AX88772 chipset for around £20. In the end I got this one from Pimoroni because it was only £9 or so, though it is based on the RealTek RTL8152 controller, because FreeBSD’s ure driver supports that. Porting support for that would potentially open up access to cheaper adapters. |