Re: recommended USB-c Ethernet adapter for laptop

From: Ludovit Koren <ludovit.koren_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 05 May 2022 17:17:17 UTC 
>>>>> Hans Petter Selasky <hps@selasky.org> writes:

    > On 5/5/22 15:08, Ludovit Koren wrote:
    >> Hello,
    >> I am using FreeBSD 14.0-CURRENT #0 main-n253876-1e9ce60a6d7 on my
    >> laptop
    >> and to find a reliable USB-c Ethernet adapter. I have tried the following:
    >> ure0 on uhub0
    >> ure0: <Realtek USB 10/100/1000 LAN, class 0/0, rev 3.00/30.00, addr 1> on usbus1
    >> miibus0: <MII bus> on ure0
    >> rgephy0: <RTL8251/8153 1000BASE-T media interface> PHY 0 on miibus0
    >> rgephy0:  none, 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseT-FDX, 1000baseT-FDX-master, auto
    >> ue0: <USB Ethernet> on ure0
    >> ue0: Ethernet address: 00:e0:4c:68:04:20
    >> and
    >> ugen1.4: <ASIX AX88179A> at usbus1
    >> axge0 on uhub3
    >> axge0: <NetworkInterface> on usbus1
    >> miibus0: <MII bus> on axge0
    >> ukphy0: <Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface> PHY 3 on miibus0
    >> ukphy0:  none, 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseT-FDX, 1000baseT-FDX-master, auto, auto-flow
    >> ue0: <USB Ethernet> on axge0
    >> ue0: Ethernet address: 50:a0:30:02:b7:f6
    >> both of them stop working when there is significant traffic on the
    >> interface, i.e. scp ISO image to the different computer.
    >> Please, could you advice good, reliable USB-c Ethernet interface.
    >> Thank you very much.
    >> Regards,
    >> lk
    >> 

    > Hi,

    > I think the older axge's are OK.

    >> axge0 on uhub0
    >> axge0: <NetworkInterface> on usbus0
    >> miibus0: <MII bus> on axge0
    >> rgephy0: <RTL8169S/8110S/8211 1000BASE-T media interface> PHY 3 on miibus0
    >> rgephy0:  none, 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 10baseT-FDX-flow, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 100baseTX-FDX-flow, 1000baseT-FDX, 1000baseT-FDX-master, 1000baseT-FDX-flow, 1000baseT-FDX-flow-master, auto, auto-flow
    >> ue0: <USB Ethernet> on axge0
    >> ue0: Ethernet address: 3c:2e:be:a0:b5:db

    > BTW: We should debug the issue with the axge's .

no it is not after few seconds it stops working

lk