I think somewhere on this thread someone asked if ethernet can work over USB.
I just tried a quick test of a Soundstream model ss1001 USB to Ethernet device. It let me load web pages, so I guess it works OK. Ubuntu on an acer Aspire netbook. The device is about 2" long and 3/4" square cross section box with a Ethernet jack on one end and a USB cable coming out the other end. PS: I successfully installed Ubuntu to a 16G thumb drive (but couldn't get a 32G to work something about the formatting.) Thanks JK At 08:36 PM 4/23/2013, Joe Shisei Niski wrote: >On 04/22/2013 08:03 PM, John Jason Jordan >wrote: > Why do I want a docking station? >Because I have three USB 2.0 devices > and one >USB 3.0 device that I want attached at all times >when at home, > plus an ethernet cable. The USB >and ethernet ports on every laptop I > have ever >seen are on the sides, meaning I would have five >cables strung > down the sides of the computer >interfering with the papers I have on > the left >side and the mouse on the right. This is not >acceptable. i've used several different docking >stations over the past 20 years (starting with >the venerable PowerBook Duo, continuing with a >so-so Toshiba, and more recently with the docks >for Dell's Latitude series), and wasn't that >impressed with any. They were all tied to a >specfic laptop (or family thereof) and in my >opinion none offered enough convenience to >justify the cost. For the last five years i've >used an XBrand laptop stand (the fanless model, >though my machine would benefit from the extra >fan). Not only does it provide extra USB ports, >but it has real ergonomic value, elevating the >screen to a comfortable height. Sadly, it >appears that they may have gone out of business >- the domain is for sale, and Amazon has a but >handful available (for very good prices). >http://www.amazon.com/Xbrand-Height-Adjustable-Laptop-Cooling/dp/B002ELNCB2 >http://www.amazon.com/Xbrand-XB-1002F-US-Rotating-Laptop-Stand/dp/B000GB3E9W >________________________________________ Joe >Shisei Niski Portland, Oregon, USA >è³èª >_______________________________________________ >PLUG mailing list [email protected] >http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
