[GTALUG] USB to Ethernet Dongles WAS: Debian Linux as-a-router Guide

[D. Hugh Redelmeier]

| From: Giles Orr via talk <talk at gtalug.org>

| I've never found a totally stable USB-to-Ethernet dongle -
| and I've tried quite a few.

That's really interesting and really unfortunate.

Almost no notebooks come with ethernet ports these days.

Notebooks are almost supplanting "regular" PCs.
Notebooks are a bargain compared with regular PCs.

USB-ethernet problems will prevent using notebooks as servers.
They will also prevent most other computers from being used as routers.

Any idea why USB-ethernet is so unreliable?  Any useful diagnostics?