To me then the Anker AK-A7611011 sounds perfect. It has indicator lights, good build quality and uses said Realtek chip.
On Wed, 16 May 2018, 01:51 Colton Conor, <colton.co...@gmail.com> wrote: > Mario, > > Thanks for the recommendation. I am leaning towards the devices with > a Realtek RTL8153 chipset over the devices with the Axis AX88179. I have > more faith in Realtek than AXIS as I have had serveral laptops in the past > with Realtek NIC's, but never a single device with AXIS. Plus Realtek seems > to be more standards based whereas AXIS only supports 4k Jumbo frames? > > On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 9:35 PM, Mario Eirea <mei...@charterschoolit.com> > wrote: > > > My recommendation was based on the Realtek RTL8153 chipset. It's the only > > USB chip I had found at the time that did VLANs and full gigabit, in > > Windows. I have had this for a while now, I would hope there are more > > things on the market. > > > > > > -ME > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* NANOG <nanog-boun...@nanog.org> on behalf of Colton Conor < > > colton.co...@gmail.com> > > *Sent:* Monday, May 14, 2018 9:20 PM > > *To:* NANOG > > *Subject:* Re: USB Ethernet Adapters > > > > Thanks for the responses so far. I am surprised to see the wide array of > > responses. A couple of more things: > > > > 1. I like the ones that have lights on the Ethernet port so you can see > if > > the device is up/down. I find that critical as we go to a lot of sites > > where we don't know if the cable is good/bad, so a indication on the > lights > > is critical. > > 2. Techs are constantly doing speedtest.net tests on 1Gbps Ethernet > > connections, so ideally an adapter that can constantly push the 1Gbps > > speeds is ideally. > > > > Seems that most of these adapters use a common chipset. Anyone done > > research on which chipset is the best, and why? > > > > On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 12:45 PM, Colton Conor <colton.co...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > Our new laptops like most do not have an Ethernet adapter build in as > > they > > > are too slim. What USB to Ethernet adapter do you recommend and why? > > > Ideally it would be compatible with Windows 10, and have the ability to > > set > > > speed, duplex and VLAN IDs if possible. > > > > > >