On Sat, November 7, 2015 12:13 pm, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > Why would you need a USB 3 port ? Doesn't a USB 2 port provide enough > throughput ?
I do not know. If USB2 provides reasonable performance, then I am satisfied. ... > These are serial ports, not network interfaces. With the proper driver, > an ethernet over USB device Such as the Apple usb-to-ethernet adapter? (http://www.apple.com/shop/product/MC704LL/A/apple-usb-ethernet-adapter) > will appear as a regular network interface in > ifconfig. Well, the interface name may be different from the usual ethX, > such as usbX. But does IPCop recognize such a device when it is plugged into an RJ45 ethernet port? If I go out today and purchase an usb-to-ethernet adapter, is it likely to work? Russ