YAT on adding a 2.5Gbps port using a USB to Ethernet Adapter (RTL8157)

[jksmurf]

Hi,

I appreciate there’s been lots of prior threads on this attempt as shown in the selective list below, all of which I have now pretty much read. I also appreciate it’s going to be far less of a hassle and a headache to just buy a Wi-Fi 6 class router that has two 2.5Gbps Ports, one WAN and one LAN, but let’s just say the tinkerer in me wants to … tinker, if the cost is low and I can use the gizmo for something else if it’s a no go (which I can).

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Whilst there are records showing the evolution from RTL8156 to RTL8156B to RTL8156BG chipsets (ignoring the Aquantia AQC111U chipsets for now), there has not been much feedback on whether the RTL8157 works (plug and play, with the few required changes in the GUI of course, but no driver compilation, which is beyond my level of expertise).

This Reddit thread suggests better stability and fewer disconnects with the newer RTL8157 chipset based USB to Ethernet adapters (although some Amazon feedback suggest the opposite) so having both a RT-AX86U and a RT-AX86U Pro I thought I’d see if there’s been any update or improvements on the trials for “the quest” of adding a stable 2.5Gbps port?

 

[Tech9]

RTL8157 chipset

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