![]() 2.5GbE USB dongle teardown: RTL8156B inside The dongle comes with a driver CD, but I did not use it as I connected the dongle to my laptop running Ubuntu 20.04. The package, marked “USB to LAN Gigabit Ethernet Adapter”, has “USB 3.0” and “2.5 Gbps” ticked, a good sign since it is just what I ordered… USB 3.0 to 2.5Gbps Ethernet adapter unboxing There’s some issue with Radxa E25 (it won’t boot it), so I ended up testing the dongle with UP Xtreme i11 mini PC. I purchased a no-name dongle for under $15 ( 475 THB on Lazada) in Thailand, but a USB 3.0 dongle that looks exactly the same can also be purchased on Aliexpress with either a USB Type-A port or a USB Type-C port. ![]() I intended to start testing 2.5GbE networking with UP Xtreme i11 mini PC and Radxa E25, but I thought it might be a good idea to get a USB 3.0 to 2.5Gbps Ethernet adapter just in case. Late last month, I received hardware to test 2.5GbE and WiFi 6 with namely a Radxa E25 SBC, Xiaomi AX6000 WiFi 6 router, and an 8-port TP-Link 2.5GbE switch.
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