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Hardware and Performance / Can I get away with USB ethernet for WAN?
« on: June 16, 2022, 01:04:01 am »
Noob here. So I have an old Intel NUC (nuc6i3syk) which comes with only one ethernet port. As far as I know, there is unfortunately no extra PCIe slot left on the motherboard.
I'm wondering if I can get away with using a USB ethernet adapter for WAN (1Gbps).
I know USB ethernet adapter (especially those with Realtek chipset) don't work really well with FreeBSD. But I would like to know if it's really that bad.
Meanwhile I do have a managed switch lying around. Is it better to just plug WAN into the switch, assign VLAN there and connect it to the NUC instead?
I'm wondering if I can get away with using a USB ethernet adapter for WAN (1Gbps).
I know USB ethernet adapter (especially those with Realtek chipset) don't work really well with FreeBSD. But I would like to know if it's really that bad.
Meanwhile I do have a managed switch lying around. Is it better to just plug WAN into the switch, assign VLAN there and connect it to the NUC instead?