[REVIEW / DOA SO FAR] Official Malata USB/LAN Adapter

pgonza02 said:

When I saw this, I decided to try an adapter I had lying around to see if it worked. It's a Netgear FA120.

Works same as using the dock, except no power needed.
Here is what I did.
1. Tablet off.
2. Plug in adapter to tablet and ethernet.
3. Power on tablet.
4. Run terminal emulator.
5. Type:
su <- switches to power user
netcfg eth0 dhcp <- enables ethernet adapter using dhcp
setprop net.dns1 192.168.1.1 <- sets the DNS server to my router's address, you need to substitute by your own router's address.

I have found a couple of issues with ethernet connectivity, one of them being that when you try to download something from the market, the download seems to start and just hangs at 0%. Not sure why this is, but I'm afraid that the download process might be trying to use the WiFi adapter...just my guess.

Hope this helps.

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dnrymrcl said:

Thanks pgonza02
I followed your instructions and bam working well for me.
I bought mine at amazon, since i can't post the link, search for USB 2.0 to RJ-45 Ethernet Adapter for $6.99 and the seller is Deals International. Shipping was fast too

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dnrymrcl said:

Thanks pgonza02
I followed your instructions and bam working well for me.
I bought mine at amazon, since i can't post the link, search for USB 2.0 to RJ-45 Ethernet Adapter for $6.99 and the seller is Deals International. Shipping was fast too

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dnrymrcl said:

Thanks pgonza02
I followed your instructions and bam working well for me.
I bought mine at amazon, since i can't post the link, search for USB 2.0 to RJ-45 Ethernet Adapter for $6.99 and the seller is Deals International. Shipping was fast too

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aasoror said:

Here you are:
http://www.amazon.com/USB-2-0-RJ-45...7?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1309302266&sr=1-7

That said, how about this for $4 ?
http://www.amazon.com/USB-Ethernet-...1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1309302266&sr=1-1

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lil-devil said:

think this is the same thing as the other one you showed?
http://www.dealextreme.com/p/usb-10-100-rj45-ethernet-network-adapter-dongle-2797

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aasoror said:

According to the reviews it has the "Supereal SR9600" chipset

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johny.mnemonic said:

Thanks for info.

So I just got this device for 3.3$:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320697720334

According to the driver CD it is also using SR9600, but my rom doesn't not recognize it.
Could you please check which module is loaded in kernel for your adapter?
In case you don't know how to do that, please issue "lsmod" in Terminal or ConnectBot.

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aasoror said:

I am sorry I didn't mean to confuse you, the one reported to work has the "dm9601 " chipset (according to an amazon review).

My reply about the SR9600 was regarding the dealextreme link someone posted earlier.

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