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Review on πŸ”Œ Amazon Basics USB 3.0 Ethernet Adapter for High-Speed Internet Connection (10/100/1000 Gigabit) by Rob Rogers

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Doubled the speed of my Raspberry Pi 3 NAS (from 11MB/s to 20MB/s)

Instructions for replacing the onboard (non-gigabit) Ethernet:1. Connect this to your Pi2. Sign in to Terminal 3. Run: sudo reboot4. Wait for loading, login, execute: ifconfig5. Note HWaddr for eth0 (onboard ethernet) and eth1 (this adapter)6. Create a file: /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules7. Add the following two lines: SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="new", ATTR{dev_id} =="0x0", ATTR{ type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth0"SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION==" add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="old", ATTR{dev_id}=="0x0" , This new adapter is now eth0 and the built-in adapter is eth1. If you have rules or services that depend on eth0, they will use the new, faster connection. A NOTICE. Tested using Blackmagic Disk Speed test from Mac network client. Average read/write speed 20MB/s. The drive is a 4TB WD My Passport in ext4 format (link below) shared with the Pi via netatalk AFP. WD My Passport 4TB Portable External Hard Drive - USB 3.0 - WDBYFT0040BBK-WESN Tested using the Blackmagic Drive Speed Test from a Mac network client. Average read/write speed 20MB/s. The drive is a 4TB WD My Passport in ext4 format (link below), shared with the Pi via netatalk AFP. WD My Passport 4TB Portable External Hard Drive - USB 3.0 - WDBYFT0040BBK-WESN Tested using the Blackmagic Drive Speed Test from a Mac network client. Average read/write speed 20MB/s. The drive is a 4TB WD My Passport in ext4 format (link below) shared with the Pi via netatalk AFP. WD My Passport 4TB Portable External Hard Drive - USB 3.0 - WDBYFT0040BBK-WESN

Pros
  • Alright!
Cons
  • Expensive