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Date:      Sun, 22 Mar 2015 14:31:27 +0100
From:      Miltiadis Margaronis <mmargaron@gmail.com>
To:        Miguel Clara <miguelmclara@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-usb@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Support for RTL8153 (USB 3.0 Ethernet)
Message-ID:  <CAGbxAaxwS0s90T-DqJfo9_9oqu8VvOsYA9FxSJSt10ek2QFtKw@mail.gmail.com>
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Hello,

On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 7:02 PM, Miguel Clara <miguelmclara@gmail.com>
wrote:

> On quinta-feira, 19 de Mar=C3=A7o de 2015 08:10:35 WET, Miltiadis Margaro=
nis
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> In my case it worked as a normal Ethernet CDC device using the second
>> configuration. If you still happen to have this device around, you can t=
ry
>>
>> usbconfig -d ugenX.Y set_config 1
>>
>> After entering this, I got a normal ueX device which worked for the shor=
t
>> time I used it.
>>
>> Please cc me, I am not subscribed.
>>
>> HTH,
>>
>
> This is cool, I have "dodocool" around which I wasn't use much more than
> for a usb SWITCH, but I have an Acer Laptop with wireless only, and I
> didn't know I could use ue driver for this (I never really tried but its
> sure nice to know).
>
>
Same thing here. I'm using it temporarily on a laptop to bypass problems
with the onboard NIC. It has a wireless .11ac card, also unsupported.


> The only issue I find is that it seems to topspeed a bit higher then
> 100Mbps
>
> Client connecting to yoda, TCP port 5001
> TCP window size: 32.5 KByte (default)
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> [  3] local 1.1.1.1 port 24383 connected with 1.1.1.2 port 5001
> [ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
> [  3]  0.0-10.0 sec   143 MBytes   120 Mbits/sec
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> Client connecting to yoda, TCP port 5001
> TCP window size: 1.00 MByte (WARNING: requested 1.00 MByte)
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> [  3] local 1.1.1.1 port 24424 connected with 1.1.1.2 port 5001
> [ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
> [  3]  0.0-10.0 sec   135 MBytes   114 Mbits/sec
>
>
> I'm assuming this is just because ue is not ready to handle more then
> that, but it would be nice if it could go close to the 1Gbits.
>
> Not something I would consider priority though as this devices are
> probably only used as a alternative to main cards, and its far better tha=
n
> what I got with USB Wireless cards do the the fact that there's no 11n
> support on those,, so I'm happy with this.
>
>
I'm getting similar figures but I'm also not very worried about performance
at this stage. Functionality matters more.

Many thanks for sharing the 'usbconfig -d ugenX.Y set_config 1' trick.
>
>
You're welcome, glad it was useful.
--
Miltos

--=20
> -----------------------------------------------
> Miguel Clara
> IT - Sys Admin & Developer
>



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