[ale] Can someone explain this?

[Calvin Harrigan]

On 5/18/2011 10:04 AM, Chris Fowler wrote:
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260778549447&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT
>
> I guess I'm an idiot because I don't understand how that is supposed to
> work unless there is a USB Ethernet chip in there.  I need to source
> about 500 USB Ethernet adapters so I went on eBay to locate a seller
> that may be able to provide that number and I saw at least 100 of these
> USB to RJ45 converters.
>
> Chris
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It will not work.  It's just a species bender (as opposed to gender 
bender)  from what I can tell it's akin to that goofy cable APC includes 
with some of it's UPS devices which has USB on one end and RJ-45 on the 
other.  It's just a cable, no other electronics.  Seems like some modems 
have this same port FEATURE.  If you look at the device itself on the 
laptop you'll see it only uses a minimal amount of pins.  I don't think 
that the adapter is being used as it was intended in the picture 
included on the page.