SKarp, I just bid on a Trendnet also (same model); total cost with shipping is around $12 USD and if it doesn't get much above that I'll buy it for testing. Or, you could perform the test yourself and add it to the wiki article I just referenced. Please follow the same format I've already started if you choose to contribute.

As for the static IP option, Rob (jolouis) has plans to add that how-to in the wiki later.

Thanks, Texrat. I saw Rob's note about static IP "coming" when I went over to the page wiki page to add the device information. I just copied one of your entries and changed the info to match my device.

It's been solid so far in limited use (mostly ssh). If it proves unreliable in more aggressive use, I'll downgrade the recommendation.

You added that in just as I was writing up a how-to... lol. Nice.

EDIT: oops-- you need to actually get the vendor and product codes from dmesg. They won't necessarily match what I used, even if the chipset is the same.

EDIT 2: then again, I could very well be wrong about that!

You're correct -- they don't match. I did get the vendor and product codes from dmesg (vendor matches, product doesn't, oddly enough). I overlooked the chipset, though. I've updated the page with the correct chipset per dmesg.

Thanks for the noodge.

DX have these for US$7 - $10 delivered. One has a short cable, so you could change the plug for a mini/micro-B.

http://www.dealextreme.com/products....earch.ethernet

That is the one I tested and don't recommend.

EDIT: wait-- I'm referring to the third from the left, sorry. I take it you are talking about the fourth.

sorry - so many posts. DX have a newer model that claims "hi-speed usb", so probably not a Davicom??

omg! it works! u guys are genius! my ethernet/usb is pretty muchn the same as tex's so i wont add it into the wiki (not that i really know how)

I updated the wiki article; all 4 devices now show the chipsets. It looks like ADMtek is the winner so far...

Very nice guys I love the fact that not only are we all having success, but that the wiki entry is getting updated with the appropriate information as well! (Thanks Tex for starting that trend!)
I noticed that a "wishlist" appeared on the bottom of the entry, so let me address that now:
1) automatic detection and activation of all devices passing functionality test

- Now that I know what the product ID's are (because previous to this I would have had to have gone out and bought every USB adapter on the planet to test with... and quite frankly, I just don't need that many adapters! and the Linksys worked very well and consistently originally) I can add them to the packaged udev rule; that should give the desired "plug and play" functionality.

2) Advanced control panel/static IP

-Unfortunately I have absolutely 0 python/tablet gui programming experience, so if somebody's thinking about this I'm more than willing to help out but I don't have the skills to do it at the moment. That said, what I will do is implement a static IP setup file... that way, if you want to use a static IP you just enter the information into the file, and when you connect your adapter it will use that information instead of performing a DHCP request.
The Nokia guys didn't go as far as actually implementing IP settings for dummy connections (I suppose that makes sense anyways), so we can't just use the connection profiler like with wifi, but what I will try to do is set things up so that you can define multiple "connection profiles" in that settings file I'm making... that way you can have many connections setup that only appear when you're wired in... so one wiht static IP for say network "Work", one with dhcp for network "Y", etc; and of course you can switch between them using the usual connection manager. (And when you remove your USB device, all of them go and hide away just as WIRED does now so you don't have to worry about them).

Does that work?

Thanks,
-Rob