Hi
can we have a compatibility list for USB-C dongles that work with B One ?
regards
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B One 5G
Plugable USBC-E2500 worked, no clue if the link speed was 2.5Gb/s https://www.speedtest.net/result/17524139728.png with a RM551 hosting a 2.5Gbit adapter on the other end
Ugreen CM828 usb dock worked https://www.speedtest.net/result/17524166421.png
TP Link UE300 worked through a usb dock (couldn’t find a C to A adapter within arms reach) https://www.speedtest.net/result/17524175130.png
startech USB31000NDS through the same dock https://www.speedtest.net/result/17524400792.png
Startech USB32000SPT through the same dock https://www.speedtest.net/result/17524407448.png through ethernet port 1, port 2 will get a link but I doesn’t count as a WAN, didn’t test if it counted as a LAN but doubt it.
Only other ones I have at hand are usb 2, some so old they are 10/100. I would guess that they work but eh.
At this point, I would assume that most USB network cards will function. Stability might be another matter. I have had the same UE300 running for years on a Balance 305, it’s a safe bet if they are still being made, but you will need a USB-C to USB-A 3.0 adapter or a hub.
I am kinda curious if that 2.5G adapter on the WAN port can handle more, since the B One can’t use LACP, I might set up a test environment and see if 2 computers can pull over 1Gbit through it from a 3rd local computer. I don’t have any internet connections fast enough to test that externally.
Also the CM828 working is very interesting, it can be powered, I used it unpowered. This might be important now that Docker support is coming to the B One lineup (Reference: 33337 Firmware 8.5.2 Beta 2)
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Did you try any based on Realtek RTL8157?
This is 5GBps newest chipset.
Main advantages low consumption, so less hot device.
Don’t think have any RTL8157 based chips around.
Sabrent NT-SS5G Connects at 5Gbit, maxes out under 800Mbit down or under 450/450 both directions.
It is AQC111U chipset I believe (do not recommend that chip, killed 2 of the startech ones within a week of first use, the sabrent is unreliable last I tested it)
Plugable USBC-E2500: Connects at 2.5Gbit, maxes out at 673Mbit down or 475/519Mbit both directions.
Note that when on 2.5Gbit mutltigig switch these things will do 2.2Gbit or so down but only 850/850ish in both directions.
TP Link UE300: Great device managed 930Mbit down or 501/510 both directions. Still for sale years after buying my first 2 and it’s cheep. (only did 343Mbit down on a Balance 305, very impressed with B One so far)
Ugreen CM828 or UGREEN Revodok Pro 1061: 949Mbit down or 419/460Mbit. Less experienced with this device but it was sitting on the desk and wow did it preform. Can’t seem to find the chip it’s using and it’s sold under a lot of descriptions, also Revodok Pro 6 in 1 PN 45364.
All of these tests were done in a thrown together test environment, SMB, very large test files used, 10Gbit cards and 990 Pro NVME on both ends. It’s not going to be perfect, but it’s going to be close to what you can expect real world. The tests above were just speedtest.net through a RM551 modem.
The B One USB port and these devices were a limiting factor on the tests, the B One itself has more in the tank if you are on the physical WAN ports.
Single physical WAN to 1 LAN
2 server to desktops file transfer
2 server to desktops file transfers and a speedtest going over the RM551 through the Pluggable
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