USB Ethernet on nas.

[Noxious_Silver]

EDIT Dongle needed an os update from edm problem solved

 

Orders a usb 2.5 Gbit Ethernet adapter for my NAS. Its compatible I checked. 

 

I attached it to one of the usb 2.1 ports on the nas and its registered however I dont know how to enable and use it. photo for reference

 

Nas details

 

asustor 8 bay

4x 1Gbit ports

2 usb 2.1 ports

2 usb 2 ports

 

 

adapter is made by asustor for the nas

[Electronics Wizardy]

did you mean usb 3? usb 2 will be slower than gigabit.

 

Can you assign a static ip to the interface? How is it getting itsip?

[Applefreak]

Are you trying to upgrade a standard gigabit router that has 2 USB ports (did you mean USB 3.1, there is no USB 2.1, only USB 2.0, which would not be an upgrade at all)?

I highly doubt you can connect a USB to Ethernet adapter to a router's USB port and expect it to work without drivers and proper kernel support. Those ports are likely meant for either LTE modems or storage devices and printers to be shared over the network.

[Noxious_Silver]

Im trying to upgrade the nas connection. it does not assign an ip its like its not initialized

 

[Noxious_Silver]

ext lan was an edm update from asustor

[OddOod]

16 hours ago, Applefreak said:

Those ports are likely meant for either LTE modems or storage devices and printers to be shared over the network.

The only use I ever found for them was to power the laptop cooling mat I ziptied to the router