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  ethtool -e usb0   (eeprom read)
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  ethtool -e usb0   # (eeprom read)
  ethtool -E usb0 magic 0x9500 offset xxx value xxx   (eeprom write value at offset)
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  ethtool -E usb0 magic 0x9500 offset xxx value xxx # (eeprom write value at offset)
 
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Additional informations concerning the EEPROM containt can be found on the SMSC web site.
 
Additional informations concerning the EEPROM containt can be found on the SMSC web site.

Revision as of 15:35, 1 October 2019

How-to use USB to Ethernet adapters

Prerequesities

Tested hardware

SMSC LAN9500

The SMSC LAN9500 is a Hi-Speed USB 2.0 to 10/100 Ethernet Controller. The datasheet can be found here: http://www.smsc.com/media/Downloads_Public/Data_Sheets/9500.pdf. An external EEPROM is used to store the LAN9500 configuration.


Kernel configuration

$ make linux-menuconfig
 Device Drivers  --->
    [*] Network device support  --->
        USB Network Adapters  --->
            [...]
            <M> Multi-purpose USB Networking Framework
            [...]
            <M> CDC Ethernet support
            [...]
            <M> SMSC LAN95XX based USB 2.0 10/100 ethernet devices

Additional tools

In order to read/write the configuration eeprom of the LAN9500, Ethtool has to be used.

$ make menuconfig
 Package Selection for the target  --->
    [*] Networking  --->
            [*] ethtool

Usage

First mount the module:

# modprobe smsc95xx

then start the new ethernet port

# ifconfig usb0 192.168.10.208 up

If the message "No EEPROM present" is displayed, this indicates that no configuration file has been detected in the EEPROM. The LAN9500 will start in a default mode and the MAC address will be randomly generated by Linux. The EEPROM can be read/write by using ethtool once the module loaded

 ethtool -e usb0   # (eeprom read)
 ethtool -E usb0 magic 0x9500 offset xxx value xxx  # (eeprom write value at offset)

Additional informations concerning the EEPROM containt can be found on the SMSC web site.