@stephenw10 I reported it as (possible) spam (category 'other) yesterday.

Well you'll probably at least see 100Mbps through that. I have seen reports of adapters using the axe driver that got close to 1G with USB3. But far more reports of woefully lower results! Steve

@azdeltawye Me too, except I use apcupsd.

I think this line indicates it only has one config index: bNumConfigurations = 0x0001 So not possible to set a different one as linked there. But, I agree, this looks like it might be the cheaper device. The TP-Link NIC may well work by setting an alternate config index. @sscleber ? Steve

Ah, yes, if it tries to boot and finds the assigned interface missing then you will see problems. I would not normally expect a panic though. An Ethernet connected external modem will give far better results pretty much every time. Steve

Response from Netgate Support: "Powering that device with the USB port should be fine." Chris

Check the bios for any sort of USB power saving features that might be shutting down the NIC at reboot.