Nexus Player USB Ethernet

by whostolemyusrname

Hello there,

I was wondering if any Nexus Player owners out there have had any luck with USB Ethernet adapters. I have been struggling with it for awhile now.

I own a 3 port USB hub + Ethernet that I tried to get working. I used a micro otg usb cable, but the player did not recognize it at all. It recognized the hub, as I could plug in and use a keyboard.

So I then bought this adapter here but that still did not work with my nexus player.

I hooked that second adapter to both my Nexus 6 (5.0.1) and my HTC M8(4.4) and the phones were able to recognize them and it worked. So am I doing something wrong or is the nexus player extra picky with usb ethernet?

If anyone could link me to one that is known to work that would be great too.

Subculture1000

I use this one:

http://www.amazon.com/Plugable-Gigabit-Ethernet-Chromebook-Specific/dp/B003VSTDFG

It has built in drivers in Android. Plug it in, and the Nexus Player will automatically use it instead of wifi.

If you're ONLY plugging it in with no hub, use this:

http://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-5in-Micro-Host-Adapter/dp/B00B4GGW5Q

Edit: Sorry, I saw that you linked to Amazon.ca, so:

Network Adapter:

http://www.amazon.ca/Plugable-Gigabit-Ethernet-Network-Adapter/dp/B003VSTDFG/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

USB Dongle:

http://www.amazon.ca/StarTech-com-5-Inch-Female-On-The-Go-Adapter/dp/B00B4GGW5Q/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

xBIGREDDx

The Nexus Player has Linux kernel 3.10, and your adapter uses the RTL8153 chipset which didn't get Linux support until kernel 3.14.