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USB to 100BASE-FX Optical Fiber Network Card
http://fabiobaltieri.com/2013/05/26/usb-to-100base-fx-optical-fiber-network-card/
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USB to 1000BASE-SX / USB to 10GBASE-SR #1

Open robert-scheck opened 7 years ago

robert-scheck commented 7 years ago

Do you have plans for something like "USB to 1000BASE-SX" or "USB to 10GBASE-SR"? Depending on the exact use case this requires USB 3.1 Gen 2.

fabiobaltieri commented 7 years ago

Not really. I wanted to do a gigabit version but the only option I've found was a combination of an RGMII Asix chip (the AX88178 I think) plus a Vitesse VSC8211 PHY that goes into SerDes for an SFP module. It should work but the PHY only comes in fairly unfriendly 117 pin rectangular BGA package. Plus the MAC is USB 2.0 only. Too messy...