After watching Scottie's video on his blog, I thought I will try it as it may reduce the hassle of sitting in front of computer all the time.
It may also reduce effort of downloading the long video's on to laptop and copy it to my android tablet( some how this doesn't work for my ipad) and watch it some where else. As he warns it is complicated and there is no one place that tells which Ethernet adapter product works for which tablet.
Here is my experience with it.
I have couple of tablets one ipad (with lightening plug with latest ios) and and Samsung Galaxy Tab A tablets (with USB type-C connector with android 8.1) .
When I looked for Ethernet Adapter for Samsung TAB A, I couldn't find any. So, I decided to buy this one for testing purpose. When I first connected
For multiple reason, I decided to look for dongle for Samsung Galaxy Tab A(SM-T380) and If it works and i will connect to other devices like mobile phones with appropriate adapters.
I guess it may be due to it was disabled at Kernel level. Last choice is root it, but still not sure what needs to be done to activate ethernet though. So, I left it there.
- So, I ordered this dongle for ipad out of 2 products available on amazon( $24), though some reviewers complain that this unit is failing in weeks or months. So i bought it with a 4 year warranty for extra $3. Boom!. It works even though there are little inconveniences.
For example,
- If you try to install a App, Nothing happens. It looks you can't install apps' on ethernet as the Apple accountsecurity check is not getting triggered. So you have to connect to Wi-Fi and apply the Apps and disconnect from wi-fi and use it.
- It pops a dialog box asking to enable Wi-Fi, when you connect to ethernet. you can disable it.
- If you have a habit of switching off modem in the night, you need to hard restart( power button) the ipad or you need soft restart. Even if you are not using long time with hibernation, you may have to restart for the ethernet connection.
Interestingly, this week, apple seems to recommend this belkin's dongle. I guess, they handled little ios hiccups I mentioned above. But it is $100 instead and lot of money for my $250 ipad.
Given that not many websites on the net on the subject, I thought we can document here.
Here is my experience with it.
I have couple of tablets one ipad (with lightening plug with latest ios) and and Samsung Galaxy Tab A tablets (with USB type-C connector with android 8.1) .
When I looked for Ethernet Adapter for Samsung TAB A, I couldn't find any. So, I decided to buy this one for testing purpose. When I first connected
For multiple reason, I decided to look for dongle for Samsung Galaxy Tab A(SM-T380) and If it works and i will connect to other devices like mobile phones with appropriate adapters.
- Given that I couldn't find any internet ( or amazon.com) post for this exact model , I bought this belkin's model. - First when i connected to my galaxy tab A, i can see tablet is charging, but no internet. "Ethernet" menu item is grayed out. So I called Costco where I bought tablets and I have good experience with their customer support than the manufacture. They transferred it to Samsung support, who said that "Ethernet menu item should not be grayed out" and played with developers settings with no result. They asked me to contact belkin support for drivers or some thing, which I did. Belkin support said it is "Plug and Play device, so no driver". I asked Samsung support to give list of products they recommend and they have another company called J&J supporting the compatibility of their device, No body even answered from that company after long wait.
I guess it may be due to it was disabled at Kernel level. Last choice is root it, but still not sure what needs to be done to activate ethernet though. So, I left it there.
- So, I ordered this dongle for ipad out of 2 products available on amazon( $24), though some reviewers complain that this unit is failing in weeks or months. So i bought it with a 4 year warranty for extra $3. Boom!. It works even though there are little inconveniences.
For example,
- If you try to install a App, Nothing happens. It looks you can't install apps' on ethernet as the Apple accountsecurity check is not getting triggered. So you have to connect to Wi-Fi and apply the Apps and disconnect from wi-fi and use it.
- It pops a dialog box asking to enable Wi-Fi, when you connect to ethernet. you can disable it.
- If you have a habit of switching off modem in the night, you need to hard restart( power button) the ipad or you need soft restart. Even if you are not using long time with hibernation, you may have to restart for the ethernet connection.
Interestingly, this week, apple seems to recommend this belkin's dongle. I guess, they handled little ios hiccups I mentioned above. But it is $100 instead and lot of money for my $250 ipad.
Given that not many websites on the net on the subject, I thought we can document here.