I was curious if a USB ethernet adapter would work. I found an old no name brand (CP Ethernet adapter and plugged it in. it worked.
Good to know. Care to crack open the adapter and let us know what chipset it is using?
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I understand how to use a micro. B USB to USB2.0 cable to a USB conector to a USB to ethernet adapter. I can figure out how to plug it together. Question is, will ethernet actually work via the micro USB port (are all the right things there on the Xoom side of the port)?
cant imagine it would work with some kind of drivers.
Does anyone know if I purchased one of these can the Transformer then read memory cards or use other USB peripherals?
no one has tried yet, try it for us and find out!
I would if I had the tablet. If it does it would be a major plus.
Well we know for a fact that the 40 pin connector that is used to hook up the tablet to PC and charger through USB allows for USB host, we just don't know if it would be so simple that all we have to do is use a female to female converter.
I would think that it would work, because that's how you transfer files to the tablet. Not sure about peripherals though. If this does work it would easily make this better then any tablet.
if I can get myself to put down the money and if someone posts a link I'll try it.
http://www.amazon.com/USB-Micro-Female-Male-Adaptor/dp/B0023FTRUO
I meant usb female to USB female since I don't have anything with microUSB just wanna test host.
Just bought http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000BSN4UY female to female adapter, I'll test USB host I guess
The tablet only has a micro, so I guess I don't understand why you would buy that item.
qhinton said:
The tablet only has a micro, so I guess I don't understand why you would buy that item.
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The tablet doesn't have a micro port, it has a proprietary 40 pin to USB male cable with a proprietary 40 pin socket. So you need atleast reg female to reg female to get host at the minimum.
Never mind just figured it out. You are going to use the micro usb cable that can with the tablet and hook up the female to female. Sorry.
I thought the tablet did have a micro usb host?
only ports are the proprietary connector used for hooking it up to the PC/charger/dock and mini HDMI out. But the proprietary connector supports USB host.
Has anyone bought a Micro USB to HDMI cable for their HOX? If so is there anything I specifically need to look for or will any cable work?
I believe you need an MHL adapter.
Correct, MHL adapter.
I'm using the cheap one from Monoprice ( http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10833&cs_id=1083314&p_id=8805&seq=1&format=2 ) which works great for me.
Hello all. Planning to get a MHL 2.0 cable for my note 3 but I also want to hook up a keyboard and mouse. I have a logitech k/b that uses wireless signal via a USB dongle. I figured the OTG cable would suffice but naturally once the MHL cable is in, there is no way to also use the OTG cable. Curious if there is some sort of hub that allows at least 1x micro usb and 1x full size usb, or some sort of splitter? I realize a bluetooth keyboard and mouse is probably another solution but would prefer to avoid if I could.
Thanks!
Hi,
I'm a new surface User and I'm looking for a dockingstation. I need an Ethernet Port, dvi Port and some USB Ports.
Does anybody have a dockingstation like this with his Surface RT?
Best regards
Sebastian
lattenlui said:
Hi,
I'm a new surface User and I'm looking for a dockingstation. I need an Ethernet Port, dvi Port and some USB Ports.
Does anybody have a dockingstation like this with his Surface RT?
Best regards
Sebastian
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I don't believe that such a thing exists. There are various items available that can expand your RT's capabilities. For instance, this http://www.amazon.com/Bidul-card-re...d=1396802723&sr=8-5&keywords=surface+rt+ports will add extra USB and SD ports.
You can get MicroHDMI to DVi with this: http://www.amazon.com/Accell-J132B-002B-Type-D-Female-Adapter/dp/B005PHHO5M
I'm not sure about ethernet. I do believe that there is a USB Ethernet adapter that will work, but it needs to use a specific chipset and there is a non-obvious process to get it to work. Searching there forums for wired ethernet should locate the article for you.
Problem on the RT is that the only I/O are an i2c interface (which might aswell be excluded seeming as there is no plug and play way to interface with that), USB2.0 port and the microHDMI. The best you can hope for is to use an HDMI to DVI cable, USB hub and a USB ethernet adaptor.
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Problem on the RT is that the only I/O are an i2c interface (which might aswell be excluded seeming as there is no plug and play way to interface with that), USB2.0 port and the microHDMI. The best you can hope for is to use an HDMI to DVI cable, USB hub and a USB ethernet adaptor.
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Since the Surface 2 has USB3, wouldn't a dock or usb hub be more viable?
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Hello!
Here is a list of goodies I used to connect my Surface RT 8.1 Update 1 in my Office:
D-Link USB Hub DUB-H7
http://www.amazon.co.uk/D-Link-DUB-H7-7xUSB-A-1xUSB-B-Stromversorgung/dp/B0000B0DL7
Accell DVI Adapter to Mini HDMI
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Accell-J132B-002B-DVI-Adapter-Micro-HDMI-Stecker-DVI-D-Buchse/dp/B005PHHO5M
EDIT: Not available at the moment; ordered this one to test it too: http://www.amazon.de/BIGtec-mini-HDMI-Kabel-vergoldet/dp/B00ATE93J6
TrendNET USB to Ethernet Adapter
http://www.amazon.co.uk/TRENDNET-USB-TO-100MBPS-ADAPTER/dp/B00007IFED
(see this Post to get the Adapter working with Win 8.1 RT Update 1 >>> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=51919569&postcount=41 )
Mouse and Keyboard are just the usual DELL stuff. Tried different USB Sticks and external HDD; all are working.
Can you link to the DVI adapter again? That one goes to the USB hub too. Cheers.