Re: WiiU ethernet adapter

[David Brownlee <abs%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Mon, 2 Mar 2026 at 09:10, Harold Gutch <logix%foobar.franken.de@localhost> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> On Fri, Feb 27, 2026 at 02:12:28PM +0100, Lucius wrote:
> > I recently got NetBSD on my WiiU running, thanks alot to Jared and all other devs that made it possible.
> >
> > I don't have any USB to ethernet adapter, so I rather ask before buying something that won't work.
> > Does only the offical adapter work or will anything that works under NetBSD work?
>
> Anything that works under NetBSD will work.
>
>
> > If so, any recommendation?
>
> I'm a bit hesitant to make a "blind" suggestion - there are *far* more
> marketing names than actual chipsets out there and chances are that a
> particular marketing name anybody drops here won't be available
> anymore (or might have been updated with a newer revision that
> contains a different chipset).
>
> A while ago I stumbled over a ethernet-USB *cable* (basically a USB
> ethernet plus *hardwired* ethernet cable) by Goobay.  That should be
> fairly recognizable - it has an AX88179A chipset and is supported by
> axen(4) in current/netbsd-11 (it's only in netbsd-10 since close to a
> year ago, so not in NetBSD 10.1 but will be in NetBSD 10.2).
>
> The official Wii LAN adapter (RVL-015) is also supported.

Most USB ethernet or hubs with ethernet *should* just work on NetBSD,
even those that go up to 2.5Gbit.

If it might be useful to have a couple of extra USB and/or SD ports
then I'd suggest a small USB dock with ethernet.

Note: I don't have a Wii to hand (my NetBSD-on-gaming-console is a
Dreamcast :-p )

David