Hi,
does anyone know a product, which converts a USB-signal to ethernet compatible frames + which does not require a special driver? Id like to separate the SDR-USB-dongle from the Raspberry like this:
Antenna → USB-SDR → USB2ethernet → VLAN-Switch → Fiber → VLAN-Switch → USB2ethernet → Raspberry
I found a few things:
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cheapo 15€ USB-LAN “converter”, they simply connect the USB-Pins to the wires of the ethernet-cable
https://www.amazon.de/LogiLink-Verlängerungskabel-über-CAT5-Meter/dp/B001TOG6MM/ref=pd_day0fbt_img_2/257-0796377-6889721?pd_rd_w=QJgWn&pf_rd_p=b05122f6-332d-40a2-8ac8-1eab28fc19be&pf_rd_r=B69A146T61NRKFSPJSBN&pd_rd_r=b3ae2deb-293a-4094-833a-fe2ecab6fce3&pd_rd_wg=3l092&pd_rd_i=B001TOG6MM&psc=1 -
50€ USB-Extender, they convert the USB-Signal to something proprietary + they require a dedicated straight-through LAN-cable
https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B08CZ925XB/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 -
100€+X USB-Server, not really Linux compatibel
LINK (sorry cant post 3 links, only 2 are allowed for me…)
I ask because Id like to have the decoding-Raspi im my server-rack. The antenna is about 50m away. But I have a VLAN/fiber-switch at the point of the antenna. So, a USB-to-Ethernet-Converter which allows me to use the Fiber-VLAN-Trunk, would be a perfect solution.
Unfortunately I found only cheap devices which are not suitable, the 50 € range devices, which do everything, except they need a dedicated straight-through copper-cable. And USB-Server, which require a didicated dirver, which is not available for Linux.
Any recommendations?
Thanks