alt Hacker NewsI don't mind calling the connector an RJ45, but calling this thing an "RJ45 dongle" makes my eye twitch. It's an Ethernet dongle - RJ45 can be used for a lot of other things. For example I've seen "RJ45 dongles" that convert USB to RS232 serial for the console ports on a lot of networking equipment.
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account42 • 01/20/2025
But ethernet is also used with different connectors so that wouldn't be specific enough either.
Maybe we can all agree to call them Ethernet over unkeyed 8P8C dongles.
dtgriscom • 01/17/2025
At least they didn’t call it a wired WiFi dongle.