In the Keynote and on the website (http://www.apple.com/shop/product/MK0W2/lightning-to-usb-3-camera-adapter?fnode= 37) you say they you can use a USB Ethernet adapter with this device . I have the adapter I tried a Insignia USB to Ethernet adapter it did not work... Which ones will work????
iPad Air, iOS 9.3
So far I have tried J5Create USB 3.0 Ethernet & Hub Adapter and Insignia USB to Ethernet Adapter with no luck...
usb devices require device drivers, the only device driver ios has build in is usb mass storage so no made for normal computer usb devices will not work on ios devices
I got it working... with some trial and error apple has a built in device drivers for thier USB to Ethernet adapter... (I did not know they sold one) It works great... I am using me iPad with the device in Airplane mode... There does not seem to be a place for the IP settings so it will only use DHCP
You just need for following hardware
- iPad with a lighting connector (only tried a IPad AIr and 6s+ so far)
- Lighting to USB 3 Connector (http://www.apple.com/shop/product/MK0W2/lightning-to-usb-3-camera-adapter?fnode= 37)
- Apple USB to Ethernet (http://www.apple.com/shop/product/MC704LL/A/apple-usb-ethernet-adapter)
- Any Lighting Cable
Just plug in the Lighting Cable to the Lighting to USB 3 then plug the USB to Ethernet to the Lighting to USB 3 and plug that into the iPad... Turn on Airplane mode or turn off wifi and you are good to go...
Issues:
- No settings for Ethernet available so you have no way of setting the IP or any advanced settings
- A lot of apps think the internet is not available. So they popup a turn off airplane mode
- the cable is bulky... I will be trying a lighting extension cable that I found on amazon...
- The guys at the apple store and the twitter don't know anything about this
I was able to get this working on an iPhone 6s, however not on an iPad Air 2. Tricky that there's no way to configure the interface or the IP settings at the OS level.
I have an iPad Air 128GB and using the Lightning to USB 3 (connected to power) + Apple USB Ethernet adapter + DHCP internet connection, works fine for most if not all of the apps I use - including Mail, Safari, Plex, Evernote, Dropbox.
The combination of cables is less than elegant. Would be interested to see what (if any) lightning extension cables work.
lighting to USB 3 and Ethernet
