Ethernet Passthrough via USB #345

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opened 2026-02-20 08:22:06 -05:00 by deekerman · 2 comments

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Originally created by @maxbin123 on GitHub (Jun 23, 2025).

That will be a great feature if we could emulate USB network adapter also to provide network access via single ethernet cable. I get that usually jetkvm is a sidekick device, but it would be nice feature to have on always connected device too

Originally created by @maxbin123 on GitHub (Jun 23, 2025). That will be a great feature if we could emulate USB network adapter also to provide network access via single ethernet cable. I get that usually jetkvm is a sidekick device, but it would be nice feature to have on always connected device too

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@dionorgua commented on GitHub (Jun 25, 2025):

I agree here. It don't need to be very fast. Also not sure which USB ethernet adpater to choose. pikvm documentation have support matrix for them.

Ideally it should support two options:

bridge (so that it's possible to unplug ethernet cable from machine itself, plug it to JetKVM and keep IP address)
host-only with optional NAT (where JetKVM is a 'router')

@dionorgua commented on GitHub (Jun 25, 2025): I agree here. It don't need to be very fast. Also not sure which USB ethernet adpater to choose. pikvm documentation have support matrix for them. Ideally it should support two options: - bridge (so that it's possible to unplug ethernet cable from machine itself, plug it to JetKVM and keep IP address) - host-only with optional NAT (where JetKVM is a 'router')

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@IDisposable commented on GitHub (Jul 1, 2025):

@dlorch started that work, still in draft date https://github.com/jetkvm/kvm/pull/459

@IDisposable commented on GitHub (Jul 1, 2025): @dlorch started that work, still in draft date https://github.com/jetkvm/kvm/pull/459