While it's more expensive the native gigabit ethernet ports are nice to have. I use my RPi as a dev server/file server and I sometimes have problems with the US

While it's more expensive the native gigabit ethernet ports are nice to have. I use my RPi as a dev server/file server and I sometimes have problems with the USB based ethernet going brain dead and needing a USB bus reset (I keep a USB wifi adapter plugged in so I can still SSH in). I don't really fault the RPi since I'm not using it for what its designed for (hell, the ARM CPU is actually the coprocessor to the GPU[1]). I think I'll pick one up. It will make for a much better dev server/Time Capsule clone/AirPlay server clone/router than my PI, and then I'll have a free RPi to use as a micro-controller. [1]http://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/7122/level-of-hackability-of-raspberry-pi http://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/7122/level-of...