Surprisingly difficult to get a USB-Ethernet adapter

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I was asked to test a connection using an Ethernet connection from a client. The problem was that the laptop didn’t have an Ethernet adapter.

No problem I thought. I’m in the middle of NYC. I checked with Target but no dice. Target has a very weak selection of electronics. There was a Best Buy 10 miles away so I went to that.

However I looked where I was told to look and didn’t see anything. It turns out that they were taking the stuff away since it wasn’t selling and just by chance the employee found an open box laying upside down on the floor and it was what I needed.

It makes you feel old when an Ethernet connection is a hard thing to buy for. Are we really all WiFi that there is no need for Ethernet adapters anymore?

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