Ethernet/USB HUB HAT Expansion Board for Raspberry Pi 5/4B/3B+/Zero 2W

Love Waveshare, great quality and price! Used this to build a Raspyjack and it works perfectly!

Easy plug and play for the pi 02w. If youre looking to make a network testing tool this is what you want.

Just what i needed

Well made board and it fit right onto a Pi Zero W I used to set up a Pi-Hole (DNS sink hole)--it's definitely worth looking into it, is very easy and you can find YouTube tutorials ad-nauseum. I read some of the reviews that talked about the GPIO pins not fitting, but I had no issue. To be fair, I used the USB connector and didn't have to use GPIO. The board connection is solid and the device is connected to my network in my IT closet, working for over a week non-stop without issue. I would definitely buy this again. I wish there were a case that would go with this, but if you're making PCBs, you're probably not in the case-making space too.

Board itself is great and works for what I need it for (plugging a pi zero w into router for a pihole +VPN). However, the board only shipped with two standoffs. Not the end of the world and won't prevent me from using it right away, but the sellers need to do better. That's standard quality control. Otherwise, the board itself is well made and is currently doing exactly what I bought it for.

To use with openwrt you need to add in the firmware selector: kmod-usb-net-rtl8152, leave a space between the other entries, I put it at the very start of the top section. There is another kmod-rtl8152, but that is for PCI bus and wont work for this. People having trouble with the board to board usb connectors being tight, the stand offs aren't quite the right height the usb bits get squished, I used two small washers on each end to fit perfectly. Note that on mine, the bottom usb connecter is stuck in place and there is no way I can tug on it any harder with out the risk of failure. I flashed the zero 2 board to boot usb drive first, (yes that is a thing) but had not luck booting from a usb and this hat, just a fun test so I really didn't stick with it so you might be able to make it work. Usb ports do work.

All the highly rated reviews convinced me to get this, but overall I am not happy with it. The ethernet speed seems to be exactly the same as the wifi speed, but the ethernet is more noticeably stable though. I tried to connect both the ethernet and a usb external storage ssd: It seems that when one of the ports was being used, the other would completely stop to let the other's bandwidth pass through the micro usb. It kept alternating like this and made it a nightmare to try to have it multitask, such as trying to download a large file via the ethernet port and saving that large file to the ssd on one of the usb ports. Also this hat made the pi run much hotter since it was blocking the natural air cooling, even with a heatsink attached. Connecting the micro usb to this was no problem at all, it worked the first time, although it was a pretty tight fit. All I did was look at the product pictures to see the orientation of the circuit board to know which way is up. Speaking of tight fits, all the usb-a ports are VERY tight.

I don't use these little devices like as if they're a PC, I need them for embedded sensors. Therefore these are good for that purpose however I have found that there is not much support when it comes to libraries for C++ code and you will need to write or modify just about everything you find to work with this device as it is different then your Orange Pi 2w but seems to have a more C++ support. With that being said it is a good little product much better than the ESP32.

I connected this to my USB DAC and used the Raspberry Pi as a music server using MoOde Audio OS. This is a cheap way to get to get a high quality music server. It is nearly as good sounding as a much more expensive Raspberry Pi USB Hat that is designed for audio (which I will not name).

zero2wに刺しただけで普通に使えている。zero2w用の電源用USBケーブルが付いているのも良い。付属のネジでそのまま固定してすぐ使えた。

Aún no la.instalo.pero waveshare es muy buena marcaz me llegó con todos los adaptadores bien empacado

Like most of the Waveshare products, this module is inexpensive, seems quite well designed, and works as expected. I tested it on a Raspberry Pi Zero running Raspian 11 (bullseye) with a 5.10.63 kernel. The kernel immediately recognised the High Speed USB hub on the board, and used it to configure the RTL8152B Ethernet controller without any additional drivers or configuration. The system picked up a DHCP address and was able to connect to the Internet through my router without any obvious problems. It is a little weird mechanically, with one side of the board supported by the little OTG-to-MicroB jumper board that is used to pick up the Pi's single OTG USB port in host mode. The other side of the board is supported by a pair of standoffs that are a bit short for the standard connector I had soldered to the Pi, but a thin washer avoids any stress on the board. Waveshare provides schematics for the board, which is nice. All around, I am pleased with my purchase.

The usb ports do not work. They do not recognise mouse or keyboard making the unit usless.