iOS: Connecting your iPad to Ethernet

iPad Ethernet Rig

Note: iOS 9.x adjusted the sensitivity to USB bus power and so some older hubs don't work any more.
We tested it with a new Belkin F4U073 and it worked.


Items Needed:

• iOS Device
• Powered USB Hub
• USB Ethernet Adapter
• USB A to USB B Cable or a USB A to USB A Cable (An A-A cable would be unusual, but will depend on the hub. Use the cable that came with the USB Hub)
• Lighting to USB Adapter
• Ethernet Switch/Router

Process: (In no specific order)

• Disable WiFi and cellular data on the iOS Device.
• Connect one end of the ethernet cable into a free port on the switch, and the other end into the ethernet port on the USB Ethernet Adapter.
• Connect the USB end of the adapter to any of the USB ports on the USB hub.
• Connect the USB A cable to the USB hub.
• Connect the power cable for the USB hub to the hub and plug the other end into a wall outlet.
• Connect the USB end of the Lighting to USB Adapter to the other end of the USB cable that came with your USB hub.
• Connect the Lightning end of the adapter into your iPad.