Fairphone 4 with a lan cable

[Jo5]

I would like to connect a LAN cable to a Fairphone 4, my question now is, is that even possible? I have only found that you need an OTG connection for this. But now I don’t know what kind of adapter I need and whether I have to set it up somehow.
I would be delighted if someone could help me with this.

[Incanus]

Welcome to the Fairphone community.

OTG is something before USB-C was used. So now a standard USB-C Ethernet Adapter should work hardware wise. Whether a FP4 has the necessary software built in is beyond my experience, as I don’t have one.

Which software is running on your phone BTW?

Here an example for an adapter:

Ugreen USB C to Ethernet Adapter

[Jo5]

I have Android 13 on my mobile phone

[Incanus]

In which flavor? FPOS, /e/OS, CalyxOS… ?

I guess its the standard Fairphone software FPOS?

[Jo5]

Unfortunately, I don’t know how to watch it. But it will probably be standard.

[Incanus]

What would you like to watch? And what’s the reason for the LAN connection anyway?

[Jo5]

I want to have less radiation and then I don’t need so much mobile data because we don’t have wifi.

[Jens1]

There are also USB Hubs that include an ethernet adapter and there is the topic of charging the phone at once. Maybe not every hub supports this reverse charging. I am not firm in this topic.

[yvmuell]

FP4 wiki: Tested USB-C Ethernet/Audio/Display adapters and Docking stations

Hey all. There seems to be a lot of hassle for people trying to figure out which accessories will work for them. Let’s make this collective wiki where anyone can share his/her findings. I’ll sketch a structure, but it might change over time if it seems insufficient. Please, fill in all fields you can when adding a new entry. This is a wiki, so everyone can edit to add experiences. ATTENTION!! This wiki is just a list by FP4 users. It is there to share experience with USB-C peripherals. It is n…

[Lars_Hennig]

I have both a USB-C Dock with HDMI and LAN (Targus AWU420GL) as well as an USB-C LAN adapter (HP, RTL8153). Both work fine on my FP4.

EDIT: The dock is really great as it can also share the display on a monitor/TV and you can attache Keyboard an Mouse via USB besides the LAN (RJ45) port. Additionally it has a Micro-SD and SD slot.