Later on, I might add a USB31000S in the mix, but I will do some initial testing with USB 3 gigabit ethernet adapters based on Realtek RTL8153 and Asix AX88179 chips.
Things I will focus on with my Retina MacBook Pro 2015 model are:
CPU usage
Throughput
Duration between reconnect on USB after suspend, and renewing the DHCP lease
A first impression from the above links is that for Realtek chipset based devices, drivers are more readily included in operating systems, and these chipsets are better at VLAN handling.
Note to self: looking at the various patch cables, it looks like most manufacturers prefer T568B over T568A. Not sure why. I adopted T568B to avoid any confusion.
What’s really cool is that the tool accepts a very lenient formatting of inputs: full, partial, various hex separators (including none), case insensitive, and vendor names/abbreviations. So entries like these magically work.
Interesting device: Our review of the MikroTik CRS226-24G-2S+RM a 1U rackmount 24 port gigabit switch with dual 10 gigabit Ethernet SFP+ ports and a slick management interface.
RouterOS runs on many kinds of hardware. Of course on the MikroTik hardware itself (which always comes with a license), but also on x86 hardware, even virtualized systems.
In that respect, it looks a bit like pfSense, or Endian, but on steroids and closed source.
Here are some links focused on MikroTik on ESXi (which is great for experimental purposes):
The Wiert Corner - irregular stream of stuff 