Macbook air 13 connecting to ethernet?

I am moving to University in a few weeks and my halls has no WiFi, just ethernet connection. I have recently bought a macbook air and I know I need an USB to Ethernet adapter, but Ive read bad reviews about apples one, saying that after a few months it just stops working. These were old reviews however there are no newer ones to compare to, so can anybody tell me the best alternatives or whether apple have fixed this issue? Thank you

Get a WiFI router, Airport Express or whatever, and connect that to Ethernet and make your own WiFi network.

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I have an older MacBook (2.2Ghz running 10.7.2 also) with no issues connecting to other computers over the wifi if they are on ethernet. My old MacBook and the Air can also communicate no problem over wifi, but if I connect my old MacBook to the ethernet connection I cannot ping it from the Air.
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See how this part goes too. I can't remember some of the detail in Vista.
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> 1. If the MBA is connected to the
> a. the Technicolor SSIDs, is the behavior the same (poziom-k testing shows that a second AP causes problems).
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> b. can the Technicolor be replaced easily by an Airport Express/Extreme, to repeat this test?
Unfortunately, Technicolor in router mode is required by my ISP.
> 2. Instead of WiFi, if the MBA is cabled to the secondary AP, is the behavior the same?
Yes.
> 3. Has Wireless RF interference been ruled out for dropped connections?
Yes. A Windows machine and several iOS mobile devices work flawlesly for me.
> 4. If the MBA has a wired connection to the Technicolor, does the problem still exist?
No. The problem occurs only if connected through additional AP.
> 5. Have packets been captured at each interesting point in the topology to see where are packets drops occurring? netstat -s is probably worth looking at > such points. Wireshark (or similar tools) can help.
Not yet. I will not have a chance to do it for the next few days though :/

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