Currently, MonoPrice has this Monoprice Mobile Series USB-C to 3-Port USB 3.0, RJ45 Gigabit Adapter with Folding USB Type-C Connector US $8.62 + Free S/H wo US. It comes with a 1 Gbps RJ45 port + some USB2/3 ports. So, one may think this would be a perfect device to hack as a NAS. Well, the answer in one of the "Questions & Answers" section indicates it can NOT act as a NAS. I tried to search through Google to find more hardware (i.e. CPU, RAM, etc.) information about this device to no avail. If we know the CPU and the amount of RAM on this device, perhaps it can be hacked to run Linux and turned into a NAS. What do you think?
Since the price is pretty affordable, one non-hacking (instant) application I can think of is probably to allow any old computers to attain 100 Mbps Internet connection by connecting one of its USB2 ports to any of the USB2/3 ports on this device. For instance, an old SONY PlayStation 2 only has a 10 MBps RJ45 port with some USB2 port. Using this device, it is possible to make the old SONY PlayStation 2 to achieve a 100Mbps internet connection.
Since the price is pretty affordable, one non-hacking (instant) application I can think of is probably to allow any old computers to attain 100 Mbps Internet connection by connecting one of its USB2 ports to any of the USB2/3 ports on this device. For instance, an old SONY PlayStation 2 only has a 10 MBps RJ45 port with some USB2 port. Using this device, it is possible to make the old SONY PlayStation 2 to achieve a 100Mbps internet connection.