USB Network Drivers

 OK, so I found out that the USB 2.0 Ethernet Adapter does not work on NUC because it is using ICS Advent DM9601 Fast Ethernet Adapter

The USB Type C works fine though, although it goes to max 100Mbps

[root@ESXi01:~] lsusb -tv

Bus#  1

`-Dev#   1 Vendor 0x0e0f Product 0x8003 VMware, Inc. Root Hub

  |-Dev#   3 Vendor 0x090c Product 0x1000 Silicon Motion, Inc. - Taiwan (formerly Feiya Technology Corp.) Flash Drive

  |-Dev#   4 Vendor 0x214b Product 0x7250

  | |-Dev#   5 Vendor 0x0bda Product 0x8152 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8152 Fast Ethernet Adapter

  | `-Dev#   2 Vendor 0x0fe6 Product 0x9700 ICS Advent DM9601 Fast Ethernet Adapter

  |-Dev#   7 Vendor 0x0bda Product 0x8152 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8152 Fast Ethernet Adapter

  `-Dev#   8 Vendor 0x8087 Product 0x0026 Intel Corp.

Bus#  2

`-Dev#   1 Vendor 0x0e0f Product 0x8003 VMware, Inc. Root Hub

[root@ESXi01:~] esxcli network nic list

Name    PCI Device    Driver  Admin Status  Link Status  Speed  Duplex  MAC Address         MTU  Description

------  ------------  ------  ------------  -----------  -----  ------  -----------------  ----  -----------

vmnic0  0000:00:1f.6  ne1000  Up            Up            1000  Full    1c:69:7a:6b:a3:e5  1500  Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection (10) I219-V

vusb0   Pseudo        uether  Up            Up             100  Full    00:e0:4c:36:06:21  1500  Realtek USB 10100 LAN

vusb1   Pseudo        uether  Up            Up             100  Full    00:e0:4c:36:01:44  1500  Realtek USB 10100 LAN