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I use this one: https://us.dlink.com/en/products/dub-e250-usb-c-to-25g-ethernet-adapter
Fast and relatively low power. Unfortunately currently out of stock.
Fast and relatively low power. Unfortunately currently out of stock.
24 kbps is slow even for a dial-up modem and likely wrong. Check what you get here:
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Run a speed test on your wifi to find out how fast it is. Is it fast enough for what your use? Depending on what your use case and wifi speed are will help decide if you’re better off using ethernet. Just how high a speed to you need to handle your needs? Large downloads will go faster over ethernet etc but do you need your car to go 150mph even though it could?
My M1 iMac is connected to ethernet all the time but I don’t use it that much. I use my other devices (M2 MBA, iPad Pro etc) primarily over wifi for ordinary use such as browsing, email, texting, Twitter etc.
Big different between MBps and Mbps.
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But not fast enough to be held back by Wifi unless something is wrong or very old. I have 1000Mbit/s broadband. With Wifi I get about 600 Mbit/s and with an Ethernet cable I get 980 Mbit/s at worst. Getting 14 Mbit/s from a plan that maxes out at 24 Mbit/s is not terrible depending on the type of connection. A DSL connection can be sensitive to the amount of traffic in the neighborhood for instance.
I used to have DSL 25 and I found the D/U speed to be very consistent over wireless and wired, unlike my experience with my previous cable ISPs.
I now have 1.5 and can get about 800 down with my air 4 and 1.5/1.0 on my wired desktop.
Question: I used to use an ethernet - USB connector on a MacBook when I was in conferences that had ethernet outlets. This was years ago, in the days before USB2. I've always assumed that the weak (slowest) link in using the adapter cable was the limited speed of the USB port on the laptop, and so I'd never see faster than than the USB capability. But in those days, it was still better than using WiFi because back then, WiFi speeds were slow and unreliable. Particularly if the conference room had too many people sharing the same WiFi network and/or the room was large.
Is that a correct assumption?
Is that a correct assumption?
Do NOT get the USB-C to Ethernet adapter sold by Apple. It does not have the proper drivers to operate at 1 GIG and will instead operate at 100 MBPS. Get the Anker adapter to get true 1 GIG or 2.5 GIG speeds.
Uhh...yeah lmao. You just need an adapter with an ethernet port. You can get one at Amazon or Best Buy for $14
Yes. Everytime it is worth it. Wired will always be superior to wireless as you will have a more stable connection. Ethernet can send and receive data at the same time. Wifi can only send or receive, not both, which results in lag and packet loss.
A little bit yes and a little bit no. USB 4/TB3 is fast enough to handle 10Gb ethernet but adapters for 10Gb ethernet are still really expensive. Most you can find are 1Gb or even 100Mbs.
The speed of the USB port will limit the speed of the ethernet port but the chipset of the adapter will also limit the speed.
Your internet is not fast enough to warrant using a direct Ethernet connection unless you are going for lower latency for games or something. Your WiFi will suffice.
If you have fast internet and a 6E router then WiFi can be faster since 1 Gbps wired tops out at ~920 Kbps. I can get ~1400 Kbps on WiFi 6E. Could be less stable though.
Yeah, but in that scenario the (much cheaper) adapter could be 2.5 GbE, or even 10 GbE (as is my case.)