went and checked out the D-Link and ordered one for 40 EUR. seems like it plays nicely with Monterey. I'll report back how it goes!
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USB-C Ethernet unreliable
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I've been using mine just about everyday for the last few months and it has worked flawlessly. Someone here tested (on Big Sur probably) with hundreds of gigabytes and it was reliable. Best part is that it is using very little battery compared to the RTL8153 adapter I was using previously.
So it won't utilize M1 CPU? Does that work reliably and does it support also Ventura?
The driver doesn't show up at the top of the CPU utilization list in Activity Monitor like the AppleUserECM version did. That doesn't mean it doesn't use any CPU. I suspect that AppleECM driver is in user space since it is com.apple.DriverKit and is labeled as AppleUserECM. The ncm driver is probably a kext and as such won't necessarily show up separately in Activity Monitor. But overall the amount of CPU seems quite a bit lower with the D-Link.
I haven't tested on Ventura. I have a VM version of Ventura but that won't help for testing this.
Unfortunately, I couldn't get it to work at all, presumably because my switch doesn't support link aggregation.I have an aggregate with the onboard ETH port as well as with my Anker 5-in-one Ethernet hub. However, as soon as I restart, one of the ports stops having a proper link and it shows up as "invalid link" in the aggregate details. I have to delete the aggregate completely and set it up from scratch. In some cases, the whole device is not recognized and I have to do a couple of reboots to get it working again. It has been keeping me quite annoyed in the last few months
I guess I would say to go ahead and pick up the adapter from Amazon and if it doesn't work then... well, it's a pretty simple return process. Not a lot to lose.
Fantastic thread. I have Anker USB adapters and they've worked fine but I use WiFi the vast majority of the time. I also have the TB2 Apple adapters and I'd need a TB2 to USBC adapter. I may get one if I decide that I need the performance compared to WiFi. I think that unlikely though. Apple could put an Ethernet port in a future MacBook Pro to solve this problem.
An ethernet port is probably too thick to fit. The smallest I was able to find is about 0.53" which is going to be tough to fit in a 0.61" chassis (don't forget that part of that height is the screen.)
It’s also one of the ports that benefits the least from inclusion. Most Ethernet installations are stationary, and you can just keep a dongle on the end of the Ethernet cable.
There are certainly times, like traveling, where it’s annoying, but honestly I rarely miss its inclusion these days.
There are certainly times, like traveling, where it’s annoying, but honestly I rarely miss its inclusion these days.
Unfortunately, this Belkin power pass-through Ethernet dongle uses the crappy RTL8153 that requires the bad built-in CDC-ECM driver.
Do you think this $34 adapter has the RTL8156B(S)G - https://www.amazon.com/2-5GBase-T-RTL8156B-Ethernet-Controller-Mobilephone/dp/B0989SLQSL/L ? Listing says RTL8156B, so it's missing the (S)G suffix
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So the plot thickens after a better reading of the item's description - https://www.amazon.com/2-5GBase-T-RTL8156B-Ethernet-Controller-Mobilephone/dp/B0989SLQSL .
If you look at the screenshot, RTL8156B(S) without G suffix is mentioned twice in the product's description. I'm taking a chance and ordering it for $34 USD.
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Is there any problems with DUB-E250 after MacBook with either Monterey or Ventura OS waking from sleep mode?
I read Amazon reviews someone complaining about this reverting to 100Mbps after wake up.
Also do you need to remove and replug this after rebooting or power cycling Mac?
I just put my mac to sleep and woke it up again - and both Ethernet interfaces are still operational at full speed. I haven't been able to test this in single mode yet but if I do this command at the terminal, it shows me the speed my current USB ethernet device is running at. en16 being the D-Link:
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ifconfig en16 | grep mediathis outputs the following:
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media: autoselect (1000baseT <full-duplex>)which means it currently runs at 1Gb/s. that makes sense since the device at the other end has a maximum speed of 1Gb/s
just did the same thing on my Macbook Air M1. one of the ports did not recognize the adapter. the second one did. not sure what caused that. I set up a working single-port connection with my other ethernet-connected device and it worked perfectly - even after waking up from sleep. connection-speed is still at max. not sure what problem that guy on amazon had but it was probably either a faulty device or at the time, the OS had a bug - or third case: it was a fake comment
Thank you again! This 40$ adapter just seemed to have solved all my problems.
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OK. Thanks for the info. I guess I'll get this one for my MBP 14".just did the same thing on my Macbook Air M1. one of the ports did not recognize the adapter. the second one did. not sure what caused that. I set up a working single-port connection with my other ethernet-connected device and it worked perfectly - even after waking up from sleep. connection-speed is still at max. not sure what problem that guy on amazon had but it was probably either a faulty device or at the time, the OS had a bug - or third case: it was a fake comment
Just out of curiosity, does that port not detecting this adapter still work with other devices? I mean port it not dead (or killed by some adapter)?
good one. I just plugged in some other stuff, like my old Syncrosoft elicenser dongle, plugged into a USB-C hub and it worked fine. not sure what that was, maybe just a quirk...
OK, definitely sounds that port is not dead. Probably some quirk in OS. Something that I've seen happening in my Windows PC's occasionally. Usually it could have been solved in device manager. I'm not that familiar with MacOS knowing how to do similar tricks there to fix this type of things.
So Pluggable support (via email) says their $29 USBC-E2500 has the RTL8156B(S)G - https://www.amazon.com/Plugable-Ethernet-Adapter-Compatible-Thunderbolt/dp/B084L4JL9K
The latest screenshot someone posted from System Information has "Version: 31.04." This confirms that it's using the RTL8156BG chip.
Version:
RTL8156 - 30.00
RTL8156B - 31.00
RTL8156BG - 31.xx
So the bad news is that the $29 Plugable USBC-E2500 and the $34 ULANSeN USBC8156B both have the RTL8156B chip. This is after Plugable support told me otherwise and the description of the ULANSeN USBC8156B is a tad deceptive. I'm hoping someone finds a cheap adapter soon with the RTL8156B(S)G.
like this one on walmart? https://www.walmart.com/ip/USB-C-to...E-C-RTL8156B-USB-10-100-1000M-2-5G/1465827230