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USB 2.0 Gigabit Ethernet adapter

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guho

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Jan 11, 2011
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Just wanted to share how well the Monoprice USB 2 gigabit ethernet adapter works on the new MacBook Air. It costs only $20. The speed I get is 30Mbyte/s over my wired home network. Here is the link: http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10311&cs_id=1031102&p_id=5345&seq=1&format=2

For Mac OS X, you must use the drivers on the enclosed mini-CD as the default Apple ones do not work. For Bootcamp/Windows 7, download from http://www.axis.com.tw, the chip manufacturer. Works great and much faster than Apple's fast Ethernet adapter or WLAN.
 
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rnauman821

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Jul 18, 2004
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guho said:
Just wanted to share how well the Monoprice USB 2 gigabit ethernet adapter works on the new MacBook Air. It costs only $20. The speed I get is 30Mbyte/s over my wired home network. Here is the link: http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10311&cs_id=1031102&p_id=5345&seq=1&format=2

For Mac OS X, you must use the drivers on the enclosed mini-CD as the default Apple ones do not work. For Bootcamp/Windows 7, download from http://www.axis.com.tw, the chip manufacturer. Works great and much faster than Apple's fast Ethernet adapter or WLAN.
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The bottleneck is always doing to be the USB connection.
 
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2IS

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Jan 9, 2011
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USB 2.0 has a maximum theoretical rate of 480mbps, though you'll never achieve this theoretical maximum. You'll effectively get about 320mbps max from USB 2.0 and that's assuming only a single device on the root hub. So it's faster than fast ethernet (100mbit) but slower than gigabit ethernet.
 
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weckart

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Nov 7, 2004
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My no-name Gb adapter works under Lion. The driver works under 10.4 - 10.7 equally well using the axis drivers.
 
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