USB 3.0 Ethernet Adapter with full gigabit speeds?

[el-John-o]

Hey friends!

Reviews on Amazon are unhelpful. I'm searching for a USB 3.0 gigabit ethernet adapter that will handle a full gigabit load. Reviews online show people reporting various models both do and do not actually see those speeds. It's possible that they don't; and the people who say they do just see "1.0Gbps" in Windows and assume it does. It's also possible they do; and the people who are testing them have disk/cpu bottlenecks. It's frustrating!

So I'm turning to you all! I know that I can sustain ~900mbps to my server from my Windows PC; faster than I can obtain via Wi-Fi on my 2016 15" MBP. Have any of you found a USB 3.0 adapter that successfully achieves full gigabit speeds? It would ideally be a USB 3.0 (Type A) device, as I have all four USB-C ports populated (2x 4K panels, charge, and the displays in-built USB 3 hubs daisy chained together and then connected via an A to C adapter). This adapter would connect to one of my displays existing USB 3.0 ports. (The next issue is, of course, whether there's enough USB bandwidth to handle transferring large files from a USB 3.0 RAID array through a USB 3.0 gigabit adapter on the same bus. In theory; it should be plenty, since Ethernet will bottleneck the drives anyway.)

Thoughts? Suggestions?

THANKS!

 

[Howard2k]

I have an USB3 Insignia thing from Best Buy.

My recollection is that my HP with on-board Gig E can pull from the NAS about about 80MB/s (tried it a month or so ago for laughs). I suspect that's a limitation of my HP's storage, but not 100% sure.

So I tested the USB3 with my 2015 MBPro evening for the first time, actually checking the results, and I was surprised. I assumed it was faster than my AC1750 wifi, but I was pleasantly surprised how much faster it was.

I was hitting peaks of 126MB/s, according to Activity Monitor. I bounced between that and perhaps 96Mb/s, so perhaps 888Mb/s. Without knowing exactly how that is calculated, I'm willing to accept that its a surprisingly capable adaptor. Insignia NS-PU98635.

 

[apiro]

Hey friends!

Reviews on Amazon are unhelpful. I'm searching for a USB 3.0 gigabit ethernet adapter that will handle a full gigabit load. Reviews online show people reporting various models both do and do not actually see those speeds. It's possible that they don't; and the people who say they do just see "1.0Gbps" in Windows and assume it does. It's also possible they do; and the people who are testing them have disk/cpu bottlenecks. It's frustrating!

So I'm turning to you all! I know that I can sustain ~900mbps to my server from my Windows PC; faster than I can obtain via Wi-Fi on my 2016 15" MBP. Have any of you found a USB 3.0 adapter that successfully achieves full gigabit speeds? It would ideally be a USB 3.0 (Type A) device, as I have all four USB-C ports populated (2x 4K panels, charge, and the displays in-built USB 3 hubs daisy chained together and then connected via an A to C adapter). This adapter would connect to one of my displays existing USB 3.0 ports. (The next issue is, of course, whether there's enough USB bandwidth to handle transferring large files from a USB 3.0 RAID array through a USB 3.0 gigabit adapter on the same bus. In theory; it should be plenty, since Ethernet will bottleneck the drives anyway.)

Thoughts? Suggestions?

THANKS!

I have this one https://www.amazon.com/Vantec-Gigabit-Ethernet-Network-CB-U320GNA/dp/B00V75ZGO2 - gigabit on both of its ports via MBP 15" late 2013.

 

[Mr. Retrofire]

Thoughts? Suggestions?

THANKS!

I use this USB 3.0 to Ethernet Adapter (the USB A version):

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07D724XXL/

It is available under many different brand names (Atolla, Techole) and a bit cheaper on ebay. The Ethernetport supports up to 980 MBit/s in real tests and the USB 3.0 ports support UASP (I tested this with an external SSD). The USB A version uses a Realtek RTL8153. Works without additional drivers on OS X / macOS 10.11 or newer.

 

[deeddawg]

I was hitting peaks of 126MB/s, according to Activity Monitor. I bounced between that and perhaps 96Mb/s, so perhaps 888Mb/s. Without knowing exactly how that is calculated, I'm willing to accept that its a surprisingly capable adaptor. Insignia NS-PU98635.

If your NAS is a small SOHO dual-drive-mirrored unit, then those speeds are likely HDD limited. Though lots of other factors could be in play such as competing network traffic.

I have this little adapter: https://www.tripplite.com/usb-3.1-g...t-thunderbolt-3-compatible-4kx2k~U44406NH4GUC
Testing via my fiber ISP connection I've measures ~920-940Mbps each direction. Didn't do a test against my NAS though.