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Plugable USB 3.0 to Ethernet Gigabit 10/100/1000 LAN Network Adapter (ASIX AX88179 chipset Compatible With Windows 10, 8.1, 8, 7, XP, Linux, OS X/macOS, Switch Game Console, Chrome OS)

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Reviews around price (4.55 of 5)

  • Great price, works perfectly with no setup, and the extra length of it ensures it can connect inside the dock (where the USB 3.0 connector is) nice and easy
  • This adapter works flawlessly and at a much cheaper price than the adapter that is officially licensed by Nintendo.
  • Positives:* great price, even cheaper than USB 2.0 GigE adapters
  • works great, fantastic price 60mbs through the router, who can beat that
  • Great price, works perfectly with no setup, and the extra length of it ensures it can connect inside the dock (where the USB 3.0 connector is) nice and easy
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Reviews around work (4.53 of 5)

  • Well built, works as described, easy to install, a little pricey, you'll need USB 3.0 to see any improvements over 2.0, stick to wired Ethernet if you can, my media player experienced more "buffering" with this adapter
  • Plugable said there was a chance it could be a defective unit that only worked on USB 2.0 but not the newer USB 3.0 on the Dell.
  • This works extremely well and comes in handy especially with some of the new laptops.
  • Junk, stopped working after a 2 months!
  • This works well, is easy to use, and is reasonably priced.
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Reviews around advertise (4.41 of 5)

  • Once that was figured out, it was very quick to install and has given me back Ethernet on a Mac with a broken E-port
  • This small, inexpensive device worked exactly as advertised
  • Arrived on time, worked as advertised, though I did have to search a bit for a device driver.
  • Once that was figured out, it was very quick to install and has given me back Ethernet on a Mac with a broken E-port
  • The performance is better than I expected and shows no issue feeding a Hyper-V switch that has 4 computers running 24x7
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Reviews around quality (4.38 of 5)

  • Quality looks very good...have not had a chance to install it.
  • While appearing of average to good build quality these are terrible adapters
  • Great quality, arrived on time, no complaints, have several
  • Great quality and same technology as the certified Nintendo adapter but much cheaper
  • Overall this particular product from Plugable seems to work well and as advertised, though it's got some questionable quality in regard to the actual ethernet port itself
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Reviews around expect (4.01 of 5)

  • Once that was figured out, it was very quick to install and has given me back Ethernet on a Mac with a broken E-port
  • I've purchased several of these and they work as expected, initially.
  • Once that was figured out, it was very quick to install and has given me back Ethernet on a Mac with a broken E-port
  • Unfortunately, this adapter did not work as expected on my older computers
  • Followed the instructions (simple enough) and plugged the device, and it worked as expected
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Reviews around describe (4.01 of 5)

  • Once that was figured out, it was very quick to install and has given me back Ethernet on a Mac with a broken E-port
  • It pretty much had the same connection speed as my WiFi connection (802.11ac), it was a little less than 1 MB/s slower.
  • Well built, works as described, easy to install, a little pricey, you'll need USB 3.0 to see any improvements over 2.0, stick to wired Ethernet if you can, my media player experienced more "buffering" with this adapter
  • The adapter was very easy to setup with my MacBook Air and it delivers high-speed internet access as fast as described.
  • Once that was figured out, it was very quick to install and has given me back Ethernet on a Mac with a broken E-port
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Reviews around adapter (4.00 of 5)

  • This adapter delivers excellent speed, limited only by my router and gigabit network switch.
  • Works great as a LAN cable adapter for devices which have a USB port but no LAN port.
  • I bought this network adapter for my Nintendo Switch.. and it works perfect!
  • This adapter works flawlessly and at a much cheaper price than the adapter that is officially licensed by Nintendo.
  • I was using a different USB/Ethernet adapter, and I have several of those, but I can't use more than one because Windows 7 gets confused when multiple adapters with the same chipset are connected
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Reviews around item (3.78 of 5)

  • Needed a lan connection to USB C. Bought the wrong item and had to return this
  • Once that was figured out, it was very quick to install and has given me back Ethernet on a Mac with a broken E-port
  • Good item, this is my first time buying something like this and tried it a couple of times and works great with my laptop
  • Very handy item keeps me from plugging and unplugging adapters.
  • Found this item which was a few dollars more than the USB 2.0 version and the small extra cost was well worth it.
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Reviews around usb (3.65 of 5)

  • I highly recommend thePlugable® USB 3.0 to 10/100/1000 Gigabit
  • highly recommend, also its usb 3.0 which is a big plus.
  • I would easily recommend this to anyone that needs and easy to install and fast Ethernet to USB adapter.
  • I had a miniPC with no ethernet jack, so I plugged this into a USB 2.0 hub (bad news, I know) and into a
  • The Plugable USB 3.0 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet adapter is great!
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Reviews around speed (3.61 of 5)

  • The speeds on my switch are slower than if I was using wireless
  • This adapter delivers excellent speed, limited only by my router and gigabit network switch.
  • Upload and download speeds were fast and the adapter performed well
  • Works great with top speeds thanks to USB 3.0 and Gigabit Ethernet
  • Very pleased with this adapter and plan to order another one for 'just in case' as there is NO WAY I'm going back to the days of the slower internet speed
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Reviews around connection (3.47 of 5)

  • Needed a faster connection on my Nintendo Switch for online play
  • 'Worked great for about ten minutes and then lost connection
  • Plugged in and immediately had a fast Ethernet connection.
  • Bought it to play Splatoon 2 on my Nintendo Switch online with a better internet connection
  • This connection was even faster than the native ethernet port
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Reviews around device (3.00 of 5)

  • This small, inexpensive device worked exactly as advertised
  • Once that was figured out, it was very quick to install and has given me back Ethernet on a Mac with a broken E-port
  • and I still have these USB 3.0 devices giving me issues with BSOD
  • , I can't image a better cost effective network device.
  • The device works prefectly now i can connect to the internet on my switch with
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Reviews around wifi (1.33 of 5)

  • Also very handy with my Windows tablet that only as WiFi.
  • Windows 10 laptop, with marginal WiFi coverage, but a nice gigabit hard wire jack next to it
  • Nice to be able to bypass slow WiFi and connect directly to my fast ethernet DSL
  • Plugged in my Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro because the wifi was sporadic, and it worked great
  • Since the wifi at work is unreliable, I bought this connector to connect my laptop to the ethernet cable.
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Reviews around wire (1.00 of 5)

  • I ordered this to have a hard wired connection on my iMac.
  • And every once in a while you need a hard wired Ethernet connection.
  • For the perils of multiple users accessing a local QuickBooks server database over wifi do a Google search on "quickbooks sln41481".Anyway, I'm back in business connecting to our local QuickBooks server via a hard wired Ethernet connection
  • I use in on hard wired HTPC set ut and it gives real boost over wifi speed 1gb easy
  • Our office has a local QuickBooks server that I need to access via a hard-wired connection
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Reviews around bite (1.00 of 5)

  • works very good; but living in a condo, but in the afternoon the wireless traffic in the area really picks up & of course slows down a bit; Hooked it up about a week ago in the afternoon, & I did not see much difference in speed; by the next Morning, it really starting picking up the speed & after a couple of days it really got super quick for my Chromebook and it is constantly quick regardless of the time of the day; Just plug & play on the Chromebook; & hey guys, for less than $20 bucks this is a steal; I picked up the USB 3.0 Model since it is backward compatible since I will use on my next unit; Go Ahead;
  • It's a bit tricky to install if you are also missing a CD drive, but not terrible.
  • I may muck with it a bit before I return it, but for now my verdict is do not recommend for linux users
  • Once that was figured out, it was very quick to install and has given me back Ethernet on a Mac with a broken E-port
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Reviews around drive (1.00 of 5)

  • I was copying to a usb 3.0 SATA hard-drive on the same laptop.
  • Once that was figured out, it was very quick to install and has given me back Ethernet on a Mac with a broken E-port
  • 3.0 pci adapter a year ago to take advantage of a usb 3.0 external hard drive I bought
  • The performance is better than I expected and shows no issue feeding a Hyper-V switch that has 4 computers running 24x7
  • Of course at USB 2.0 it transfers at 160 mbps, but once I switch it to the 3.0 USB port it goes up to 400+ mbps under normal operating circumstances, this means single hard drive in both network PCs and all apps running.
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