• Reviews around adapter (4.00 of 5)

    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)

    • This great adapter is 10/100/1000.
    • the adapter is usb 2.0 compatible
    • The Plugaable adapter worked within moments of being connected to Windows 10 OS.
    • Adapter is just fine.
    • The adapter works as advertised, very quick and easy to setup, simply plug and play.
    • I saw some sites that listed this adapter as working for the Switch and the price was very
    • This adapter works like a charm and I have not lost signal since installing.
    • Using the USB3 and the 1GB NW adapter is SO much faster than the 100MB built in
    • I bought this adapter in order to plug my laptop into wired LANs and it works perfectly!
    • The adapter also performs well in the bandwidth test in the Switch settings
    • Great quality and same technology as the certified Nintendo adapter but much cheaper
    • I bought this network adapter for my Nintendo Switch.. and it works perfect!
    • Positives:* great price, even cheaper than USB 2.0 GigE adapters
    • I do respect that Plugable sent me another adapter to try and resolve the issue, but the second adapter gave me the same issues.
    • My only wish is the adapter was a tad smaller, but still it works so well to warrant 5 stars.
    • This is a great adapter that I have used for a number of clients.
    • Unfortunately, this adapter did not work as expected on my older computers
    • This adapter however worked right out of the package
    • While appearing of average to good build quality these are terrible adapters
    • Love this adapter
    • After I unplugged to try switching USB ports, couldn't get adapter to work again at all in any port on any computer for 30 minutes, until plugged/replugged cables/ports many many times and rebooted several times, then it worked for a while
    • about half the price of Nintendo brand adapter and works great on Nintendo Switch which is my use case.
    • I wanted something that used the speed of a direct connection but although slower my external wireless adapter never drop the connection.
    • Love this adapter on my Surface Pro4.
    • this adapter performs well with it.
    • I have been using this sweet adapter for months now without ANY issues
    • This adapter works flawlessly and at a much cheaper price than the adapter that is officially licensed by Nintendo.
    • Was a little worried when Plugable emailed me with a link to a driver I may need, but I just plugged the adapter in my wonderful new Acer Chromebook and everything worked like a charm
    • For newer models or ultrabooks w/o an Ethernet port. works fine, note that it is capable of modern "top line" standards, as not all Ethernet adapters support up to 1000
    • I would recommend the Plugable adapter
    • The intention of getting a internet connection worked with this adapter however it did not play well with pfSense running on a desktop I have
    • This adapter intermittently stops working.
    • The adapter appeared to fail after about 90 days but it seems to be something related to the driver installation
    • Great adapter
    • 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
    • One of the easiest adapters I've ever used with Debian Linux.
    • Works flawlessly with Nintendo Switch, docked or undocked (with USB adapter)
    • Plugged this adapter directly into a USB 3.0 port on my Win7 Pro computer and it worked for a few minutes, then dropped the connection and reconnected.
    • Works great as a LAN cable adapter for devices which have a USB port but no LAN port.
    • The first adapter from another company simply didn't work with my Toshiba laptop running Windows 10
    • The adapter works perfectly!
    • This adapter was a life saver.
    • Upload and download speeds were fast and the adapter performed well
    • 2.0 USB Ethernet Adapter - have occasional buffering and would last about 2-3 secondsCable Matters 3.0 USB Ethernet Adapter - have occasional buffering and would last about 1-2 scondsThis adapter works the best as it will have a seldom 1/5 of a second buffering on video streaming.
    • Once you secured it again, the driver will not detect the adapter and you need to restart your system in order to for it to work again
    • Great alternative to the Nintendo branded lan adapter.
    • This adapter has put an end to this battle, and now I can work on the contracted speeds (even if I use a USB3 port on the dock station).In particular, I want to give a great round of applause to Plugable's support staff, who patiently assisted me in the task of cleaning and reconfiguring the computer to finally get the performance I was looking for.
    • After that, the adapter worked great!
    • This adapter works great
    • This plugable USB 3.0 Network adapter works great.
    • This adapter works very good
    • If you have a Nintendo Switch and you are having online connection issues then this adapter is worth every penny
    • This adapter works great with my Chromebook
    • Adapter works OK for Ethernet connection for chrome book.
    • Cheap adapter.
    • This adapter delivers excellent speed, limited only by my router and gigabit network switch.
    • The adapter was very easy to setup with my MacBook Air and it delivers high-speed internet access as fast as described.
    • An adapter like this is critical for certain tasks when you have one of the new generation of wi-fi only laptops
    • Works as it should.
    • item worked as
    • After updating to the latest BIOS, the device is back working fine, with file transfers as fast as you can get via USB 3.0
    • Works just as we had hoped.
    • Works as it should.
    • item worked as
    • After updating to the latest BIOS, the device is back working fine, with file transfers as fast as you can get via USB 3.0
    • Works just as we had hoped.
    • 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