While a great option and looks to be a great device for the price. It will still bottleneck on certain machines depending on the usb typ the difference in usb 3.0 and 3.2 gen 2 will make a difference. Since I run a I7 with a card with 2 3.2 gen 2 plugs with a total of 20 gigs of bandwidth for my external hard drives that are in external hard drive enclosues to maximize my speed people should understand your usb bus only has so much badwidth and if you are are using some on other things along with this adapter there could be bottlenecks usb 3 is only 6 gig and that is the total for all usb 3 ports you have usually on your pc if it only has usb 3. thats why the usb 3.2 gen 2 card with 2 ports totalling 20 gig was important for my needs with external hard drive speeds.
Been using my WisdPi USB 3.2 5Gbps adapter using the same Realtek chip. Good to see more adapters coming out at an affordable price. Edit: Found it locally for $20! That's a steal.
Finally something affordable to upgrade my nas and other networked devices with thanks for bringing this to our attention. Was considering 10Gbps but the price was making me hesitate.
Idk why 5Gbps died actually. I hope it makes a comeback. A lot of thing like my SFP+ to ethernet adapters support 1,2.5 and 10 but not 5 idk why that is.
Oh nevermind you answered my question now. Couldn’t wait to comment got excited. Hope it comes to some systems natively soon the drivers for this adapter or chip.
@@pvdgucht It didn't die. SFP+ ports are not limited to a specific speed. The speeds supported are by the SFP+ to RJ45 SFP+ and if they're multi-rate they all support 2.5 / 5 and 10 GbE.
Great review. Thanks a lot. Did you get a feel for the temperature under load and idle? I have a QNAP 5Gbps adaptor (you probably know it well) and it is super toasty both in operation and at idle. Wonder how this compares.
Well, not for me. I use MOCA, so 2.5 will be available in my house for quite some time. Hard to run ethernet in my 1994 house, but every bedroom plus the living room and den have nice coax drops.
Everybody with a machine that doesn't have a rj45 (and even that is no guarantee) should have at least one usb to Ethernet adapter. It saved me when havingbto reinstall windows on my sons laptop. Windows didn't recognize the wifi during setup. if I hadn't bought such a usb device for my camera I would have had to send the machine away for installing windows. This saved us a week at least
I bought OWC 10GbE Thunderbolt Adapter for my Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge but snapdragon doesnt comminucate with thunderbolt, i only have 2 USB4 ports, i think this is the best adapter for me, bye bye 2.5 ugreen :) hello 5GbE , ordered from amazon de for 30,49 Euro ( if you read this, please reply me with a 10GbE usb 4 adapter link or name, not thunderbolt 3 or 4.Thank you)
Weird question.... i would maby like to use such an adapter on the nas side.(10gbit) if it is posible in the future enyways... sinse i want to use it and my ups and posibly an expanding unit in the future can i attach an usb dongle on the usb port and connect the ups and 10gbit in tendam?
The market is practically devoid of 5 GbE switches. A few months and you'll see a lot more with lower pricing. The handful of 5 GbE switches I have seen so far are way cheaper than a 10GbE switch of a similar port qty.
@@eat.a.dick.google maybe it all come down to price difference between 5g and 10g. Otherwise ppl go straight to 10g. And keep in mind 2.5g and 5g were developed way later than 10g. So lots of 10g supports 1 and 10 only. I dont think 5g has a big future.
Did you manage to try this out on any older usb3 A ports? Eg. 3.1G1 aka 3.0, or 3.1G2 I'm wondering if it's relying on usb3.2 (dual lane) to get actual throughput above 5gbps.
(Me swimming in my pile of coins...) OK, I'll give you 5GbE for a laptop is sweet for not a lot of dosh. Not good enough for a NAS where the bandwidth is shared possibly among a small office or even home. Most of the time it would be fine, except when it's just frustrating. Better than 1 and 2.5, yeah, no doubt.
@@wmrjkbut each Realtek chip generally requires a different driver, so unless the chips used in the Macs are the same ones, this won’t just work out of the box.
These adapters work fine with USB-A. The other brand 5 GbE adapter that came out a few weeks ago before this one came with a USB-C to USB-C cable as well as a USB-C to USB-A cable.
I guess it's the USB 3.2 that's changed, baecause I've had two 5GbE USB adapters and the USB overhead meant they were barely any faster than 2.5GbE LAN. I know TrueNAS doesn't like Realtec multi-gigabit NICs, so that could be an issue. It's still a gateway product though and will probably spark a new price point for these devices from other brands.
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Hi I bought a Realtek 2.5Gbe USB gaming controller dongle using it on windows 11 24H2 machine on USB 3 connection, I also installed the latest driver from Realtek site. My router has 1G lan ports and my boardband is 1000m. However when I tested the internet speed I only got 300+mbps on bothe download and upload. I wonder if there is any setting on device mangaer I need to set eg jumbo frames etc I have to do. Also is there anything to do with my router setting? Thanks
I purchased one of these, and the USB drops out every time it is going full 5Gb during a LAN speed test. (System = AMD B550M) This is with the latest driver available from Realtek and chipset drivers from AMD. Gonna test on an older intel laptop next, but it's totally unreliable now.
Have you tried using this with Unraid? I've bought one and will work fine at 5Gbs for about 10 mins and then will drop down to 10mbs which is a bit of a pain in the dick. I've not been able to work out how to keep it at full speed and I've followed the instructions included with the driver.
What are the security implications for using these (mainly Chinese) USB to Ethernet adapters? Could they install malware or alter the system configuration unnoticed?
I am clearly not understanding the Synology demo part of this video. I totally understand when he had it hooked to his laptop, but I think that was a DS923 and that comes with a 1 GBE port; wouldn't that be the bottle neck here? What am I missing?
Put this USB adapter on this NAS end, too if USB C port available. On my system, I am limited by disk writing capability on the NAS so I wouldn't get much benefit with 5 Gbe over 2.5 Gbe.
As @wayne says, I had the E10G22-T1 installed to open up the bandwidth. Interestingly, I am part way through filming a follow up vid on this adapter about using it on a Synology directly and when I used 2x usb -5G NICs on Synology/pc, I barely got into 350-400MB, even with SATA SSDs. Found it out AFTER this video was finished, but DEFINITELY the 10G nic on the Synology allowed for full saturation, in a way that I am less confident of it I was using 5G on either end. Retesting now and will publish soon
Hi. If you only get 600MB/s, I think it would be better to buy the Wavlink Adapter at 5Gbps. Regards!
Glad that it seems to actually do 5Gbps. Previous solutions like the Sabrent adapter used to top out at about 3.6Gbps due to USB overhead.
The actual reason was the USB PHY utilized didn't have enough bandwidth.
While a great option and looks to be a great device for the price. It will still bottleneck on certain machines depending on the usb typ the difference in usb 3.0 and 3.2 gen 2 will make a difference. Since I run a I7 with a card with 2 3.2 gen 2 plugs with a total of 20 gigs of bandwidth for my external hard drives that are in external hard drive enclosues to maximize my speed people should understand your usb bus only has so much badwidth and if you are are using some on other things along with this adapter there could be bottlenecks usb 3 is only 6 gig and that is the total for all usb 3 ports you have usually on your pc if it only has usb 3. thats why the usb 3.2 gen 2 card with 2 ports totalling 20 gig was important for my needs with external hard drive speeds.
Been using my WisdPi USB 3.2 5Gbps adapter using the same Realtek chip. Good to see more adapters coming out at an affordable price. Edit: Found it locally for $20! That's a steal.
😭paid 40 for wisPi
Finally something affordable to upgrade my nas and other networked devices with thanks for bringing this to our attention. Was considering 10Gbps but the price was making me hesitate.
Idk why 5Gbps died actually. I hope it makes a comeback. A lot of thing like my SFP+ to ethernet adapters support 1,2.5 and 10 but not 5 idk why that is.
Oh have u tested it with an iPad pro ? Do you know if it’s compatible without drivers with that and how bout with windows or ubuntu for my NAS.
Oh nevermind you answered my question now. Couldn’t wait to comment got excited. Hope it comes to some systems natively soon the drivers for this adapter or chip.
@@pvdgucht It didn't die. SFP+ ports are not limited to a specific speed. The speeds supported are by the SFP+ to RJ45 SFP+ and if they're multi-rate they all support 2.5 / 5 and 10 GbE.
Great to see something like this is available. I'll be really excited when there's better NAS support for them.
Great review. Thanks a lot. Did you get a feel for the temperature under load and idle? I have a QNAP 5Gbps adaptor (you probably know it well) and it is super toasty both in operation and at idle. Wonder how this compares.
So you’re saying all my 2.5gb switches will become obsolete in a couple years? 😂
Well, not for me. I use MOCA, so 2.5 will be available in my house for quite some time. Hard to run ethernet in my 1994 house, but every bedroom plus the living room and den have nice coax drops.
Not obsolete, just not the fastest by far. But that was the case when you bought them 😂
Your new studio looks so cool!
♪ What is NAS! Data don't leave me! Don't leave me! No more! ♪
( Head Shake )
That was quite moving. Thank you very much. 👍
Man!! I just bought a full 2.5Gbps infrastructure (2 Radxa X4 + 2.5 POE switch + Qotom 2.5 router) !! 😂
Wonderful review, Awesome tool for macbook and new windows laptops
Everybody with a machine that doesn't have a rj45 (and even that is no guarantee) should have at least one usb to Ethernet adapter. It saved me when havingbto reinstall windows on my sons laptop. Windows didn't recognize the wifi during setup. if I hadn't bought such a usb device for my camera I would have had to send the machine away for installing windows. This saved us a week at least
I bought OWC 10GbE Thunderbolt Adapter for my Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge but snapdragon doesnt comminucate with thunderbolt, i only have 2 USB4 ports, i think this is the best adapter for me, bye bye 2.5 ugreen :) hello 5GbE , ordered from amazon de for 30,49 Euro ( if you read this, please reply me with a 10GbE usb 4 adapter link or name, not thunderbolt 3 or 4.Thank you)
USB 4 does not guarantee a device has Thunderbolt support. Only some devices do. USB screwing things up as usual.
Weird question.... i would maby like to use such an adapter on the nas side.(10gbit) if it is posible in the future enyways... sinse i want to use it and my ups and posibly an expanding unit in the future can i attach an usb dongle on the usb port and connect the ups and 10gbit in tendam?
The aquantia chip that the older solutions used is likely going to be more stable and better supported but hard to argue with $30
*points* THIS!
What can I use on my Synology 920+? For faster network speeds
WisdPi WP-UT5 has Synology DSM supported
I just purchased a type c to 2.5 😩
Buy a usb4 to 10g. 2.5 is fast enough for backup use 😂
Also be prepared to complain again usb4>25g is coming. That a 10x speed improvement 😊
It's out of stock with most UK venders, Amazon etc. I've ordered mine from Aliexpress.
I'd be happy if it wasn't Realtek chip based, but good to see some options out there
not going to happen
There is practically zero chance anyone else will bother when it comes to USB.
Is it hot?
The biggest issue is the pricing on 5G switches -- it's often cheaper to go 10GbE directly.
The market is practically devoid of 5 GbE switches. A few months and you'll see a lot more with lower pricing. The handful of 5 GbE switches I have seen so far are way cheaper than a 10GbE switch of a similar port qty.
Probably 5gbe switches is the limitation factor
A few months away and you'll start seeing a lot. Anything that has 10GbE ports that isn't super ancient can also connect to 2.5 / 5 GbE NICs.
@@eat.a.dick.google maybe it all come down to price difference between 5g and 10g. Otherwise ppl go straight to 10g. And keep in mind 2.5g and 5g were developed way later than 10g. So lots of 10g supports 1 and 10 only. I dont think 5g has a big future.
Some day we'll have USB4 40 Gbps being used for the same function. Not now or any time soon, but one day... eventually.
(fingers crossed)
25 GbE maybe, 40 GbE is dead for anything new.
Did you manage to try this out on any older usb3 A ports? Eg. 3.1G1 aka 3.0, or 3.1G2
I'm wondering if it's relying on usb3.2 (dual lane) to get actual throughput above 5gbps.
USB 3.1. You need a USB port that does 10 Gbps.
(Me swimming in my pile of coins...) OK, I'll give you 5GbE for a laptop is sweet for not a lot of dosh. Not good enough for a NAS where the bandwidth is shared possibly among a small office or even home. Most of the time it would be fine, except when it's just frustrating. Better than 1 and 2.5, yeah, no doubt.
You say drivers are available for Mac, but I’m only seeing drivers for up to MacOS 10.15, which is from 2020, so nothing for Apple silicon.
@@rickwookie This should be natively supported on Apple Silicon/ARM as Apple uses Realtek in the Mac Studio and Pro
@@wmrjkbut each Realtek chip generally requires a different driver, so unless the chips used in the Macs are the same ones, this won’t just work out of the box.
usb-a would have meant a very limiting 5v and approx 2A.
that is still 10 watts (more than the adpter needs).
These adapters work fine with USB-A. The other brand 5 GbE adapter that came out a few weeks ago before this one came with a USB-C to USB-C cable as well as a USB-C to USB-A cable.
@@eat.a.dick.googlethey do work ok on usb-a but you need a 10gb poet to achieve 5gbe speeds.
I don’t see it listed on the Newegg website or Amazon. Do you know when it’s gonna be released for public sale?
I guess it's the USB 3.2 that's changed, baecause I've had two 5GbE USB adapters and the USB overhead meant they were barely any faster than 2.5GbE LAN.
I know TrueNAS doesn't like Realtec multi-gigabit NICs, so that could be an issue. It's still a gateway product though and will probably spark a new price point for these devices from other brands.
It's the wrong USB PHY used with the Aquantia adapters. Not enough bandwidth.
works with proxmox?
Well, I just spent $30 on a kind of junky 1 Gbps USB NIC yesterday, so, of course, these enter the market at the same time.
Y'all are welcome. ;)
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Hi I bought a Realtek 2.5Gbe USB gaming controller dongle using it on windows 11 24H2 machine on USB 3 connection, I also installed the latest driver from Realtek site. My router has 1G lan ports and my boardband is 1000m. However when I tested the internet speed I only got 300+mbps on bothe download and upload. I wonder if there is any setting on device mangaer I need to set eg jumbo frames etc I have to do. Also is there anything to do with my router setting? Thanks
I purchased one of these, and the USB drops out every time it is going full 5Gb during a LAN speed test. (System = AMD B550M) This is with the latest driver available from Realtek and chipset drivers from AMD. Gonna test on an older intel laptop next, but it's totally unreliable now.
What kind of hit does the CPU take?
Where are the 5GbE switches though?
New switch SoCs are coming out. A few months away.
Will it run at 2.5 gbe until I can update my switch?
It’s about ~$37 USD stateside. Anyone know if it’ll work as advertised using a Thunderbolt 4 port?
Thunderbolt ports support USB.
what about qnap nas
Nice!
Have you tried using this with Unraid? I've bought one and will work fine at 5Gbs for about 10 mins and then will drop down to 10mbs which is a bit of a pain in the dick. I've not been able to work out how to keep it at full speed and I've followed the instructions included with the driver.
That just means 10g for 40 bucks is right around the corner.
Still a fair ways away.
What are the security implications for using these (mainly Chinese) USB to Ethernet adapters? Could they install malware or alter the system configuration unnoticed?
I am clearly not understanding the Synology demo part of this video. I totally understand when he had it hooked to his laptop, but I think that was a DS923 and that comes with a 1 GBE port; wouldn't that be the bottle neck here? What am I missing?
Put this USB adapter on this NAS end, too if USB C port available. On my system, I am limited by disk writing capability on the NAS so I wouldn't get much benefit with 5 Gbe over 2.5 Gbe.
The DS923+ had the optional 10gbe adapter card installed.
As @wayne says, I had the E10G22-T1 installed to open up the bandwidth. Interestingly, I am part way through filming a follow up vid on this adapter about using it on a Synology directly and when I used 2x usb -5G NICs on Synology/pc, I barely got into 350-400MB, even with SATA SSDs. Found it out AFTER this video was finished, but DEFINITELY the 10G nic on the Synology allowed for full saturation, in a way that I am less confident of it I was using 5G on either end. Retesting now and will publish soon
bad product, order other day and cant even pass 400mbps. of course follow the instructions etc
PLEASE cut out then unnecessary bad language. It degrades your otherwise excellent videos.