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Ethernet... Dongle?

DraaiStoel
By DraaiStoel
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So i bought a laptop, it doesnt have a ethernet port, but whats the diffrence between a TB3 and USB 3.0/1 adapter

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Both interfaces have enough bandwidth for gigabit Ethernet. It's going to come down to the individual chipset for things like latency, featureset and driver support.

 

If you need a 10 Gbps dongle, then TB3 is going to be the only (rather expensive) option.

 

For general use I'd just get the cheapest possible one...

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For gigabit there isn't really any difference between the data rates you'll get but go with USB3.0/3.1 if you can since that can work in the TB port (if you get it with the same style connector)

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