Thunderbolt to Gigabit Ethernet Adaptor

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3.5 out of 5 stars

Based on 11 reviews

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Fully Functional

    • Written by from Dublin

    0 of 1 people found this useful

    Works perfectly with the Macbook Air!

    Was this useful? Fully Functional

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    This product Killed my MacBook Air

    • Written by from Dunstable

    2 of 3 people found this useful

    I plugged it in and it froze my MacBook Air, on reboot my SSD drive was dead!! The Mac is now a Brick! Previously the Firewire Adaptor also froze the OS but I managed to recover the SSD that time with Disk Utility. I have posed this review a couple of days ago, but its been removed so here it is again.

    Was this useful? This product Killed my MacBook Air

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Works perfectly

    • Written by from Wigan

    1 of 2 people found this useful

    I bought this item for a MBA 13'' (Late 2012) . Upon plugging it into the MBA and network, it worked straight away . It is far quicker than wireless and in the few hours that I've used it non-stop it hasn't caused any problems . I consider this to have been an excellent purchase and well worth the £25 price tag .

    Was this useful? Works perfectly

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Does not work properly in Windows 8 with BootCamp 5

    • Written by from York

    6 of 8 people found this useful

    Using this device in Windows 8 results in the Sleep States being disabled due to poorly written Apple Bootcamp Drivers. If you need this to work in Windows don't buy.

    Was this useful? Does not work properly in Windows 8 with BootCamp 5

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  • 3.0 out of 5 stars

    Very fast but.... (rMBP)

    • Written by from Uckfield

    23 of 26 people found this useful

    It is a very fast adapter, bought it for my rMBP to use at uni. the issue is that it falls out VERY easily, which is somewhat of an issue for me. when working at a desk its fine, but at other times it gets knocked even just a little and it disconnects and takes a while to reconnect. This is annoying!

    Was this useful? Very fast but.... (rMBP)

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    not working with MacBook Air

    • Written by from Bucharest

    24 of 55 people found this useful

    This is not working for me, I tried everything, could not install the update, is says "This software is not supported on your system." Do not buy it, waste of money!!!

    Was this useful? not working with MacBook Air

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  • 4.0 out of 5 stars

    Wicked Fast, but needs to be on power!

    • Written by from Airdrie

    21 of 26 people found this useful

    I thought I had a faulty one, as on my MacBook Air it didn't work - it randomly came up as a thunderbolt device, but no ethernet, or not at all.

    I then tried it on power, and "pop" - it just worked, as expected... and it is very, very fast. copying files onto the Air with it's SSD I was getting a nice solid 45Mb a second.

    This is now part of my carry around kit for the laptop - excellent when you need a little more "oomph" than you can get with the Wireless.

    Was this useful? Wicked Fast, but needs to be on power!

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  • 4.0 out of 5 stars

    Works great! (But don't buy it for MBA!!!)

    • Written by from Vancouver

    65 of 82 people found this useful

    Why? This is nothing wrong with the product at all and it works great! The problem is... if you are using Macbook Air and you need to connect to extra monitor with thunderbolt you are out of luck. Either have this or the thunderbolt to DVI/HDMI adpter. I never thought of this until I bought it went home and had the "Ahhhh moment". Get the USB version instead. If you never care about extra monitor ever at all or you don't need to do presentation on bigger screens then sure go ahead.

    Was this useful? Works great! (But don't buy it for MBA!!!)

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Try checking for a Thunderbolt update if it doesn't work

    • Written by from CARDIFF

    39 of 49 people found this useful

    When I first plugged the Thunderbolt to Ethernet adapter into my Macbook Air nothing showed up in the Network Preferences. Tried rebooting, etc. but nothing.

    Luckily I had a wireless connection available so tried Software Update and lo and behold there was a Thunderbolt Update available. Installed that and rebooted and the adapter worked perfectly.

    Was this useful? Try checking for a Thunderbolt update if it doesn't work

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  • 4.0 out of 5 stars

    Macbook air 2011

    • Written by from basingstoke

    6 of 10 people found this useful

    Initially I couldn't get this to work as even though it was showing as connected in the system report and I could see the port on my network switch was up OSX was not seeing the adapter as a network interface.

    In the end I fixed it by downloading Thunderbolt update 1.21 from the apple site (software update claimed no updates available)

    I would have posted the link but it seems the review system won't actually let me.

    Was this useful? Macbook air 2011

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Works perfectly

    • Written by from Manchester

    33 of 43 people found this useful

    Excellent addition to my Mid-2011 MacBook Air 13'' i5 4GB-RAM 128GB.
    I did install the Thunderbolt update from Software Update before first using this adapter, but all works fine, great product and good use of thunderbolt connectivity, about time such an adapter exists.
    Simply plugged it in to an ethernet cable and it worked instantly. I turned off wifi before first using just as a precautionary measure, to prevent any glitches or hiccups etc. after reading a few negative experiences first using this adapter, but all is fine.
    All we need now is a thunderbolt to thunderbolt x 4 hub or a thunderbolt splitter to take full advantage of the blazing fast speeds offered.

    Was this useful? Works perfectly

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