Ethernet Adapter for Fire TV Stick, Micro USB to Ethernet Adapter with 3.3 ft Cable & Power Cord, Compatible for Fire Stick Basic/2nd/4k/Lite, Chromecast 1/2/3/Ultra/Audio, Plug & Play, 100Mbps

My rule of thumb is that you should always wire your stationary devices to Ethernet, whenever possible. I've spent way too much time in my life troubleshooting issues that were the result of how limited WiFi can be. If you live in an apartment, townhouse, etc. then this adapter is probably for you. If you care about your TV streaming stick/box to "just work", then this adapter is probably for you. So far, I've now used this Ethernet adapter on my Roku Express 4K+ and now on my Walmart brand "onn. Google TV 4K Streaming Box" (2023). The latter proved to be tricky due to how sensitive the onn. box is with micro USB cables, OTG power cable splitters, and USB Ethernet adapters. While the onn. is a fantastic value, it will boot loop and/or crash (distorted screen and loud audio feedback) if you aren't careful with your cabling. I was almost ready to just return the onn. box back to Walmart until I decided to try out this adapter since it worked out so well on my Roku. The adapter did not disappoint again and played nicely with the onn. box and no extra setup was needed outside of plugging everything in. The unfortunate thing is cost, this adapter costs about $5 less than what I paid for the onn. box itself and you can only get 100Mbps maximum throughout (no fault of the manufacturer). That said, the reliability and consistency you get with Ethernet is worth it making this a great purchase. Also, the 100Mbps limit hasn't prevented me from watching any 4K (w/HDR) content either nor any other issues whatsoever.

I ordered this --- Fire TV stick streaming media player, with Alexa Voice Remote (2nd Gen, released 2019) --- to add ethernet streaming to an old 19" LCD TV that has coax, component, composite, VGA and 2 HDMI inputs. This TV lives in the kitchen and is attached to via coax, and sits upon, an older cable TV box. Space is tight where the TV and cable box sit at the end of the counter. I wanted an installation as compact as possible, and, use ethernet. I didn't like the looks of the VERY short Amazon brand ethernet adapter for the Fire stick, and, since it has to be purchased separately anyway, I ordered this one at the same time, --- Price: $13.89 --- UGREEN Ethernet Adapter for Fire TV Stick (2nd GEN), All-New Fire TV (2017). It has a 3.3ft USB power cable & micro USB cable. I used the USB power supply that shipped with the Fire stick. I couldn`t have the Fire stick hanging out of one of the two HDMI ports on the TV, so I included one each of the following M x F ( 2 pcs ) extension/adapter cable sets, with my order ; * Price: $9.99 -- HDMI 2.0 Extension Cable, Cable Creation [2PCS] 1.5 Feet Upward Angle HDMI 2.0 Male to Female Cable + 1.5 Feet Downward Angle HDMI 2.0 Male to Female Cable, 4K Ultra HD, Black. ---- And ---- * Price: $9.99 -- HDMI 2.0 Extension Cable, Cable Creation [2PCS] 1.5 Feet Right Angle HDMI 2.0 Male to Female Cable + 1.5 Feet Left Angle HDMI 2.0 Male to Female Cable, 4K Ultra HD, Black. I figured one of these four ext./ adapter cables would give me the correct direction from the side or rear HDMI port to remote mount the Fire stick. The male end of the angled ext./ adapter cable is plugged into the side HDMI port, goes up the side and over the top. The 18" length was ideal for a Fire stick location on top of the TV, the Fire stick male end is plugged into the female end of the ext./ adapter cable. I attached the cables and the Fire stick to the top of the TV with some homemade twist ties, fished through the heat vent slots. I plugged the Cat5e cable into the modem and the other end into the Ugreen ethernet adapter, chose HDMI-2 on the TV input and plugged in the USB power supply. After the yellow and green lights came on at the Cat5e end of the ethernet adapter, the Fire stick powered up to the setup screen. The setup was straight forward and the Fire stick works very quickly, probably because of the ethernet connection. We have an early Fire TV box ( the flat one ), attached to our big TV via ethernet and it works quickly also. We subscribe to Amazon Prime and I enjoy listening to Amazon Music through a Creative sound card in the PC, then into a good mini amp, a pair of nice small speakers, along with a sub. This old kitchen TV has very poor speakers. t has a coaxial digital audio out connector that I hooked into a DAC then into an old pair of powered PC speakers, sound was much better, but I`d need to find a place in the kitchen for more equipment !

I got this to provide my 1st generation Chromecast with faster, more reliable ethernet access given that the Chromecast is installed just above my router. I wanted to power both this adapter and the Chromecast from the USB port on the TV. I was worried that the USB port might not deliver adequate power to run either or both devices. I used a USB power meter to see how much power I could pull from the TV's USB port while charging my phone and was able to see about 1.4 amps being delivered. I hoped that would be adequate and tried it all out. It works fine! Your mileage may vary. Easy to install and use. I know that some people complain that the cable length isn't enough but in my case it is too long, if anything and I have to coil up the extra cable to keep the rat's nest in my entertainment area orderly. Added -> I like the one I got for my video Chromecast so much, I got one for my audio Chromecast as well.

Was very skeptical about buying this product because I have had bad luck with this specific brand before but to my surprise it works flawlessly. I was originally going to get an OTG usb-a to micro usb cable and a gig usb Ethernet adapter but I took a gamble on this instead. Yes it’s only 100mbps but I was barely getting 20mbps via WiFi and it would cut in and out. It’s all sturdy plastic and it’s a sufficient length for my use case. I also appreciate the link/status lights on it so you know you’re getting signal. Not all adapters have this. Now I have a permanent hardwired connection to my Firestick and no more connection issues. I don’t really need the gig adapter for just streaming as I don’t run a plex server or anything that would demand a higher bit rate so the 100mbps (actually caps out at about 90-95) is just fine and I don’t eat up unnecessary bandwidth needed for my laptop or PS5, both of which are hardwired via a gig switch. I did have a couple minutes when I first connected it that I didn’t think it was going to work at all but I just restarted the Firestick and bing bang boom it was recognized. I would recommend this if you don’t need the extra bandwidth (kodi, plex, bluray rips, etc) and even then you will be limited to 480mbps due to the usb2.0 transfer rate limitation on the Firesticks micro USB port. I always hardwire my devices when possible and I’m glad this worked out.

I bought this to use with my RokuExpress 4k even though it does not explicitly mention supporting Roku. Also, the same device (same ASIN) on Amazon UK mentions Roku Express 4k yet also mentions it does not support *any* Roku device!!! Since the reviews suggested that it does indeed work then I bought and .... yes, it works perfectly, plug & play. Super happy.

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Excellent little item worked straight out of the box for me. It says not compatible with Roku but working witk my express 4k. Just be aware my Internet is 500 m download speed, I am getting 100 m with this device so it is limited but 100 m should be more than fine for most users.

J'ai acheté ce produit pour faire fonctionner le SDR Adalm Pluto en mode Ethernet et tous fonctionne super bien, le débit est constant et aucune coupure même avec un câble Ethernet RJ45 de ~25m fait maison ! Sa remplace une rallonge USB, je songe installer avec ce produit un convertisseur de média (Ethernet RJ45 -> Fibre Optique) pour plus de distance en remote.

Sinceramente no tenía grandes expectativas sobre este producto y que fuese a mejorar demasiado la fluidez del amazon stick. Bueno pues he hecho todo tipo de pruebas y va de maravilla. El día antes de tenerlo probé desde kodi a ver una peli online a 1080 y era prácticamente imposible, parones continuos, imagen congelada, la ruleta de cargando continuamente, etc.. Sin embargo pelis 720 iban bien. Bueno pues hoy he probado con esa misma peli a 1080 y sin problema y ni un solo parón, es más le daba a adelantar y la imagen volvia perfectamente en un segundo (cosa imposible antes). Desde mi red interna (gigabit con un nas gigabit) básicamente me ocurría lo mismo, al ver una peli a 1080 era casi una odisea parones continuos, etc.. Ahora la carga de esas pelis es instantánea, y cuando digo instantánea no exagero es dale al play y verla sin problema al momento, cambiar audios y subtítulos y ni un solo parón. Por probar una exageración, probé a ver un brdremux (un bluray en mkv el cual no tiene comprimida ni la imagen ni el audio) de unos 40gb... Empieza a cargar, se pone la ruleta del buffer y funciona a la perfección!! He estado viendo un rato e iba perfecto. Ya para remate entro en una copia de seguridad que tengo de un bluray (si es cierto, es la peli sin perdon la cual me empiza a dar problema en el brd original y hice una copia de la estructura para no perderla). Bueno pues lo mismo, me ha cargado el m2ts sin pestañear y sin problemas... Me parece increible. La única pega que le puedo poner es que lo compre por 15,99 y justo hoy que me ha llegado, esta en oferta flash por 13,99. Sinceramente estoy tan encantado con el producto que me da igual haber pagado dos euros mas. No acabo de entender la ventaja que puede aportar a un chromecast, pero desde luego en el amazon fire stick es una compra obligada!! Por cierto la instalación muy sencilla, he quitado todas las conexiones wifi y al conectar el cable de ethernet te pide que ip quieres darle, la puerta de enlace y las dns. Es lo único que no me ha gustado, que no puedas ponerlo por dhcp, pero me da que eso viene mas por el stick que por este adaptador.