WAVLINK 5Gbps USB C to Ethernet Adapter, 5000Mbps USB-C to RJ45 Network Converter with 95W Charging Port, Aluminum Case for Windows, Mac OS, iPad OS and More, RTL8157 Chipset

If you’ve ever wanted to turn your flaky Wi-Fi into a rock-solid wired connection without summoning a tech wizard, the WAVLINK 5Gbps USB-C to Ethernet Adapter is your new best friend. Plug it in, and boom—instant internet. No drivers, no drama, no existential crisis about why things never work the first time. The speed? Fantastic. It’s like my laptop went from “meh” to “let’s download the entire internet before lunch.” Streaming, gaming, massive file transfers—it handles it all without breaking a sweat. Build quality feels solid too. It’s small, sleek, and doesn’t look like it came out of a cereal box. Honestly, for something that just works this well out of the gate, I’m giving it a 10/10. Would I buy it again? Absolutely. In fact, I might buy a second one just to flex on my other adapters.

I tested this saturating my network for 24 hours and it kept up without any issues. It runs warm to the touch as expected, but still cooler than other 5Gbps and 2.5Gbps adapters I own from the venting and how they designed the thermal. No drivers was needed on MacOS, Windows or my iPad Pro that had the latest updates, it was compatible with all of them. For the full 5Gbps speeds your device should have a network and cable that would support it and a device that has USB-C 3.2 but it will still connect at 2.5Gbps with older USB-C 3.0 devices. I have tried other 5Gbps adapters that became unstable and could not get this one to fail Connectivity is fast over an 8 meter cable to the gateway and it’s built well.

Works like a charm. I honestly recommend this instead of just using the ethernet port in most docking stations as once you have all your peripherals installed the ethernet port on your dock will not get the most bandwidth as it has to share with everything else so it's good to just have this on a separate thunderbolt port. So far it's very fast and with my internet connection it's completely capping out with no issues.

This requires downloading the Realtek drivers in order to get full speed in Windows 11. Once that's done, it did reach the 5Gbps speeds. I like like adapter because it has a USB C PD power passthrough. Design isn't too bulky but it is larger the your average 1Gbps or 2.5Gbps ethernet adapter. I will say that it runs a bit warm but not too hot. EDIT: performance isn't great. I find that when the PD power passthrough is used it tends to drop connections if used on more hungry laptops. It still works without the power but it's unstable with PD power. Save yourself money and buy skip this if PD power passthrough is a feature you're looking for. I tested speeds between two points using iperf through a 10GBE connection. Pretty good for the price instead of a much more expensive 10gbe device.

Did not live up to promised speeds

Fantastic piece of gear!!! Simple install, download a driver and you’ve got 5G speed!!!

This usb ethernet adapter has good throughput and puts out the advertised speeds. I currently have 2gb internet and routinely get over 2gb on my laptop and desktop. I tried it on my friend's system with 5gb and it does deliver it's advertised speeds. The added power port is a plus, allowing you to power / charge your device simultaneously. This works great on a type C smartphone too.

I bought this because I have 5gb download and upload speed Fiber Internet. My Ethernet port to my Omen 6 Gaming laptop is capped at 1000 up/down. So I figured this may increase that cap to the advertised 5gb. I’ve attached 3 photos for the internet speed tests. #1 - laptop’s WiFi: 344mbps download / 86mbps upload. #2 - laptop’s internal Ethernet port: 689mbps download / 937mbps upload. #3 - Wavlink USB-C 5GB Ethernet Adapter: 27mbps download / 978mbps upload.

Funciona bem aumentou a velocidade da internet com o cabo cat 6. Precisei baixar algumas coisas a internet para que funcionasse depois disso funcionou bem.

Sehr Hochwertig Das ist kein brüchiges Plastikgehäuse sondern Blech oder Alu. Dadurch zwar etwas schwerer als vergleichbare Billigartikel aber hier habe ich wirklich das Gefühl, dass der Adapter für die Ewigkeit gemacht wurde.

Produkt nie spełnia deklarowanych parametrów. Łaczy sie z prędkością 2,5Gb zamiast 5Gb, ale to nie jest najgorsze. Dużym problemem jest to, ze w losowych momentach przerywa połączenie co kilka godzin. Na adapterze innej firmy i znacznie niestety droższym problem od razu ustąpił przy nie zmienionych innych parametrach sieci ethernet. Produkt zwracam

Quando si parla di connessioni ultraveloci su Mac mini, il limite principale non è quasi mai la linea in fibra, ma la porta Ethernet integrata, ferma a 1 Gbps nei modelli non configurati con 10 GbE. Per questo ho scelto di affiancare al mio Mac mini M1 l’adattatore Wavlink USB-C 5GbE, e dopo diverse settimane di utilizzo posso dire che è stato un acquisto decisamente azzeccato. Prestazioni reali Collegato direttamente a una linea FTTH ultraveloce, l’adattatore raggiunge senza difficoltà i 4,7 Gbps sia in download che in upload, valori praticamente identici a quelli teorici del 5 GbE e ben oltre qualsiasi aspettativa per un dispositivo USB-C. La stabilità è buona: nessuna disconnessione, nessun apparente calo improvviso di banda, latenze perfettamente allineate a quelle della scheda di rete integrata. Installazione e compatibilità Su macOS l’installazione è stata immediata: collegato l’adattatore, il sistema lo ha riconosciuto in pochi secondi. Non servono procedure complicate e, soprattutto, non è necessario smanettare con configurazioni di rete avanzate: una volta selezionata l’interfaccia 5 GbE come primaria, il Mac mini inizia subito a viaggiare a piena velocità. Qualità costruttiva e dissipazione Il corpo in metallo trasmette una sensazione di solidità e contribuisce alla dissipazione del calore. Anche sotto carico prolungato (speed test ripetuti, upload massivi su cloud, NAS locale) l’adattatore diventa tiepido ma mai preoccupante. Utilizzo quotidiano Nell’uso reale il salto di qualità è evidente: • trasferimenti su NAS o server locali fulminei • backup Time Machine via rete completati in una frazione del tempo • streaming e lavoro su file di grandi dimensioni totalmente fluidi Il tutto senza saturare la CPU del Mac mini né introdurre instabilità. Rapporto qualità/prezzo Considerando che l’alternativa Apple al 10 GbE ha costi ben più elevati, il Wavlink 5 GbE rappresenta una soluzione estremamente conveniente per chi vuole sfruttare una fibra multi-gigabit senza cambiare macchina o spendere cifre spropositate. Conclusioni Il Wavlink USB-C 5GbE si è rivelato un adattatore affidabile, veloce e concreto: raggiunge 4,7 Gbps reali in download e upload, si integra perfettamente con macOS e trasforma il Mac mini in una vera workstation pronta per le reti di nuova generazione. Se avete una connessione ultraveloce e volete davvero sfruttarla, è uno di quegli acquisti che non deludono.

Stevige unit.Gebruik het met een MacBook air M1 zonder problemen. Ook handig dat er een usb-c aansluiting in zit zodat je daar de MacBook Air voeding kan aansluiten om m op te laden zodat je nog een extra usb-c aansluiting over heb.