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Review on πŸ’¨ Enhance Your Network Speed: StarTech Com USB Gigabit Network Adapter by Gabriel Salleh

Revainrating 5 out of 5

This made my speed tests worse

Easy to use. I thought my laptop doesn't support gigabit bandwidth, the problem turned out to be that the cable was CAT 5 and not CAT 6. Yes, the adapter made the connection a little faster with the wrong network cable. CAT 5 does NOT support high speed transmission. I switched to a high-speed CAT-6 cable and actually got BETTER throughput WITHOUT an adapter. This product is best suited for users who do not have network input on their laptop and need to use USB. Will come back because I don't need this adapter, I just need a better cable. I will buy a CAT 7 cable for this portable station. I would post photos of the test results but won't give them to you. Speakeasy bandwidth test 410 Mbit/s with 750 Mbit/s adapter without Ookla bandwidth test 680 Mbit/s with 799 Mbit/s adapter without

Pros
  • Native driver support (Windows/Mac/Chrome OS)
Cons
  • Big and bulky