SABRENT USB-C to 5G Ethernet Adapter – 5GbE Optimized, USB 3.1 Gen 1+ Required, Clear Compatibility, Aluminum Body, Plug-and-Play for Data-Capable USB-C Devices (NT-C5GA)

I have 2gb fiber, so i picked this up for my windows laptop (HP Omen)When i plugged it in, it seem to auto install properly, however, i was getting 15mb down, 500 up. I went to the sabrent website to try and find a driver, but the link was a dead link (as other reviewers mentioned).So i was about to pack it up and send it back, then i saw on another product someone mentioned in a review they needed to do a windows update. so i tried it.Sure enough, windows update found an updated Realtek driver and installed itNow i get ~ 2100/2100 like I expected.So if you get really bad throughput when you plug it in, go to windows update. you will need the updated driver.Now it works perfectly and super fast.

At first I wasn't getting 5G speeds - it was very unstable at 200mbps download, and about 3000mbps upload on my Windows PC. I tried it on my Macbook and I was getting full 5G speeds.After a couple hours troubleshooting, I realized the driver I just downloaded and installed wasn't being used. I decided to update my 6 year old BIOS version to the most recent one, and now it works at full 5G speeds!Fellas, if you aren't getting 5G speeds, take a look at your BIOS age and make sure you install the latest Realtek driver linked on the Sabrent site :)

Works great, terrific price. I was able to use my Dell port replicator that only goes to 1GBps ethernet so I am happy!

After about 4 weeks of use this device started to freeze and network connection is subsequently loss. Updated to latest driver without resolution. Contacted support and they said "Please note that the adapter itself doesn’t have the ability to cause this." This is trash. If a network adapter loses network connection everytime I try to transfer a file then what else can cause it. On the same machine, its native NIC works fine and I also used a CableMatter 2.5g adapter and it works flawlessly. Don't buy simply because Sabrent won't take responsibility for its faulty product.

Recently updated to 2 gig internet and my motherboard ethernet couldn't go past 1 gig. Setting up was pretty easy, but make sure you download the most recent network drivers. Just ran a speedtest and I'm pulling 1880 right now... and that's with streams running in the background.

Works as expected out of the box on Windows 11.However, if you're on Linux or BSD you'll need to make sure that you're running a somewhat recent version of the r8152 driver. This device uses an r8157 chipset which is supported properly only in newer versions of the driver. I tried to find release notes for the driver to identify when support was actually added but those don't seem to exist anywhere.Even the upcoming Ubuntu release beta - 25.04 Plucky Puffin - only includes version 1.12.13 of the r8152 kernel module. This is fine for other adapters in the family, including 2.5G adapters, but won't recognize or properly initialize the R8157 chip.If the newer driver versions aren't available, a fallback driver will be used that results in very flaky behavior. Connections are negotiated at 705 mb/s, for instance, and actual throughput is inconsistent, fluctiating dramatically over time.Thankfully this can be fixed by finding an updated package for the r8152 kernel module th at works with your distro and installing it. For ubuntu I used the "awesometic/realtek-r8152-dkms" package on github via the PPM method they recommend in the readme.With the latest driver version installed - 2.19.2 when I'm writing this review - the device set itself up properly, negotiated a 5G-BASE-T conneciton, and worked as expected.

It works as intended and it feels greatly constructed.However, its usb-c, it would be very welcomed if it had an usb-c to usb-a adapter.

Works well with Windows 11 versions. Computers using W11 likely have the ability to run this unit just by plugging it in. I have three.