Part of every Ultrabook

Since WLAN but is not always optimal (and maybe not available everywhere) and sometimes it wants to transmit larger amounts of data quickly, an Ethernet adapter is almost mandatory. 100 Mbit / s was still around, there is then the WiFi but faster. So looked for suitable products, it should not cost much, is indeed rarely needed.

Since then falls straight to a trend: the only-Gbit adapter do not cost significantly less than the products with built-in USB3.0 Hub. You are not really a lot smaller. So why not just take the same as a combination device? I then decided to look around a bit for this one, on the one hand it was the cheapest, on the other hand I've had very good experience with CSL as a supplier.

Today I have this adapter watched now take a closer look and have it simultaneously as a USB hub and GBit interface in use. On USB hub nothing really depends current Corrosive, an ARM development board and a USB serial adapter, much should there maybe not depend on it, because he does not have a power supply and the 3 ports plus Gigabit Ethernet that available must share performance of Upstream. For input devices, and a USB stick surely quite sufficient, which makes the whole way, even at a fairly nice miniature dock.

I have Linux (Ubuntu 14.04LTS) on my notebook (Dell XPS 15), this adapter works here properly, a test transfer of a random data file from the ramdisk an old Core2Quad on the SSD of the laptop ran with 90MB / s at 100% CPU load on the sending computer through the SSH encryption, on a unverschlüsseten way I see no reason that he does not crack the 100MB / s mark. The 1 Gbit / s are so well done.

Also, the USB hub has been run properly, and during the transfer tests no irregularities.

Qualitatively, the adapter looks pretty neat, the upstream cable is only somewhat stubborn, but this generally seems to be the case with USB3.0.

Conclusion: working properly, looks solid for the money, a must for the Ultrabook Bag, or even as a simple dock for the wired workplace.