Wired internet but no connection on laptop

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  1. Posts : 823
    W11 pro 64 beta channel
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    Wired internet but no connection on laptop


    Because of the density of the housing in my area, I have opted for wired connections to my pc'c including the laptop. I have been offered a small 11" baby laptop which might be useful, but it has only got USB3 and USB C ports, nothing else. Is there an adaptor which gives a reasonable connection to a standard internet cable? Iwould not need to stream films or anything that fast. It has only got an SD card port for extra storage, so it would only get light use.
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  2. Posts : 31,680
    10 Home x64 (22H2) (10 Pro on 2nd pc)
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    tinmar49 said:
    Because of the density of the housing in my area, I have opted for wired connections to my pc'c including the laptop. I have been offered a small 11" baby laptop which might be useful, but it has only got USB3 and USB C ports, nothing else. Is there an adaptor which gives a reasonable connection to a standard internet cable? Iwould not need to stream films or anything that fast. It has only got an SD card port for extra storage, so it would only get light use.
    Not tried them myself but yes, such things do exist.

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/usb-etherne...hernet+adapter
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  3. Posts : 823
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    Thread Starter
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    That looks just what I would need if I got the mini laptop, thanks.
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  4. Posts : 31,680
    10 Home x64 (22H2) (10 Pro on 2nd pc)
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    tinmar49 said:
    That looks just what I would need if I got the mini laptop, thanks.
    If you do , let me know how you get on. I have a mini laptop like that and was wondering about getting one. I use WiFi so it's not urgent, but it may be useful to have as an alternative.
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  5. Posts : 823
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    I didn't get the little laptop after all, but had ordered the USB3 ti gigabit lan connector. I tried it out on a W11 desktop with mixed results.
    138.57 DOWN/ 21.10 UP ping 17ms. Standard connection direct to motherboard and expected speeds.

    75.35 DOWN/ 21.14 UP ping28ms. With adaptor.
    52.90 DOWN/ 21.16 UP ping 18ms. With adaptor,
    ZERO
    ZERO
    On a machine with only one choice of USB port, it would be pot luck whether it works.

    This is the type that I bought from ebay.

    USB 3.0 to LAN ETHERNET Internet Cable Adapter 10/100/1000 Gigabit Connector | eBay





    Results varied depending which USB port used and no relation between speed and variety of port.
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  6. Posts : 14,022
    Win10 Pro and Home, Win11 Pro and Home, Win7, Linux Mint
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    I have a similar one I use for testing or on the small 11" Notebooks or even tablets and found it works better if any other Network adapter in the machine is first Disabled in Device Manager.
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  7. Posts : 823
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    I certainly had not thought of disabling the network in device manager before trying out the adaptor. That might have increased the speed. It is strange that trying 4 different USB connections, 3 on the motherboard external and 1 via the case connector gave such different results.
    Looking closely at the USB3 plug, although it is blue, there are only 4 connectors, exactly the same as a USB2 connector. The 5 connectors further inside are missing.
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  8. Posts : 14,022
    Win10 Pro and Home, Win11 Pro and Home, Win7, Linux Mint
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    My adapter supports Wireless 802.11b/g/n, there are newer ones that include 802.11ac, haven't run across an 802.11ax yet. There's even some that include Bluetooth Wireless.
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  9. Posts : 4,187
    Windows 11 Pro, 22H2
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    There are probably hundreds of different USB Ethernet adapters available. I use them extensivly and find them to be every bit as reliable as PCIe cards or even adapters built onto a motherboard or in a laptop.

    My personal preference is the adapters based on Realtek chipsets (which covers the majority of adapters anyway).

    NOTE: This may be more info than you wanted, but you may even want to consider a 2.5Gbps USB Ethernet adapter. Many of them can be found very inexpensively now. While you may not need that speed now, considering how inexpensive some of them are, it might be worth it now so that if you ever do go 2.5Gbps on all your systems you will already be ahead of the game and won't have to replace the existing adapters. This is the one I am using:

    https://a.co/21wj7zV

    I have 5 of these so far and am considering getting a few more .

    They are fully backward compatible as well.

    EDIT: I should have mentioned that the model I link to above has a USB-C connector. You can use it with USB-A using an adapter or you can purchase USB-A based adapters as well.
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  10. Posts : 823
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    I tried the direct wired and the USB RJ45 connections on my W10 laptop. The directly connected cable gave the expected speed, and the connection via USB was about 60% of the speed downloading and equal for upload speeds. The speed did not vary much after disabling the internal realtec in device manager. The USB connector is also realtec based. For my purposes the speed difference would not be noticable.
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