Questions & Answers for Thunderbolt to Gigabit Ethernet Adapter

I'm wondering if my Macbook Pro(Late 2012) has the capability, and if so how to adjust the network settings to cater the needs of a Sonos Bridge to emit its own wireless network so I can play my Sonos speakers from a wireless network from a hotel. ( I won't have access to a hardline ethernet port or router ) I'm going on vacation and am hoping to bring my speaker to have some tunes with in Mexico. If my computer is capable of supporting the right internet accessibility to the bridge I will most definitely be buying this thunderbolt to ethernet adapter to connect the Bridge and thus connect all my Sonos speakers. I'm at a loss and not sure how to understand and be sure my network settings can receive a wireless signal and create an output from my computer to the bridge, or if this adapter is only for inputting a hardline ethernet internet cord for my macbook. Boils down to an input/output question with wireless internet network capabilities. Any help or additional information would be greatly appreciated as my trip is in three weeks time! Thanks again. - Rob

• Asked by Robert W from Tonka Bay
• 7 Mar 2014
• Flag as inappropriate (Sonos Bridge and Play 3 compatability with Macbook Pro and this Thunderbolt to ethernet adapter?)

• Asked by Michael O
• 14 Mar 2019
• Flag as inappropriate (Will this work with mac book pro mid 2014?)

Thank you.

• Asked by Simon L
• 6 Sep 2018
• Flag as inappropriate (Does it work with a 15" MacBook Pro mid-2015?)

firewire 800 to to thunderbolt?

• Asked by Markos A from Carss Park
• 20 Jun 2012
• Flag as inappropriate (How do i connect my fw800 devices to thunderbolt macbook pro?)

My specific question is: I have a Motorola RFID reader that I connect to a Windows machine to do race timing. It only connects with an ethernet cable. I've read that the USB to Ethernet ONLY connects to the internet and does not communicate exactly like an ethernet port used to.
Will this thunderbolt to Ethernet device be able to connect to hardware that uses this connection, and will it be able to do so in bootcamp running windows 7?

Thanks

• Asked by Nicholas J from Orlando
• 29 Mar 2014
• Flag as inappropriate (Can it connect to non internet devices under Boot Camp?)

• Asked by Andrew M
• 1 Aug 2012
• Flag as inappropriate (Can I use this to connect an (old) iMac via its ethernet port to an external thunderbolt hard drive?)

I understand the speed limitations of ethernet versus Thunderbolt (1GBs vs 10GBs) but my understanding is that the speed that information is acquired/written is based on the speed of the disk itself (i.e. 7200 rpm) or protocol of the drive SATA I/II/II (1.5GBs/3GBs/6GBs).

If I could hook up the NAS drive to Thunderbolt, the performance would be better than my Firewire 800, although marginally, but the price of creating a RAID drive would be fairly inexpensive as diskless NAS is significantly more cost effective than FW800 or Thunderbolt ... (and Thunderbolt only really makes sense with SSD). My real limitation is that I only have USB 2.0 ... or Firewire 800.

Any thoughts? Suggestions? Ideas?

Thanks,

J

• Asked by Johannes M from Toronto
• 2 Oct 2013
• Flag as inappropriate (I'm considering purchasing a NAS device, can I turn my NAS drive into a "Thunderbolt" external hard drive with this adapter?)

I just got CenturyLink Gigabit service, and the fastest speeds I can get ising this adapter is around 650Mbps down/800Mbs up. The CenturyLink installer says it's a limitation of my hardware, and that only fairly new machines will actually get the full 1000Mbs / 1000Mbs speeds.

Mid-2012 MBP Retina, which has no ethernet so I'm using this adapter.

Does anyone know if there are limits in the adapter, older Macs, or...? If I get a new MBP but it turns out it's the adapter that is chocking things, then I won't see any benefit on that front.

• Asked by Allen M from Bellingham
• 25 May 2017
• Flag as inappropriate (Full gigabit speeds?)

• Asked by Andrew R
• 21 Feb 2013
• Flag as inappropriate (how do i transfer files from old pc to my macbook pro do i use my thunderbolt to gigabit ethernet adapter?)

I have a new iMac with a 2 Tb internal drive. I wish to now buy a Time Capsule, would this be a good way of connection to give me faster bandwidth on my iMac?

• Asked by Gillian K from Maryborough
• 12 Jun 2012
• Flag as inappropriate (Can I use this cable to hook up a Time Capsule to my iMac?)