UGREEN USB 3.0 Hub Ethernet Adapter 10 100 1000 Gigabit Network Converter with USB 3.0 Hub 3 Ports Compatible for Nintendo Switch Windows Surface Pro MacBook Air Retina iMac Pro Chromebook PC

Awesome product. Been looking for an Ethernet adapter that is compatible with my Firestick 4K and have extra drive or storage. Easy to use, plug and play. Then checked my Firestick 4K connection it says WIRED. Afterwards I ran a speed test, it’s 235 Mbps download speed without VPN. And 80.87 Mbps with IPVANISH VPN. Works as intended.Read more

Well, I really wanted to like this USB hub. It was slick looking and compact and had a good feel to it. It would have done the trick for this Surface 4 pro, with only one 3.0 USB port, but the promise is great by the manufacturer and the execution of the product is poor. I am somewhat of an IT guy, it’s just not what I do for a living anymore, so this is not one of those reviews where you have to wonder if the author knows what they are talking about or not, I do. I will keep all the terms of the review in plain language. This hub is ok, IF all you are doing is adding USB 2.0 speed devices and do not plan to ever disconnect them. (except for a hard drive.) One of its main problems is that once you plug, say, a bluetooth device, and a portable hard drive into it, it can see them, but if you want to just command a shutdown and disconnection of the hard drive but not the bluetooth device, too bad, so sad- not possible. This hub treats everything that is plugged into it as 1 item, even though you can see them listed individually, you can only (properly and safely) remove all of them, but not one at a time. But wait, there’s more!– speeds as I tested them are NOT 3.0, in fact the hub continuously hiccups and slows down the transfer of data even on the simplest one page documents. Three times during my evaluation period, the computer would not shutdown, because the process of shutdown between the external hard drive was in a continuous loop of useless info going back and forth through the hub. Eventually, (after 10 minutes of waiting for a shutdown), I had to unplug the external drive itself from the hub, (at great risk of a loss of data on the drive ,and not good for the computer either!), since neither the computer or the external drive would shut down on their own. (mind you, I experienced this on three different shutdown events.) —Extra power needed because it is a hard drive you say?- Yea, well the process was attempted WITH and WITHOUT an additional 5V power input cable to power the hub. No difference, in fact, if you try that you will find that the external drive, and the hub itself, WILL NOT shut down AT ALL when powered via the 5V input port, even if the computer is off! (the blue lights on the top of the hub stay lit and the hard drive just keeps on a’spinning). Wow, sad, and a deal breaker. Lastly, when used with a bluetooth mouse, the range is VERY erratic. Sometimes you can get several feet away, but unfortunately I found that to be unreliable and it would twitch and jump all over the screen. You must stay within 9 to 10 inches, max. Even then you still get twitches, they are just minimized. The only thing that seemed to work well was the hard-wire RJ-45 input. I experienced no issues there. All of the equipment I was using was less that 3 months old so there were no problems with my equipment. And BTW, as soon as I removed the hub and attached things individually, all the items worked without a hitch and full 3.0 speed capability was restored. I would not recommend this unit. Eventually, if I kept trying to use it there would certainly be a loss of data, or worse. Two stars might be a little generous.Read more

UGREEN came through again, I continue to really like the products that UGREEN delivers. This Gigabit USB3 adapter worked out of the box, with ZERO setup. 1) plugged it in to the PC 2) connected the ethernet cable. 3) browsed the web and viewed local LAN shares NO PROBLEMS whatsoever. After checking out the device properties i verified it was indeed connecting a 1 Gbit and the active settings were all reasonable. I really like that all of the drivers were native windows WHQL certified and nothing needed to be installed. The unit was slightly warm (if it was coffee it wouldn’t be warm enough). —– technical mumbo jumbo TL DR; follows…. The chipset inside the unit provides the nifty operations you want from a modern internet adapter. checksum offload, large send offload, jumbo packets, priority & VLAN, energy conservation, automatic cable length detection, wake on lan, wake on link, wake on pattern, wake on magic packet, ARP offload, NS offload. (i tested none of this, im just noting that the chipset offers it and the windows 10 drivers support it) There is a mini CD that contains drivers for windows versions < 10. including mac and linux. The linux drivers include source code. The manufacturers web site was very open about certification and compliance and even provide gerbers and schematics for embedded applications that want to use the chipset,Read more

I’ve been struggling with the dreaded circle of frustration when streaming shows etc. Dedpite gave a genuine 50Mb download speed (usually delivers 35-40) .. with a Firedtick .. I was restricted to wi-fi. Not now! I’m lucky to gave an ethernet connection available so this was the perfect upgrade for me. I bought the 4k Firestick because my original FireTV was feeling a bit “sluggish” .. so all in all.. the whole experience is lightening fast. I also have a 64gb USB stick and bluetooth mini keyboard plugged in. Leaving one USB port spare. The green unit comes very well packaged … and clear instructions although I looked it up on YouTube first. Highly recommended but it’s a no brainer if you have an ethernet connection available. Yes wi-fi can be just as fast but in my house there are too many competing devices for bandwidth that I prefer to have online. Enjoy!Read more

So, the first unit i received had an issue with the main power USB plug. When it was clicked in all the way to make sure it didn’t fall out, the power stopped and the lights went out. If i left it out part way it was fine. That way it works perfectly with my Amazon Fire stick allowing Ethernet connection. So i contacted them and after much back and forth they finally believed me when i linked them to a YouTube video of it happening. So they sent another. This one works perfectly well when it comes to that power plug issue and the USB ports work fine (not why i bought it). However, the Ethernet port doesn’t work. Their response this time was that many thousands have been sold and they haven’t had two consecutive devices being faulty and that it isn’t meant to work with the Fire stick and to buy a different adaptor from them (that isn’t gigabit Ethernet which i want). I confirmed that was wrong as their first adaptor works perfectly in this setup and simple can’t be plugged in properly so has the risk of falling out. I really don’t know why they say one thing that they know is incorrect after I’ve confirmed to them it worked that way with the first one they had sent?Read more