Product review: Ableconn USB3E1000 SuperSpeed USB 3.0 to 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet Network Adapter

This is a very nice compact Ethernet adapter. It feels solidly made and has metallic aluminium finish.

It is compact in size. This network adapter is 3"L x 7/8"W x 5/8"H. It weighs 1.5 oz. The network cable is 3" long. It is powered directly from the USB port.

To see whether it performs up to its specification I tested it connecting two Linux systems using iperf performance measuring tool.
I also compared its performance with two NICs built-in into my computer.

The network adapter performed well, as well as one might hope for a Gigabit adapter.

✔ For those who are interested in the specific details of the tests I am including them below.

Using USB 3.0 Port
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USB 3 half duplex
[1] 0.0-10.0 sec 1.05 GBytes 901 Mbits/sec

USB 3 full duplex
[2] 0.0-10.0 sec 996 MBytes 835 Mbits/sec
[3] 0.0-10.0 sec 1.06 GBytes 905 Mbits/sec

Using USB 2.0 Port
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USB 2, half duplex
[4] 0.0-10.0 sec 361 MBytes 302 Mbits/sec

✔ For comparison, performance of two built-in NICs in my computer
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Internal Ethernet NIC, Intel 82579V
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Half duplex
[ 3] 0.0-10.0 sec 1.09 GBytes 935 Mbits/sec

Full Duplex
[ 5] 0.0-10.0 sec 1.08 GBytes 930 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 0.0-10.0 sec 1.05 GBytes 901 Mbits/sec

Internal Ethernet NIC, Qualcomm Atheros AR8151 2.0
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Half duplex
[ 3] 0.0-10.0 sec 1.09 GBytes 934 Mbits/sec

Full duplex
[ 5] 0.0-10.0 sec 1.05 GBytes 900 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 0.0-10.0 sec 1.05 GBytes 899 Mbits/sec


You can find it on Amazon by following this link.



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