USB Gigabit Ethernet adapter for Macbook Air?

Hi all,

I just recently bought a Macbook Air (2010) and I was wondering if there are any good Gigabit Ethernet adapters out there for Macs?

I presume it doesn't have to be Air specific obviously as it's running the latest OSX.

I know USB 2.0 cannot max out an ethernet connection, and that the overhead with USB -> Ethernet is high. However, it will mean that I will have about double the speed compared to 10/100, and to be honest, I'd rather wait 15 minutes for a transfer than 30

Cheers!
SineTwo

I'm having exactly the same question.

Just bought my first Mac (airbook). I want to take a DVD with me on the road, but 4 Gb takes quite a long time to put on my macbook. I would like transfer this wired, connected on my gigabit router.

Is there anything available out there which can do this?

I've never heard of a non-Apple USB-Ethernet adapter working with a MBA (or a non-Apple external DVD drive). However, my experience was only with owning two examples of the previous generations of MBA. Perhaps there is a work around or perhaps things have changed since then. Please post of you find something. I'm sure you can probably edit the kexts and work something out, but I wouldn't trust anything critical to such a set up.

JohDut said:

I'm having exactly the same question.

Just bought my first Mac (airbook). I want to take a DVD with me on the road, but 4 Gb takes quite a long time to put on my macbook. I would like transfer this wired, connected on my gigabit router.

Is there anything available out there which can do this?

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I would highly recommend getting the Transcend 32gb SDHC for that purpose. Yes it stick out of the macbook air which is EXTREMELY annoying, but for the price you get that awesome sd card for, it is worth it. Also, it's a great deal smaller than a dvd drive

As far as ethernet devices go, i ended up buying the 10/100 because apple's too lame to release a gigabit one

I did find one that was compatible in fact, but it was only available in the US, and sparingly at that...

sinetwo said:

I did find one that was compatible in fact, but it was only available in the US, and sparingly at that...

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Could you share the name of the product? Thanks.

heres one that seems to work

I havent tried it myself though. If you do end up purchasing it, let us know how it works for you.

Amazon.com: Belkin F5D5055 Gigabit USB 2.0 Network Adapter: Electronics

Check out the review by titled "Gigabit Ethernet for MacBook Air (Mac OS X 10.6), November 13, 2010," by Lev Walkin