Use Your Thunderbolt 3 Port To Get 10GbE Networking
The Sonnet Solo 10G Is Not As Wonky As The Old USB Network Adapters
In the bad old days there were a slew of USB network adapters, and as a rule they were awful. You might luck out and find one that wasn’t an absolute klutz with your packets, but the odds were against you. The Sonnet Solo 10G Thunderbolt 3 10GbE adapter is not such a device, unless ServeTheHome managed to get a golden sample. The throughput was solid at 10GbE, 5GbE and 2.5GbE during their use of the Sonnet Solo 10G and they have been using it for almost a year now.
The enclosure is a heatsink, and it will get somewhat toasty over time, so make sure you don’t bury it somewhere it can’t breathe. They tested the RJ-45 version, but there is also an SPF+ model if your network swings that way. At $199 US the Sonnet Solo 10G isn’t the cheapest adapter of it’s type on the market but it is very easy to set up and is cheaper than upgrading your motherboard to add 10GbE as a feature. All you need is an unused Thunderbolt 3 port to upgrade your network.
It felt like it was time to do a mini-review of the Sonnet Solo 10G Thunderbolt 3 10GbE adapter. It does what it sounds, connects to a Thunderbolt 3 port, and provides 10Gbase-T connectivity.
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What advanced settings were used in device manager on a Windows machine to get the full speeds?
They don’t mention any, which suggests it’s plug and play.