
Subscribe to 9to5Mac on YouTube for more videosĪs mentioned, this isn’t Akitio’s first crack at making a 10 Gigabit Thunderbolt 3 Ethernet adapter, but it’s definitely its most compact and portable solution. Large gaps for airflow and heatsink for passive cooling.Ethernet port supports auto-negotiation for 10Gb/s, 5Gb/s, 2.5Gb/s, 1Gb/s and 100Mb/s.Thunderbolt 3 interface with reversible USB-C connector.Watch our hands-on video review for the details. If that describes your situation, you’ll be happy to know that the prolific Thunderbolt 3 hardware manufacturer has the T3-10G, a much smaller bus-powered 10 Gigabit Thunderbolt 3 Ethernet adapter. But what if you have a regular iMac or MacBook Pro? You can use Akitio’s Thunder3 Dock Pro ( review), which provides 10 Gigabit Thunderbolt 3 Ethernet, but that may be overkill if you just need to upgrade your network connection.


The iMac Pro comes with 10 Gigabit Ethernet out of the box, which is great for connecting to high speed networks and devices like NAS boxes.
