OWC releases new Thunderbolt 3 10G Ethernet Adapter

The new OWC Thunderbolt 3 10G Ethernet Adapter features smart auto-negotiation features and real-world transfer speeds of up to 900 megabytes per second.

The refreshed OWC Thunderbolt 3 10G Ethernet Adapter enables high-speed network connectivity for devices that don't have ethernet ports or devices that only have a Gigabit Ethernet port like the 2018 Mac mini. The adapter just requires a Thunderbolt 3 compatible computer — such as a MacBook Pro — and access to 10GBASE-T networks and devices.

Transfer speeds of over 900MBps means no more waiting when transferring large video files or raw photos. Users can easily send and receive large files for group projects and begin working immediately.

This adapter also supports auto-negotiation for 10Gb/s, 5Gb/s, 2.5Gb/s, 1Gb/s, and 100Mb/s Base-T Ethernet standards, ensuring it can be used with a wide range of networks.

It also boasts an energy-saving wake-on LAN feature. This feature allows it to wake a computer in sleep mode, giving you access to stored files, programs, or the ability to perform system management remotely.

The Thunderbolt 3 10G Ethernet Adapter is available now from MacSales and sells for $149.00.

13 Comments

rob53 13 Years · 3312 comments

About 4 years ago

At that price it would be more economical to have it as part of one of OWC’s TB3 docks. I don’t remember seeing OWC sell any 10G switches. Time to include those?

Mike Wuerthele 8 Years · 6906 comments

rob53 said:

At that price it would be more economical to have it as part of one of OWC’s TB3 docks. I don’t remember seeing OWC sell any 10G switches. Time to include those?

AFAIK, the only 10gig dock that they have is the one that they got when they bought Akitio.

https://eshop.macsales.com/item/AKiTiO/3DAA0007Y/

Retail was over $300.

Mike Wuerthele said:

rob53 said:

At that price it would be more economical to have it as part of one of OWC’s TB3 docks. I don’t remember seeing OWC sell any 10G switches. Time to include those?

AFAIK, the only 10gig dock that they have is the one that they got when they bought Akitio.

https://eshop.macsales.com/item/AKiTiO/3DAA0007Y/

Retail was over $300.

Are you talking about this one? https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/owc-thunderbolt-3-pro-dock My comment was more for OWC than users. I imagine OWC watches the AI forum. It's $320 right now, just $25 more than their standard dock, which has a lot more ports than the Pro dock.

Didn't realize MacSales sold Netgear switches, include two 10G switches. They aren't cheap but you get what you pay for, 10G transfer speeds. I remember installing gigabit switches that had 10G interconnects along with fiber connections between banks of switches a couple decades ago. My installation was one of the first where I worked and included around 400-500 desktops. Of course I didn't use my money to pay for them.

rob53 said:

Mike Wuerthele said:

rob53 said:

At that price it would be more economical to have it as part of one of OWC’s TB3 docks. I don’t remember seeing OWC sell any 10G switches. Time to include those?

AFAIK, the only 10gig dock that they have is the one that they got when they bought Akitio.

https://eshop.macsales.com/item/AKiTiO/3DAA0007Y/

Retail was over $300.

Are you talking about this one? https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/owc-thunderbolt-3-pro-dock My comment was more for OWC than users. I imagine OWC watches the AI forum. It's $320 right now, just $25 more than their standard dock, which has a lot more ports than the Pro dock.

Didn't realize MacSales sold Netgear switches, include two 10G switches. They aren't cheap but you get what you pay for, 10G transfer speeds. I remember installing gigabit switches that had 10G interconnects along with fiber connections between banks of switches a couple decades ago. My installation was one of the first where I worked and included around 400-500 desktops. Of course I didn't use my money to pay for them.

Yup, that's the one!

In semi-related news, we are starting to fiddle with practical 10G wired networks for SOHO, and evaluation of practicality in speeds and cost. We'll get back to you on that.

mtlion2020 4 Years · 70 comments

Id would buy one, but
Since 2001, I regularly purchased items for my iMac, powerbook, Macmini and macbook air until this May
I need to complain or alert someone who works there that i could not order parts in May because my user names, password was never updated.
I did the 48 hour wait and sent emails and social media posts.
So i purchased a feather something 265GB ssd for the macbook air on Amazon, which works great, has a blue light and was cheaper at the time.
Hopefully someone at OWC will see this and proceed in resurrecting my account.
sorry for being unrelated, but a mac user has to do what ever to solve mundane problems.