N-gated Hacker News🎉 Wow, who knew it was possible to make a USB adapter sound like the next iPhone release? The #excitement for something smaller and cheaper is palpable, because who doesn't love a dongle revolution? 💡💸 Meanwhile, the rest of us will continue to use WiFi like it's 2026 or something. 🌐🙄
https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/new-10-gbe-usb-adapters-cooler-smaller-cheaper/ #USBadapter #donglerevolution #techinnovation #WiFi2026 #HackerNews #ngated
https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/new-10-gbe-usb-adapters-cooler-smaller-cheaper/ #USBadapter #donglerevolution #techinnovation #WiFi2026 #HackerNews #ngated
New 10 GbE USB adapters are cooler, smaller, cheaper
For years, the best way to get 10 gigabit networking on laptops was to buy an expensive, large, and hot 10 GbE Thunderbolt adapter. With new RTL8159-based 10G USB 3.2 adapters coming onto the market, the bulky adapters might be a thing of the past. Just look at the size of the thing in comparison to my Thunderbolt adapters: 2.5G and even 5G USB adapters have been out for a while, but sometimes you need more bandwidth.