Not unexpectedly, performance dropped slightly when routed through a switch.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nI had no issues, aside from the initial heat that the firmware update alleviated, when employing the T310G1S in any setup with a real Thunderbolt 3 port. It works as advertised and works well.<\/p>\n
A Nice Kick in the Network Pants<\/h2>\n
It’s hard not to be happy when your copy and backup times to the network shrink to 20% of what they were previously. There are slightly cheaper T3 to 10GbE adapters out there, but none that I’ve seen can match the looks of the T310G1. That means something to most Mac users. Additionally, QNAP has been in my experience, a very reliable vendor. Good stuff, if a bit pricey.<\/p>\n
Note that while you should ideally buy the model T310G1 (10Base-T or SFP+) that suits your current cabling, there are SFP+ to RJ-45\/10Base-T adapters available for around $35.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"QNAP’s T310G1 enables 10GbE network speeds on computers that don’t have PCIe slots, but do sport a Thunderbolt 3 port. That shouts Mac, of course, but the adapter will also work with the rarer T3 Windows\/Linux AIO or laptop. Thunderbolt is Thunderbolt… Okay, it’s now actually USB4, but that’s another story. Design and Specs At […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":1951,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,20,34],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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