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The original blog post that this is based (verbatim?) on is here: https://khronokernel.github.io/macos/2021/11/22/PCIE-ETHERNE...

Besides being the original source, it loads much faster (at least for me) and also doesn't have the amazon affiliate links sprinkled through it.

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Also, original article's heading includes "macOS", which is also relevant since these problems don't seem to affect Windows users.

Although anecdotal, I've been using a Dell WD15 dock which uses a Realtek 8153 network adapter with my Windows 10 laptop for years without issue.

Not to say that I don't think Realtek seems to be lacking, but I think it's worth mentioning that the problems experienced by macOS users do not seem to happen to Windows users.

It depends on what you’re doing. I’ve never had a problem with USB ethernet adapters (I expect most of them Realtek) on macOS, but I generally haven’t been trying to push sustained gigabit speeds for long while sharing the bus with other devices. While driver quality is mentioned, sustained speed seems to be a big part of what they’re talking about (hardware offloading, bus bandwidth, etc.).

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