Speaker 1: Hi, I'm Bernie
Thompson. I'm the founder of
Plugable Technologies. It's been
almost 20 years since gigabit
ethernet rolled out. And finally
we're getting to the next speed
level with 2.5 gig ethernet
rolling out here in 2020 and
this is Plugables first product
a with a 2.5 gig USB ethernet
adapter that works on any
Windows or Mac PC. So just plugs
in with USB-C or USB-A to either
a Windows or Mac laptop. The
good thing about 2.5 gig
ethernet is it's backwards
compatible. So today I can plug
this in to my Windows PC and
it's going to work on this
existing network that I already
have here, that's gigabit
ethernet. Um, and then as I
update other pieces, basically
once the routers and switches
are 2.5 any of the end node
computers that are, that have
2.5 gig adapters like this are
going to see that big boost and
performance.
Everybody else will keep working
and we can slowly get everybody
else rolled over to 2.5 gig. So
this is a great way to kind of
invest now and begin uh,
building towards 2.5 gig in a
future proofed fashion. So here
at Plugable we have a lot going
on on our network at any given
time, you know, we might be
editing this video that we're
making and we're working a lot
of image files and we've got
people sending large data files
back and forth and you know,
maybe streaming the occasional
sporting event or something like
that. So all of that is
occurring over a gigabit
ethernet network. And very often
that network is actually what's
limiting the speed of a copy or
moving the data around. We have
an opportunity finally to jump
our network performance by, you
know, up to two and a half times
real world is going to be, you
know, somewhere around maybe
twice as fast or or in that
area.
One of the big advantages of 2.5
gig ethernet is it actually uses
the same cat5 cabling that you
have already. 2.5 gig ethernet
will work on up to a hundred
meters of cat5e or cat6 cable.
And many newer installations
already have that. Some of the
higher speeds of gigabit
ethernet that are coming, 5 gig
and 10 gig, they require in many
cases, new cabling or higher
quality cabling. Uh, and so that
makes the, the roll-outs more
difficult. But with this sort of
adapter and the 2.5 gig
technology, um, that should be
easier for you. So with 2.5 gig
ethernet, if I plug in, you
know, into my available USB
port, again, our adapter
supports either USB or Plugable.
is it going to work in every
case? Well, like a lot of new
technologies, uh, there's new
chips in these 2.5 gig adapters
and those chips required
drivers.
There's drivers available for
our adapter for Windows and
MacOS you do need to install
that driver get, uh, you know,
it was for it to work and to get
maximum performance. Um, and
some of the operating systems
that don't have installable
drivers like iOS, Android, um,
some of those, some of the more
kind of tablet and mobile
platforms that aren't Mac and
Windows, you may have to wait a
little while for adapters like
this to be supported. So there
you go. Plugables new 2.5 gig
ethernet adapter that has
supports both Plugable and USB,
a laptops, tablets and desktops,
both Windows and Mac. And it's a
great way to future proof what
you're doing right now for the
2.5 gig network that you're
probably going to be converting
over to over the next few years.
If you have any questions about
compatibility, what routers,
other operating systems, we are
always happy to answer those
questions with our US-based
support team. Just go ahead and
ask them below. Thanks for
watching.