UGREEN Ethernet Adapter Compatible with Fire TV Stick 4K Max Lite Chromecast Google Home Mini and More Streaming TV Sticks Micro USB to RJ45…

Bought this product for the main goal of having a better experience with internet TV. While our family previously has used one of the big satellite/cable TV pipes, we are trying to get down to a simpler, but probably more functional way to watch TV. We started with just the Amazon Fire TV Stick alone, without any other devices, but we had some problems with occasional hangs. This is not good for watching live football. One issue with our situation is our main TV room is not right where the internet pipe enters our house. After reading up a bit about what could be causing the intermittent glitches, decided to try a hard-wired Ethernet connection direct to the Fire TV Stick. (And just for completeness, we also got a Powerline network adapter to have a hard connection from the internet gateway to our home to the TV.) It seems after a few days like this solution is doing the trick, possibly because it is eliminating most (or all) of the WiFi “buffering”. We have not been having any freezing of the Fire TV so far.

I had this item for over 2 months then it died. Work great then all of a sudden it would not connect to the network. Tried different cables with no luck. Lan port and cable from router worked with out issues on other devices. Power cable side not affected. Had to send back to amazon for a refund. Item looked nice and solid package well. Not sure wither or not to buy another one for it only to fail a couple of months down the line.

Update

I had the item packaged up and was about to send the back and I was contacted by Ugreen customer services to try somethings before returning.

Restarting the Fire Tv.

which I had already tried before Ugreen had contacted me but it didn’t solve the problem at the time. Same again had also disconnected the cable at the power adapter side to see if taking the power out of the lan port would sort of reboot it but I only did this for a few seconds. It didn’t solve the problem at this point.

Factory reset of the Fire Tv if the above didn’t work but I didn’t really want to do this because I would reinstall my apps and input all the usernames and passwords.

So I unpackaged the item to try the above options and send back the results to them but upon reconnecting the adaptor it was working again. It had been unplugged for a few days before I connected it up again so it must need a few minutes disconnection time from the power port to discharged the components in side the lan port rather than the few seconds I unplugged it for.

It has been working fine now for the last few weeks without any issues. If I have the same problem with it I will update the review with my findings.

Was very skeptical about buying this product because I have had bad luck with this specific brand before but to my surprise it works flawlessly. I was originally going to get an OTG usb-a to micro usb cable and a gig usb Ethernet adapter but I took a gamble on this instead. Yes it’s only 100mbps but I was barely getting 20mbps via WiFi and it would cut in and out. It’s all sturdy plastic and it’s a sufficient length for my use case. I also appreciate the link/status lights on it so you know you’re getting signal. Not all adapters have this. Now I have a permanent hardwired connection to my Firestick and no more connection issues. I don’t really need the gig adapter for just streaming as I don’t run a plex server or anything that would demand a higher bit rate so the 100mbps (actually caps out at about 90-95) is just fine and I don’t eat up unnecessary bandwidth needed for my laptop or PS5, both of which are hardwired via a gig switch. I did have a couple minutes when I first connected it that I didn’t think it was going to work at all but I just restarted the Firestick and bing bang boom it was recognized. I would recommend this if you don’t need the extra bandwidth (kodi, plex, bluray rips, etc) and even then you will be limited to 480mbps due to the usb2.0 transfer rate limitation on the Firesticks micro USB port. I always hardwire my devices when possible and I’m glad this worked out.

The box says it’s only for the Chromecast but there are some indications that it should work with the latest (2017) Amazon Fire Stick and Fire TV as they both have the Amazon ethernet adaptor recommended for those that don’t want to use WiFi to connect to the internet. So I decided to take a chance and was very pleased to see it worked with no problems. Basically it replaces the provided power cable but adds an ethernet socket. As soon as fitted it, it connected via ethernet, i.e. wired, without me having to do anything to set it up. As soon as it did I noticed an increase in the speed at which videos and apps loaded. Also in my experience I find ethernet a lot more stable than WiFi. My only niggle was that it has a “cable tidy” attached at the USB connectors end of the cables which has to be move down the cables to allow you to use them. It’s a very snug fit so it took some effort to move it so you have to be careful not to hold the USB connectors or there may be a chance of them detaching from the cables if they’re pulled too hard. Other than that an excellent product which, as it happens, is a couple of quid cheaper than Amazon’s own adaptor.

If you want to connect your Amazon Fire Stick to your TV, you can just forget about getting the official Amazon Ethernet adapter (especially since the official adapter is back-ordered until near-February 2018 and has been that way since Thanksgiving 2017). This adapter can do exactly what the official one can do, and even has a MUCH, MUCH longer cord.

I bought this item specifically to use with my 2nd Generation Amazon Fire TV stick (the one with Alexa voice control). Instead of connecting the Fire TV by WiFi, this adapter allows direct wired Ethernet connection to your router, so you can use the full speed of your router (depending on your service). My WiFi download speed averages 37.2mbps compared to the average direct router download average of 98.41mbps (my service is hybrid fibre broadband, meaning fibre to the street cabinet and then copper wire to the house). Who wouldn’t want to use the extra speed of Ethernet verses WiFi? This unit will also help bypass WiFi signal problems if you are okay with running a direct cable instead. It’s very easy to install, 2 minutes and you’re away.

UPDATE: I’ve just used this to connect my Moto G5+ directly to a router via Ethernet for Internet access and it worked perfectly as the phone is OTG (On The Go) compatible. It recognised the Ethernet connection without having to adjust any settings. It works powered and unpowered. If you use it powered, you can charge the phone while online.

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