BUffering when streaming 4k files from a PC \ NIC upgrade

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@fatbustard

I read several threads and some people mentioned USB Ethernet for 1GBPS to solve the issue, but not the make and model that was confirmed working.

Can anybody recommend a decent gigabit usb adaptor?

I have a few large files (eg. 50gb h265 encodes) that are struggling to play and wondered if anyone had any positive experiences adding a gigabit lan adaptor?

Vero 4k Asus gigabit ethernet adapter

Hi I just wanted to confirm that the gigabit adapter you get with some Asus zenbooks works with the vero 4k out of the box. The below tests are run from the vero 4k to a server. There are several gigabit switches in the signal path. The first run is from server to client, which is the importatnt one. There is no signigificant cpu usage, iperf3 uses 10% or so. The kernel overhead is ~2.5% cpu (if im reading the output of top correctly sy goes from .5 to ~3). Note that the fast transfer is fro…

Both of these threads with very relevant titles contain links and confirmations of exact units.