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Cable Matters gives the laptop its charging socket back

One Cable Matters piece here

The 201453-N, a 2.5-gigabit USB-C network adapter.

The socket given back

Most network adapters take the only USB-C socket of a thin laptop and give nothing back. This one carries a second USB-C socket that passes up to 140 W of charging under USB Power Delivery 3.1, so the laptop can be charged and wired through one port. That figure covers the largest laptop chargers sold today.

What is stated, and what is not

Up to 2,500 Mbit/s on the network side, an aluminum body and a braided pigtail lead are all on the Amazon.com page. The controller’s maker is named, but not its model, which matters for drivers on Linux or older systems; most adapters on the shelf name neither.

Every Cable Matters unit reviewed here

USB network adapters

Cable Matters 201453-N, 2.5-gigabit Type-C adapter with a 140 W charging socket

up to 2500 Mbit/s · USB-C · a second USB-C socket for charging to 140 W under USB-PD 3.1 · aluminum body · braided pigtail lead · controller maker named without a model

A 2.5-gigabit adapter that gives the single Type-C socket of a laptop back by carrying up to 140 W of charging alongside the network.

Best for: A modern laptop with a single Type-C socket that has to be charged and wired at the same time, on a desk where the adapter stays plugged in.

7.8/10

≈ $35

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What each Cable Matters review concluded

Cable Matters 201453-N — The only adapter here that gives a socket back rather than taking one, and the one whose body and lead are described as parts.

Every price named in a summary was read on the date that review carries. What a shop asks today is shown beside the product, and it moves.