HOT 260: Ethernet vs. USB-C for File Transfers - Which Connection for My NAS?
Hands-On Tech (Audio)
Leo Laporte
4.3 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 29 March 2026
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
On this week's episode of Hands-On Tech, Mikah answers a listener's question about which connection method — Thunderbolt, 10GbE Ethernet, or a USB-C to 10GbE Ethernet dongle — offers the best performance and reliability for video editing with network-attached storage.
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Host: Mikah Sargent
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| 0:00.0 | Coming up on Hands on Tech, let's take a look at different file transfer options and which you should choose. |
| 0:07.3 | Stay tuned. |
| 0:08.2 | This is Twitter. |
| 0:14.9 | Hello and welcome to Hands on Tech. I am Micah Sargent, and today I am taking your tech |
| 0:22.7 | questions and answering them because that's what we do on this show, Hands on Tech. If you have |
| 0:26.8 | a tech question, by the way, you can get in touch. HOT at twit.tv is how you get in touch with me. |
| 0:32.7 | I also love it when you write in with answers that you have to problems that other people |
| 0:40.9 | have. |
| 0:41.9 | That is always accepted and welcomed as well, because occasionally I'll come across something |
| 0:47.1 | I've never experienced and have trouble finding it. |
| 0:49.3 | But maybe you out there go, oh, wait, I dealt with that. |
| 0:53.0 | I know exactly what to do. And I love, love, love to hear |
| 0:55.6 | from you in those cases as well. All right. So today's question comes in from John. I don't believe |
| 1:00.7 | this is John Ashley. This is a different John, as far as I know. And John writes the following, |
| 1:06.4 | Micah, just curious, should I spend the extra money to get a 10 gig Ethernet port or find a USBC to 10 gig |
| 1:14.4 | Ethernet dongle? USBC is much faster. I say it like that because it is asked as a question. |
| 1:20.0 | Other than connection issues, what are the differences? Do USBC speeds surpass 1 gig and 10 gig Ethernet |
| 1:26.2 | capabilities? I'm considering upgrading my NAS, but want the fastest connections and transfer speeds. |
| 1:32.8 | So should I stick with Thunderbolt or go Ethernet? |
| 1:35.4 | Keep up the great work and educating the masses. |
| 1:38.1 | Love this, by the way, John, that you went on to include some more information where you say the where you give me some |
| 1:48.9 | background. So you are planning to do video editing or you do do video editing and the way that |
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