Great tip! Some modern TV's also now have USB 3 ports. Plug the adapter in there for even faster speed than the USB 2's approx 300mbit/s limitation.

Thanks Liron! Saw this vid at the same time I was installing a new modem/router. The combination of connecting the smart TV to the LAN port (2.5G) and carefully placing the modem, and tidying up a few other things saw the speed jump from mid-120s down to a consistent 195mbps. Win!

Every time I'm watching your videos I feel like I'm in a classroom. Your information always on point and following your instructions makes everything safer. Thank you for sharing.

My router had a warning for the tv, no matter which port I used, saying to use a better cable that it was only getting 100mbs. I changed changed my cat6 cable thinking it was bad. I reset the tv after going through all my settings and nothing. I went through my router settings and disabled the priatization of streaming over everything else. I rebooted my router. Nothing. I found your video and I'm sold. Thank you sir.

This man single handedly saved my online fps game experience. Before, I was suffering from 200+ avg ping, and I searched for answers everywhere. Nothing I tried fixed my ping. Until I found his fix for internet speed, which involved adjusting mtu size. Now I get lower than 60 avg ping, and I can go back to streaming valorant. Thank you so much!!!

Your adapter is usb3, but the usb port on the tv is only usb 2, so you're limited to the speed of the usb 2.0 port (max 480mbps). So the gigabit adapter is a bit overkill. You want to find a tv that has usb 3 ports.

I just wanted to say thank you. Whenever I feel down and depressed, I start watching your videos and within 5 minutes, I feel calm and my depression lifts from me. You're amazing and I tell all my friends all the great ways you've helped me over the last few years, and how watching your videos has kept me out of mental institutions. Thanks again, you are literally a lifesaver.

Great tip Liron! I would've never tried that because I just assumed tv's aren't "smart" enough to recognise USB ethernet adapters. Obviously I was wrong so great tip. I just have PC's connected to my tv's but this is good to know if a client is having bandwidth issues. Thanks Liron, Happy New Year mate!!

Well Liron where I live in Australia we still have a 4G network and my download is still only 50Mbs and there is nothing that I can do about it. As for hooking up an Ethernet cable well, that would be extraordinarily difficult for me as my modem is in another room 30 metres away. I am not that savvy and I don't see the issue with upload speeds as mine is usually around 3Mbs. As for the 6G network I cannot see that happening for a very long time as we are so far behind you in the US. Having said that I think your fix for those who can use it - it is fantastic.

I just use 5Ghz, AX standard and I get ~300Mbps on my smart tv (wireless), without any third party devices. I live in Romania (Europe), and I have a 1Gbps subscription plan from my ISP (aprox. 10$/mounth - with the ONT and wifi router included).

Just tried it and wow it at least psychology seem to have unhinged the TV from the router load and my iPhone is loading up faster. I had issues with Zoom stability in past 2 years which I suspect was from heavy use of the router as the whole family is working or studying dependent on WiFi. Will see how this pans out over next few weeks but heck it’s still a great suggestion. Thanks.

My TV's wired internet speed just went through the roof!!! Thank you!

Liron … I’m truly always amazed at your content/discoveries! Thank you so much!!!

Great info and a nice straightforward presentation devoid of any bullcrap found on so many other YT channels.I've subscribed

I ordered the one in your link. It was the "Amazon Basics Aluminum USB 3.0 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter". The one you referenced and showed in your video was the "Rankie USB Network Adapter, USB 3.0 to RJ45 Gigabit Ethernet Internet Adapter". Will either one of these work? Thanks

Thanks my downloads are only 60 minutes instead of an 1 hour

i literally just tried it and it absolutely worked on my LG C9 TV

Cool to know. I already have a wired connection to my SmartTV and I'm good with the performance. I just have the slow internet that comes included with my rent and its good for my purposes right now. However I might move soon so if I have to pay for internet I'm gonna get something good. So this is a good tip for future consideration.

Thank you. Great info that I needed. 👍

Great video liron I will have to check it out on my tv. But I have question maybe you can help me with I’m upgrading my security system at home and right now I’m hooked up to my isp by wifi. But my new system has its own router. Can I just plug my new system into my isp modem/router using a Ethernet cable ? What do you think

Thing to keep in mind is that most people probably won't need this, as most 4K video bandwidth from Internet streaming maxes out at around 25Mbps, which will barely put a dent in the TV's 100Mbps NIC. Now uncompressed UHD Blu Ray backups from your Plex server (128Mbps usually), that's a different story. You _will_ need this.

Thanks sooo much for the tip. Always enjoy your informative videos !! Can't understand why some viewers are always negative or down right nasty in their remarks. I originally had my Roku TCL smart tv on Wi-Fi then tried ethernet but it was coming off an Ooma VOIP ethernet port that apparently was capped at 100mbps so ended up back on Wi-Fi. Gotta keep playing around with your idea. Presently on T-Mobile 5g home internet which delivers 200mbps. Again MANY thanks for all your video's!!

Great video. Can you please let me know how you initially connected the LAN? Thank you!

When I'm streaming 10bit hdr 7.1 atmos through plex the bandwidth matters. I will definitely give this a try. Looks like ping is much worse tho which wont matter to me but for some people it could be a deal breaker, especially if you were gaming on your tv.

Huge difference in my gaming. Thank you. Subbed and liked.

I too never considered the manner of connection. I have a Samsung 3D and 😭 looks like my USB is only 2. Would like to know if the adaptor would still benefit me or am I stuck with my buffering? Hope u can shine some light on this area?

Thank you for your time Liron, This is amazing, and why do the tv brands, i mean, all have to limit the bandwidth? That suggests that they are using the same card in all the brands from the super high end to the lower.

Wow! I live in a rural area and all I have is the netgear hotspot for unlimited high speed internet. I have Netflix and watching movies is no fun because of the constant buffering. It would take 4 hours to watch an hour and a half movie. I never thought of hard wiring the netgear puck. I just connected the Ethernet cable to the TV and the puck and turned off the Wi-Fi. It worked! Oh my goodness! I can enjoy watching movies again. Why do I need the TV adapter? I wasn’t understanding that part. I’ve just ordered it from Amazon and if it makes it that much better I’m all in. Thank you!

Thank you for that. It all helps. I have been amazed at how slow wifi is, and even more so if you are using VPN. My 300 mbps fibre was regularly showing speedtest results down around the 25 mbps. beware VPN overheads! And VPN + WIFI is even worse!!

Hello, I have an LG TV 2019 and it doesn't work for me with the USB adapter. I've tried all USB ports. Do you have an idea why this doesn't work? I have a USB 3.0 to Gigabit Ethernet adapter from Cable Matters Greetings from Austria (Europe)

Hey Liron, on what brand of TV was this adaptor tested?

Hey new here to tv tech stuff , I was wondering I use a Ethernet walk adapter currently because I rent and I don’t want a huge hole in the wall to feed my modem cable, my question is if I buy a Ethernet adapter for the tv or pc would that give me even greater speeds?

What setting does it have to be on in order to recognize the USB with the Ethernet connected to it?

This channel RULES!!! Hail to the the Tech Explainer In-Chief!! Thanks again, Liron!

I have found turning off APSD mode helps with range on some models, and also on some routers beamforming hurts throughput, also choose non DFS channels, also Asus ac routers seem to like DTM 2 instead of the normal 1..

You made me a happier person! Thank you so much.

Hi Liron, Thanks for the tip but was told that the smart TV cannot recognize this adapter as a networking device. Appreciate to know why you can but others comment no. Thanks

Wow! Now I just need to run a LAN cable from my router, about 200 or more feet. Thank for always providing get tips and tricks.

Great tip. I thought I would try this on our LG TV. The TV wouldn't recognize the Gigabyte device on the USB ports. Now I need to do a little more research on how to get this done.

Nice and simple ,just what we need .Thanks

I bought this adaptor from description and it's not working for me at all. I've got 97 Mbps when I'm using cable (cat8), but when I connect ethernet to usb adaptor the speed dropped to 82 Mbps. Maybe there is other setting need to setup?

I would like to know what brand of TVs work best for this ?

Trying MiFi via a dongle for TV but basically is so poor with loads of buffering that it renders it useless even with no other computers etc. on. Shame really because it will replace broadband within a few years but for now I'll stick with wired & your great tips Liron.

Thank you…very informative!

Pair this with an ethernet switch and you're all set. The switch is needed if you also want to wire other devices as it will give every device full bandwith instead of dividing it, which will happen if you plug all of them straight into the modem.

Some smart TVs and other devices will allow you to change the DNS address and there are lists of faster DNS server addresses you can find online. Use a different one than your ISP provides or is "automatic" on your device and this can also increase your Internet speeds. You may need to test each listed DNS to find the one that works best for you as some are faster than others but most will definitely outperform the "automatic" DNS primary and secondary addresses.

Great idea however most smart TVs today no longer have an ethernet connection. I have three HDMI ports and a USB port, an antenna port, and a place for my headset or soundbar. That is it. When I recently went shopping for a smart TV I could find none at my Target, et al, that had any sort of hardwiring ability.

Ordered one right away thank you sir.

The thing to remember about Wi-Fi is that in your router the Wi-Fi radio is sitting on a single interface port. So imagine all of your wireless devices are sharing a single port inside the router, the more devices you have and the more they're doing the longer they're going to have to wait their turn to get data in and out. Sure when it's their turn to transmit it transmits fairly quickly but then the lag between it transmitting and then the router taking a moment to talk to all the other devices, then getting your data back and waiting for your device to grab a time slot, it can slow down the connection overall quite drastically. also in some cases it might be beneficial to just turn off beamforming if your router supports it. Sometimes as it tries to find a multipath solution to your device it screws up the math and you end up just pumping a bunch of interference. Also also, wired is always better than wireless. Period. End of story. If anyone has something to say against that, no you don't, you are wrong. If you can go wired always go wired! Always! wireless should be a last resort if you have a wired port on your device. Especially if you plan on streaming a lot of data constantly. And HD video is a lot of data! 4k is a ridonkoulous amount of data. 10 devices all streaming 4k clamoring for airtime? It's a packet traffic jam in the air man.... .... Actually hold on a tick, how can you run a tech channel and not know wired is always better? I mean knowing the intricacies of how Wi-Fi devices talk to each other that starts getting into the hard nerd territory, i grant it. But come on man, that's like tech 101 stuff..... Oh, also unless you are passing a lot of data at once, and you know you're connecting to servers that can support that level of throughput and bandwidth, paying extra for bandwidth you don't use from your ISP is just throwing money away. If you only ever hit say 300 megabits a second, don't throw away money on the gigabit link, you're never going to saturate it and every unused bit is wasted money. Also also also, just a little life pro tip for anyone who hasn't heard it, unless you're streaming your gameplay, video games only exchange small text packets of your characters position which direction they're looking which direction they're shooting whatever, video is magnitudes larger than multiplayer online gaming data streams.

Thanks very much Liron, great video! If you wanna improved your wi-fi connection just do the same but buy a USB 2.x or 3.x wi-fi dongle. Do have a look at the TV's capabilities and dongle's speed (limitations).

why does the ethernet adapter give a higher speed than just the regular ethernet cable? I always use the ethernet adapter to plug into my laptop because the ethernet port is broken, but never realized that it makes the connection much faster. Thanks for the tip!

Can this device be used on Playstation 5? I don't use the internet on my t.v. but we do use it alot with the consoles. Also really love your channel, thank you for your videos!

Unfortunately this does not work for all TVs. I have a Sony XBR 55 X950G (bought in 2019) that has 3.0 and 2.0 USB ports and I tried three different dongles from different manufacturers. None of them worked. At the current OS level, it does not support this. The TV is on Android 9 and currently is not upgradable to Android 10 nor google TV, both of which should support USB to Ethernet dongles. It has the Google TV interface, but still on Android 9. I've heard an upgrade is on the way, but not holding my breath It is rather dumb that TV manufacturers are not including GB ethernet ports, why is the industry behind on something that shouldn't be much more in cost? Any idea on this?

It's smarter hooking up your main computer to the lan hardwire, while allowing your TV to go wireless because the computer is where you would need faster speeds and chances are if your TV is close enough for a lan wire, then 5g speeds shouldn't be a problem.

Great tip, if you get a tv that has USB-C then you should get that compared to USB-A as USB-C is even faster. Regardless, great work and tip!

Fantastic Tip!! Thank you soooo much... Stay Gold!

Very interesting. I'm paying for gig speed and have been wondering why my TV gets less than 100 download speed when it's wired. Thank you

Liron, I have a TCL Series 6 TV model 55R615, firmware version 10.5.0 build 4210. Using WiFi or Ethernet yields a connection speed of 80-90 mbps. My ISP provides me with ~500mbps downlead and upload speed. The TCL user manual states "Note: The TV supports only its internal wireless network adapter-it does not support the use of a USB network adapter." I guess some of us are out of luck :-( P.S. 80-90mbps for video streaming from the Internet is adequate is my case. However I've setup a Plex server in my home and watching 4K UHD using the TCL Roku Plex app is painful. It buffers and stops frequently. I have to connect the Plex server to my TCL 4K TV via HDMI to watch the 4K videos. This is not a tragedy, but now I have to consider getting a new TV in the future!

I was curious what speed test app you trust. Thanks.

It will be interesting to see what happens when "smart" TV's can use WiFi 6E on the 6 GHz band. Especially with Comcast about to offer a new modem router with WiFi 6E support.

Hi, I purchased the same model USB Network Adaptor as the one you used, however when I plugged it in my TV did not recognize the connection. I have a new Smart Sony Android TV with multiple USB Inputs on the TV including USB 3 high but none seem to work or be recognized as an internet connection. I disabled Wi-Fi and removed my wired connection. Can you advise what the issue might be?

My question is how is your upload speeds faster than your download speed? On all of my internet connections my upload speeds are usually on about 20-30% of what my download speeds are.

Very good info Liron. Thanks for sharing. But the thing is many of us don't have our TV close enough to the router to have a wired connection. Is there any way wireless connection can be improved?

Liron this is awesome your the man.. Quick question I cant connect my Ethernet cable 1GB to my TV cuz my router is on another floor. What POE ( power over ethernet) device would you recommend so I can hardwire from the outlet? Or maybe can u do a video on this.. ( to limit wires running all over the place) We appreciate you!

Got an even better trick for faster LAN speeds on your tv. Most TV makers cheap out on their NICs and only use a 10Mb NIC. But new TV’s have USB 3.0 ports, so get yourself a high speed USB 3.0 to RJ45 Network adapter and use that to connect your TV to your LAN and watch speeds go through the roof. I did it myself originally out of curiosity and was pleasantly surprised at the results. Those USB LAN adapters are great. You can even use them to make a bridged connection on your PC to give you dual 1000Mb connections to you Switch/Router to boost speeds. Try it. 👍🏼

An easier fix is to not plug your TV into your internet service at all. Let something like AppleTV handle the incoming internet connection and use the apps built into the ATV. Done.

Had month of internet outages - Nothing fixed the conection - even reinstalled Win10 Finally the Fixed got the provider on the mobile & reset modem its working! yap yap about all the old problems 1/2hr wasted this reset took10ms ( do this 1st) if its fooked :)

Hey thanks for a very informative video, I have a Samsung 55” Q60T smart TV, does anyone of this dongle linked below will work? Best regards, Shane from Trinidad 🇹🇹

I tried this but nothing happened when I hooked up the ethernet cable to either of the free/empty USB ports on my TV. I already get the same connection speeds whether I hook up to the ethernet port or use my wifi. Both of those connections give me basically the same result which is they give me speeds equal to or slightly higher than what I am paying for (150 Mbps). When I hook up using the adapter you suggested the lan connection doesn't show up at all. Meaning it doesn't connect through the USB ports on the smart TV that I have, only LAN connection available is through the LAN port. Oh well, at least someone somewhere made some profit off of my $18 purchase.

I bought one and it doesn't work!!!! I tried it in both usb ports on the back of the tv, the light on the dongle came on but no internet on the tv. Put ethernet cable straight into the tv and it has the internet. Don't waste your money like I did, it doesn't work.

This is amazing!

Needless to say, I have one ordered and coming tomorrow.. Thumbs up

Yes of course hard wiring is faster but most people don’t have their router next to their TV.

Hi liron would this work for slow ps4 please. If not please advise I'm grateful for your posts brother 🙏❤️👍

Hello, I brought the Rankie adapter. I have Google mesh and my tv is hooked directly to my Google mesh. I added the adapter and I had no difference. Now I have a TV in another room that is riding solely on wifi,so I don't have a connection for that TV. Can I hook this to my actual modem and see a difference? Please advise...thanks much for your videos! I just found you so I've been making some changes along the way of watching you.

Wild that you get a faster UPLOAD speed than download. I've never seen that in the US nor Japan.

Does it matter what type of adapter you buy? My local pc store has a few brands and not sure what to look for

Thanks for the info I am going tookinto it.😊

If you use this USB - Lan adapter from your the Ethernet out of your Router, into a USB input on your Smart TV, will it also make the Amazon Firestick (or Android box) plugged into the HDMI of your Smart TV have faster Internet speeds? Also, can you buy an Ethernet signal splitter to split the signal, to hardwire other TV's, Firesticks, or Android boxes around your home, to get better Internet speeds?

Thanks for the tip. I tried it on my LG tv and it could not find my connection. I couldn’t see the issue anywhere to address it. So I removed it. Ideas?

Does your TV has a USB 3.0 as well? I guess this only works if your TV has USB 3.0 port correct? Btw what's your TVs model number? Just asking cause I own a TCLas well. Thanks

Lirón, How you feel about mesh networks like eero?

That was awesome! Thank you for sharing this...

Hey great vid..will this work with fire stick???

could you tell me how to use the adaptor if you have the ethernet cable going to the PC & from there using the display port out to the TV? Also need to know what settings to change .

Sir you are simply awesome 👌

Hello- starting at the 3:30 mark you mention all you can view like social media and the web. Can you do a video on how to do that. I’m late to the game and just got a smart tv. I’ve always had cable and never roku or anything like that so I’m a little ignorant. Can you do a video or do you already have one? Thanks!! :)

We use our phone to get our internet so could we just bypass the Ethernet adapter and use a USB-c to USB 3.0 cord. That should give us the fastest connection then having the phone go threw a Ethernet adapter to USB 3.0 adapter should it not?

Great Vid as always thank you!!

Hello sir. I have a question about a mesh network. If you have a large two story home what is the best place to put your router and satellites I have 4 satellites.

Thanks for sharing.

Hi there, i have a question, do we need to set up or change something in the TV setting ?? is this USB dongle is plug&play??

Great information. But what if your TV is not in the same room as your router. I was getting 300 to 350 mbps. Now only 30 to 50. What changed?

I already get over 300 Mbps download and upload speeds over wifi, on my Hisense U8G. Which is consistent and stable. Because I have a properly setup wifi network. Which means I have multiple Access Points. I currently have five (all currently only wifi5) to handle my seventy or so wireless devices.. To ensure every wireless device can get maximum signal strength, maximum speed, and have no congestion issues.

Thanks Liron

Awesome! Thank you! 🙏

Sir have a vlog for tricks for router antenna on a deadspot area.... thanks... 😊👍

Thanks. Question. How to check if TV supports 1g or not? Manufacturer, model specs, or somewhere on TV settings

Excellent advice mate simple and easy to follow, keep them coming

Great videos! But if my smart TV has say 1.0 or 2.0 USB out puts (USB being capped at 480mbps) Will I still get more than 1 gbps from my ethernet port?? Even if I'm using the blue end USB 3.0 Cable???? I haven't found ANT TVs with 3.0 USB ports on the back . I mean 2.0 USB is half the speed of the 1 gb that the ethernet port has . Forgive me if I'm missing something here, I just wanted to put that out there and see what I'm missing here lol. Please advise 🙏 again thank you for all your great videos:) Joe Silva