Does Macbook Air 2010 have a ethernet port?

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nushi1999 Author

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Does Macbook Air 2010 have a ethernet port?

So I have a Macbook Air 2010 11in. I have recently bought a thunderbolt to gigabit adapter which is a thunderbolt to ethernet adapter. I have put it in the slot that fits and I plugged in my ethernet cable. Ethernet is not showing up. I run OS X 10.9 so there are no seperate drivers or software to install onto my mac. I know that the USB to Ethernet works on my Mac but thats to slow for the use I need. Is there any solution to make this work? Is there even a thunderbolt slot for my mac?

MacBook Air, OS X Mavericks (10.9), I am have a 2010 MACBOOK AIR

Posted on Dec 9, 2013 12:07 PM

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sberman

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Dec 9, 2013 12:33 PM in response to nushi1999

Here is the tech spec for your machine:

http://support.apple.com/kb/SP617

That port you have that looks like a Thunderbolt slot is not a Thunderbolt slot! As the spec points out, what you actually have is a Mini Display port - which was Thunderbolt's predecessor. So while the port contains video support, it cannot handle a Thunderbolt to Ethernet adapter.

You must use the USB adapter with that particular machine.

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dominic23

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Dec 9, 2013 12:38 PM in response to nushi1999

No Ethernet Port.

http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook-air/specs/macbook-air-core-2-duo-1 .4-11-late-2010-specs.html

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