WisdPi’s WP-UT9 external USB Type-C adapter delivers 10GBASE-T Ethernet using Realtek’s RTL8159 platform.

ServeTheHome reviewed the WisdPi WP-UT9, an external networking adapter that connects through USB Type-C. The device provides a 10GBASE-T Ethernet interface.

The adapter is based on Realtek’s RTL8159 10-gigabit Ethernet platform. This identifies the RTL8159 as the networking platform inside the external adapter rather than a server network-interface card or an integrated motherboard controller.

The source description characterized the WP-UT9 as a stylish external adapter. It did not provide additional benchmark results, power-consumption figures, pricing, or supported operating systems in the supplied source data.