Compatibility

Mac Compatibility

• Mac® (M series)
• Mac (Intel®) with Thunderbolt 3 ports
• macOS® 10.12.6+
• macOS Sonoma compatible

Pro Tools Carbon Compatibility

• See Avid support page for supported Mac computers

MILAN Compatibility

• Compatible with MILAN-Certified products (such as L’Acoustics P1)

Dante Compatibility

• Compatible with Dante-enabled devices

Hardware

Part Number

• AVB-TB

Warranty

• 2-year

Form Factor

• Thunderbolt Ethernet adapter

External Connectors

• One Thunderbolt port
• One RJ45 port

GbE Controller

• Broadcom BCM57762

Bus Interface

• 40Gbps Thunderbolt

Network Support

• 1000BASE-T, 100BASE-TX

Packets

• Maximum packet size: 9000 bytes

Data Rates Supported

• 1Gb/s, 100Mb/s

Advanced Features

• Audio Video Bridging (AVB) protocols over Ethernet compliant with IEEE 802.AS, 1588-2008, P802.1Qat, and P802.1Qav
• Energy-Efficient Ethernet (IEEE 802.3az)
• Virtual LAN (VLAN) support - IEEE 802.1q VLAN
• Wake-on-LAN (WOL) support

Stateless Oflloads

• TCP, UDP and IPv4 checksum offloading
• TSO (TCP Segmentation Offload, AKA Large Send Offload)
• LRO (Large Receive Offload)
• RSS (Receiver Side Scaling)

AVDECC Compliant

• Yes

Operating Temperature

• 0ºC to 35ºC (32ºF to 95ºF)

Dimensions (WxDxH)

• 5 x 3.9 x 0.8 in. (38.1 x 98.4 x 20.6 mm)

Weight

• Adapter: 0.20 lbs (0.09 kg)
• Complete Package: 0.40 lbs (0.18 kg)

Compliance

• RoHS 3 (Directive 2015/863)
• IEC62368-1 and IEC62368-2 Safety

Package Contents

• Sonnet Thunderbolt AVB Adapter
• 0.5-meter Thunderbolt cable
• ThunderLok 3 Thunderbolt connector retainer clip(1)
• Documentation

Support Links

Support Knowledge Base

Documentation and FAQs

Product Manual