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As we've noted elsewhere, it is very important to connect your computer to your home router via an Ethernet cable versus using WiFi for Internet connectivity. This makes a very dramatic difference in the latency in your JamKazam sessions. Most older computers came with a built-in Ethernet port into which you could plug one end of an Ethernet cable (the other end of the Ethernet cable connects to a port on your home router). Below is an image of what an Ethernet port and an Ethernet cable look like.

Recently, it has become much more common for modern computers to ship without an Ethernet port. So how do you connect an Ethernet cable to a computer that does not have an Ethernet port? The answer is that you need to get an Ethernet adapter for your computer. Modern computers that do not have Ethernet ports ship with one or more USB-C ports. This type of port and connector can be seen in the image below.

An Ethernet adapter for this type of port is shown below. These kinds of Ethernet adapters work just as well as a built-in Ethernet port. You simply connect the USB-C end of the adapter to your computer, connect one end of your Ethernet cable to the Ethernet port on the adapter, and connect the other end of your Ethernet cable to an available/open Ethernet port on your home router.

Following are JamKazam's gear recommendations for Ethernet adapters. To be clear:

• You don't need one of these adapters if you already have a built-in Ethernet adapter on your computer.
• Your choice of adapter won't impact your latency in sessions - as long as you are using an adapter that is USB-C or Thunderbolt 3 compatible - so your choice of adapter is really up to you.
• JamKazam isn't selling these adapters to you, and we don't have an interest in which adapter you buy, so we don't have any conflict of interest or ulterior motive to push you in a particular direction. We are making recommendations to be helpful to our user community, in the hope of saving you research time, perhaps saving you money by helping you find a lower-priced product, and by pointing you at quality products that we have used ourselves.
• In the interest of full disclosure, JamKazam has set up an Amazon affiliate account, and the links to the products below use our affiliate code. This means that if you use the links in the tables below and buy any of these products, JamKazam will get a small % of the Amazon sale. The does not cost you anything, and it can help contribute a little money to helping us keep JamKazam running and improving. 

OK, so on to the actual Ethernet adapters recommendations.

Ethernet Adapters

Ethernet Cables

Turning our attention to cables, you'll want to think about how long you want/need your Ethernet cable to be. Identify where in your home your Internet router is located. Then decide where in your home you are going to want to play and/or sing in JamKazam sessions. Make sure you buy an Ethernet cable long enough to reach from your home router to the spot in your home that you want to play. You can get an Ethernet cable up to 100 feet in length (inexpensively), so you don't have to set up to play right next to your home router. You can run a long Ethernet cable across your entire house for a JamKazam session, then coil it up and stick it in a drawer when you're done until your next session.

Like Ethernet adapters above, JamKazam isn't selling these cables to you. We are just trying to be helpful here.