I think you meant Thunderbolt adapter. I use a USB3 to Ethernet adapter on my 
MacBook Pro and it works fine:

https://www.amazon.com/Plugable-Network-Adapter-Black-USB3-E1000/dp/B00AQM8586

Regards,
John




> On Sep 24, 2016, at 7:13 AM, Dennis Muthuri <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi  Dennis Lee Bieber,
> 
> Thank you for the correction. 
> 
> I’m connecting it to the Mac Book through USB. My laptop requires a 
> thunderbird adapter to allow ethernet as it doesn’t have a native ethernet 
> port.
> 
> Regards.
> 
>> On 24 Sep 2016, at 5:08 PM, Dennis Lee Bieber <[email protected] 
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> 
>> On Sat, 24 Sep 2016 06:29:28 -0700 (PDT), Dennis Muthuri
>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> declaimed the
>> following:
>> 
>>> Hi people,
>>> 
>>> I'm new to working with the Beagle Board and the first time experience 
>>> setting it up isn't encouraging.
>>> 
>>      Slightly mis-leading description... Beagle BOARD is the design company
>> AND the name for the larger boards... You are using instructions for the
>> smaller Beagle BONE Black.
>> 
>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I'd like the community to help me understand what I'm doing wrong and if 
>>> I've missed anything.
>>> 
>>      Do you have a Cat-5 (ethernet) cable connected to some router? I've
>> only managed to get the USB connection working (from Windows) on the
>> initial purchase... Since then I've used a CAT-5 cable to my router --
>> But... I think in my case the problem is that the Cat-5 connection takes
>> priority, so the server daemons are listening to it, not the USB.
>> 
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