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If your laptop and your NUC are on a local area network, the latency doesn't have to be so bad. I have an Intel NUC and I bought a Thunderbolt 3<->10gbps Ether

If your laptop and your NUC are on a local area network, the latency doesn't have to be so bad. I have an Intel NUC and I bought a Thunderbolt 3<->10gbps Ethernet adapter. Then I bought another adapter to plug into my MacBook Pro and a 10gbps desktop switch to connect them.

lostlogin 6y ago
This is the way - however the network side of it could easily end up costing more than the Nuc, as 10gbs equipment (switch in particular) is expensive.
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- sokoloff 6y ago
  Small cheap 10Gbps switches have come onto the market in the last couple of years. You can go 10 gig for a fraction of the $1000 NUC cost now. Though I suspect local 1Gbps would be more than fine here and that’s extremely cheap and commonplace.
  - TheCoelacanth 6y ago
    The low-end NUC is under $200.
    - sokoloff 6y ago
      The NUC in the article was $1016 all-up.
      - lostlogin 6y ago
        That unit is a beast. I have one that is similarly spec. The NUC8 i7 is probably a better machine, less cores but considerably more capable with its igpu. However as a headless server, the NUC10 has faster RAM and 2 more cores (which likely throttle to make the performance gap smaller).
  - lostlogin 6y ago
    Have you got a link? I can't find anything for less than about US$1000. It doesn't help that I'm full Unifi, but a small 10gb switch that didn't break the bank would be so excellent.
    - sokoloff 6y ago
      UniFi: https://store.ui.com/collections/unifi-network-routing-switching/products/unifi-switch-aggregation https://store.ui.com/collections/unifi-network-routing-switc... Microtik has several small switches with 2, 4, or 8 SFP+ 10Gbps ports for slightly less than the Ubiquiti gear, but I’ve also been happy with Ubiquiti in general so I’d go that route. You can use copper DAC cables directly for short runs (in a rack or on a desk) which are cheap on EBay or for a little more money get SFP+ twisted pair or fiber adapters (and fiber is a lot cheaper than you probably worry as well).
      - lostlogin 6y ago
        Thank you.
- jamesmishra 6y ago
  I found it to be surprisingly affordable. If you just want to connect two computers with Thunderbolt three ports, you need: A switch like this ($143.15): https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07LFKGP1L/ https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07LFKGP1L/ two of these adapters ($129.98 total): https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01KFBFL16/ https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01KFBFL16/ and then two of these adapters ($298.00 total): https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07K7SMF89/ https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07K7SMF89/ Works out to $571.13 total. It might not be worth it to just connect two machines, but in my case it was worth it because I was building a 10-machine cluster.
chr 6y ago
Wasn't Thunderbolt networking an option?

lostlogin 6y ago

This is the way - however the network side of it could easily end up costing more than the Nuc, as 10gbs equipment (switch in particular) is expensive.

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sokoloff 6y ago
Small cheap 10Gbps switches have come onto the market in the last couple of years. You can go 10 gig for a fraction of the $1000 NUC cost now. Though I suspect local 1Gbps would be more than fine here and that’s extremely cheap and commonplace.
- TheCoelacanth 6y ago
  The low-end NUC is under $200.
  - sokoloff 6y ago
    The NUC in the article was $1016 all-up.
    - lostlogin 6y ago
      That unit is a beast. I have one that is similarly spec. The NUC8 i7 is probably a better machine, less cores but considerably more capable with its igpu. However as a headless server, the NUC10 has faster RAM and 2 more cores (which likely throttle to make the performance gap smaller).
- lostlogin 6y ago
  Have you got a link? I can't find anything for less than about US$1000. It doesn't help that I'm full Unifi, but a small 10gb switch that didn't break the bank would be so excellent.
  - sokoloff 6y ago
    UniFi: https://store.ui.com/collections/unifi-network-routing-switching/products/unifi-switch-aggregation https://store.ui.com/collections/unifi-network-routing-switc... Microtik has several small switches with 2, 4, or 8 SFP+ 10Gbps ports for slightly less than the Ubiquiti gear, but I’ve also been happy with Ubiquiti in general so I’d go that route. You can use copper DAC cables directly for short runs (in a rack or on a desk) which are cheap on EBay or for a little more money get SFP+ twisted pair or fiber adapters (and fiber is a lot cheaper than you probably worry as well).
    - lostlogin 6y ago
      Thank you.
jamesmishra 6y ago
I found it to be surprisingly affordable. If you just want to connect two computers with Thunderbolt three ports, you need: A switch like this ($143.15): https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07LFKGP1L/ https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07LFKGP1L/ two of these adapters ($129.98 total): https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01KFBFL16/ https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01KFBFL16/ and then two of these adapters ($298.00 total): https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07K7SMF89/ https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07K7SMF89/ Works out to $571.13 total. It might not be worth it to just connect two machines, but in my case it was worth it because I was building a 10-machine cluster.

chr 6y ago

Wasn't Thunderbolt networking an option?