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Just in time project! Do you know if it is possible to just switch a Thunderbolt dock? I mean: you have, fir example, four computers all supporting Thunderbolt
by wslh 3y ago
Just in time project! Do you know if it is possible to just switch a Thunderbolt dock? I mean: you have, fir example, four computers all supporting Thunderbolt and you just switch a USB-C between those comouters?
I have not tried because I am concern with affecting the hardware. Based on your inspiration I just found Thunderbolt KVMs such as [1] and [2].
[1] https://sabrent.com/products/sb-tb4k https://sabrent.com/products/sb-tb4k
[2] https://www.reddit.com/r/Thunderbolt/comments/11gos6n/kvm_switching_between_two_laptops/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Thunderbolt/comments/11gos6n/kvm_sw...
- MezzoDelCammin 3y agoWouldn't count on that. Thunderbolt is USB-C just visually. It's probably better to think of it as PCIe that coincidentally has the shape of a USB connector.
- fiddyschmitt 3y agooooh, not sure. I suspect Thunderbolt has very specific requirements, and switches would be consequently expensive.
- serf 3y agoI would suspect problems, all of my thunderbolt docks seem to have a 'boot-up' period when powered-on and switched to. It would probably work if you were okay with the delays.