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Do you mind elaborating? I am not disagreeing with you, but are you saying that I can connect two Windows laptops usung thunderbolt and natively create a local

Do you mind elaborating? I am not disagreeing with you, but are you saying that I can connect two Windows laptops usung thunderbolt and natively create a local network between them that lets me seamlessly transfer files between them and share the file system+internet access? I tried googling, and all I found was a bunch of reddit posts and random forum threads where people were trying to do exactly that, but I couldn’t find any confirmation that it would work. And for those users who were proposing workarounds, those required a bunch of steps that didn’t seem to work for users who asked the original question either.

nullindividual 2y ago
You can create a standard TCP/IP network between two machines using TB, correct. They're treated like any other network adapter, with any other network adapter capability. How you want to define 'difficult' with regards to file sharing or internet sharing, I'll leave up to the most familiar users of each OS who can argue which is best.
- filoleg 2y ago
  Ah, then I will just assume those reddit and online posts talking about it were either spouting outdated info or were just confused. I would’ve tried it myself, but my last Windows machine was given away last year (voluntarily by me, nothing tragic happened), and I currently have no access to one. Because if it is as you say (which I am much more inclined to believe than random reddit comments from a few years ago tbh), then yeah, it feels pretty much like parity to the macOS experience with this, minor differences aside (that aren’t really even worth mentioning as points in favor of one OS or the other).
  - nullindividual 2y ago
    See this Intel document from 2014: https://www.thunderbolttechnology.net/sites/default/files/Thunderbolt%e2%84%a2%20Networking%20Bridging%20and%20Routing%20Instructional%20White%20Paper.pdf https://www.thunderbolttechnology.net/sites/default/files/Th...

nullindividual 2y ago

You can create a standard TCP/IP network between two machines using TB, correct. They're treated like any other network adapter, with any other network adapter capability. How you want to define 'difficult' with regards to file sharing or internet sharing, I'll leave up to the most familiar users of each OS who can argue which is best.

filoleg 2y ago
Ah, then I will just assume those reddit and online posts talking about it were either spouting outdated info or were just confused. I would’ve tried it myself, but my last Windows machine was given away last year (voluntarily by me, nothing tragic happened), and I currently have no access to one. Because if it is as you say (which I am much more inclined to believe than random reddit comments from a few years ago tbh), then yeah, it feels pretty much like parity to the macOS experience with this, minor differences aside (that aren’t really even worth mentioning as points in favor of one OS or the other).
- nullindividual 2y ago
  See this Intel document from 2014: https://www.thunderbolttechnology.net/sites/default/files/Thunderbolt%e2%84%a2%20Networking%20Bridging%20and%20Routing%20Instructional%20White%20Paper.pdf https://www.thunderbolttechnology.net/sites/default/files/Th...