Anyone tried connecting two Windows 10 PCs via thunderbolt 3?

[boed]

Hello,

I found a few articles saying you can connect Macs to each other via thunderbolt but I can't find any how to's on connecting two PCs together although from what I've read it should be possible. Anyone try it? I am currently saturating a 10gbit connection between my PCs but I'm about to build a new server and so my two main PCs will both have thunderbolt 3 ports on them. I'm wondering if I could get better speed or if the ip emulation will slow down the potential throughput of the thunderbolt which is in theory faster than 10gb/s Ethernet.

 

[mxnerd]

Speed seems not 40Gbps though.

Well, thunderbolt can only achieve 10Gbps for networking.

https://thunderbolttechnology.net/consumer/

Thunderbolt 3 Features & Specs

• Thunderbolt™, USB, DisplayPort, and power on USB-C
• USB-C connector and cables (small, reversible)
• 40 Gb/s: Thunderbolt™ 3 – double the speed of Thunderbolt™ 2
  • - Bi-directional, dual-protocol (PCI Express and DisplayPort)
  • - PCI Express Gen 3
  • - DisplayPort 1.2 – supports two 4K displays (4096 x 2160 30bpp @ 60 Hz)
• USB 3.1 (10 Gb/s) – compatible with existing USB devices and cables
• DisplayPort 1.2 – compatible with existing DisplayPort displays, devices, and cables
  • - Connect DVI, HDMI, and VGA displays via adapters
• Power delivery
  • - Up to 100W system charging
  • - 15W to bus-powered devices
• Thunderbolt™ Networking
  • - 10Gb Ethernet connection between computers
• Daisy chain up to six devices
• Lowest latency for PCI Express audio

 

[mxnerd]

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Hell yes. In fact, I connected a whole rack. It was weird - the lights flickered, and I heard something over the PA about "termination."

Then Sarah from accounting came in and threw the kill switch in the data center, shot my boss three times in the head, and ran away on the back of some leather daddy's motorcycle. Definitely a weird day.

 

[mxnerd]

Don't quite get Dave's humor. You just watched Terminator series movies?

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Don't quite get Dave's humor. You just watched Terminator series movies?

Like 20 years ago, yeah. Terminator references are definitely in "dad jokes" territory.

 

[Kartajan]

or this is some meta- humor- time travel based dad joke...

 

[boed]

Thanks. Interesting.