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One of the most powerful 5K docking stations available, the BossDOCK from Juiced is—like its name suggests—a boss. That’s because it allows you to fully utilize your 5K resolution monitor with your USB-C laptop, and it adds a host of peripherals to expand the functionality of your computer Read More
This dock is using DisplayLink which is a terrible idea sold under a deliberate confusing name (they renamed the company to DisplayLink half a year after the DisplayPort standard came out). I guess it works for office work but if you want to game or watch movies, stay away.
XavihnoThunderbolt 3, sure. That's no problem, I do it with mine all the time. You will only get USB-C speeds though as that's the limit of this equipment.
Does anybody know if the ChockDock will work with Android devices, specifically the Huawei mate 10 Pro and Samsung Note 9 in their respective desktop modes? Power to the smartphone is not necessary but would be nice to have. I am guessing that the larger one will not as it seems to need a load of drivers.
Thanks!
Anyone know of a USB-C to USB-C only hub? Been looking for the last three years and it seems they don't exist. Most I can find is a total of two USB-C ports with a hand full of other useless crap.
Does this (Bossdock) require USB 3.1 gen 2 or is USB3.1 Gen 1 enough? The laptop I intend to use this on only has Gen1 (480 Mb). Also the screens support Linux?
# lsusb -t
/: Bus 01.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=xhci_hcd/12p, 480M
|__ Port 1: Dev 4, If 0, Class=Hub, Driver=hub/4p, 480M
(Damm you USB for being so complicated)
zubietarobertoI researched and I _think_ it will work. According to the amazon listing(https://www.amazon.com/Juiced-Systems-BossDOCK-Universal-Docking/dp/B0743LXHDZ/#aplus) it requires a minimum of USB 3.0 . Those appear as 5000M in "lsusb" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB#Version_history, Max Transfer rate column), and are painted blue in most devices. I have some USB3 ports on that machine, but they are USB-A connectors. So It should work If I connect this to a USB-A to USB-C cable. Turns out the USB-C connector in my laptop is graded to USB 2.0!
Note that this uses a USB Video Card from Displaylink, instead of USB Display Mode which outputs from the Laptop's video card. So it does not seem to require USB-3.1.
USB is just too complicated.
zubietarobertoWill it work. Probably.
Will it work correctly? Debatable, especially depending on how much IO you want it to provide. Transfer rates are probably not going to be fast enough to enable driving multiple high resolution monitors and other high IO devices at full speeds. You'll see a lot of people complaining about lag and stuttering when paired with high resolution monitors and this is probably why. Even at full 10 Gbps speeds, it significantly trails TB3 @ 40 Gbps.
That said, if you're going to be using this for general productivity desktop use (internet, email, MS Office apps), you're likely to be fine (no promises), and you're unlikely to find a port replicator that offers this much expansion for anywhere close to this price.