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> Thunderbolt 3 Express Dock HD

Listed as: Intel i210

> Thunderbolt 3 Dock Pro

Listed as: Thunderbolt 3 Dock Pro

So interestingly enough, we have both of these deployed around our organization. We did extensive testing with both of them using iperf3 and I can personally confirm they *BOTH* will push sustained gigabit speeds. [Test platforms are various best-generation x86 16" MacBook Pros]

On both of these, what doesn't work on these is Dual HDMI with an (otherwise reliable) USB-C cable (the 'pro' only has a display port). We instead completely ignore the built-in HDMI/Displayport and use an additional `Plugable Thunderbolt 3 to Dual HDMI` plugged into the downstream Thunderbolt port on the dock, which works flawlessly.

> Corsair TBT100 Thunderbolt™ 3 Dock

We have two of these deployed as it worked on the bench, but it has operational issues. It will push sustained gigabit with iperf3, and we were delighted to see the built-in dual HDMI works without an external adapter. Unfortunately, once we deployed them, we found they "crash" once or twice a day. This causes the user's monitors to go blank (OSX thinks they were unplugged) and disconnects the ethernet during the process. Furthermore, we were testing writing to the sd card with rsync and you can actually get OSX to BSOD while running two monitors, iperf3, and using the SD card. I would avoid this dock like dysentery.

parent exabrial 4 years ago

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