dell latitude 6430u with the wigi wireless dock... :) I am sure it would be driver hell but someday it will be cool.
On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 4:05 PM, John Jason Jordan <[email protected]>wrote: > On Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:56:33 -0700 > Keith Lofstrom <[email protected]> dijo: > > >On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 08:03:58PM -0700, John Jason Jordan wrote: > >> Why do I want a docking station? Because I have three USB 2.0 devices > >> and one USB 3.0 device that I want attached at all times when at > >> home, plus an ethernet cable. The USB and ethernet ports on every > >> laptop I > > >USB3 is 4.8Gbps . If the protocols and code supported it, that is > >plenty fast enough to move your internet traffic and all your > >peripheral information, via a USB hub connected to your laptop > >with one cable. So that (potentially) would be two plugs, one > >for power and one for USB3. Regards "cables to the side", that > >could be remediated with a "cable cover platform" - a hypothetical > >something about a centimeter high, hollow/on-short-feet, flush with > >the top of the keyboard, hollow (say on some short feet) underneath, > >making a surface extending to the side. > > > >But that is hypothetical, I don't know whether the code and the > >peripherals exist to actually move network traffic effectively > >over USB3, or whether USB3 and USB2 can be mixed through a hub > >or switch at USB3 speeds. It still does not deal with wearout > >on the power connector, the main reason I use a docking station. > > > >Does anyone know about networking over USB3 with Linux? > > I don't know about networking, but there is a fancy system that I am > interested in that you can get with a SIIG "universal" dock" that > supposedly supplies power as well as networking and more USB ports. It > comes to about $2200 decked out the way I want it: > > http://www.pugetsystems.com/nav/traverse/pro/customize.php?sys_id=61 > > Looking at the pics it appears that there is a USB 3.0 port on the > side, but at the very back, similar to the location of two of the USB > ports on my Thinkpad T61. If I connect the SIIG dock to that USB port > and the power in back as well, I would have only one cable along the > side, and not very much of that. At least it wouldn't be in the way of > my mouse. However, I said "it appears" because I can't be sure of > the location of the USB 3.0 ports from the low-res pic on their > website. Last night I sent them a message asking them to call me, but > so far they have not. > > My shopping so far has produced only the Thinkpad 530 as an > alternative. The Thinkpad has a dock similar to what I am used to with > my Thinkpad T61. That is a plus, and I am hoping the Thinkpad build > quality still holds up for the 530. But the Puget laptop can be had > with a Blu-ray burner where Lenovo offers only a reader. Yes, I can get > an external, but that is more cables. I haven't called Lenovo yet. > > I'm really pissed that the Zareason laptops have the USB ports at the > front, and they offer no docks. I really like their computers (boots > in 15 seconds!) and I want one really bad, but that is a fatal flaw. > Very frustrating. > > Fortunately I am not in a hurry. :) > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
