Post #2896455
2026-05-27 10:55 UTC
Replies (12)
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@quad@akko.quad.moe 2026-05-27 11:19
@whyrlpool@slime.global I would genuinely need this sometimes. I know so many people who claim to be IT people but who still buy laptops without ethernet ports and might not even own a dongle. A device like this (perhaps with one adapter removed so there's an RJ45 uplink) would be great for whenever you need to reliably connect those fake enthusiasts to a network, say for a LAN party or similar. Having the MAC address follow the switch port rather than the device would also allow for some funny business with DHCP reservation and speed limits, such always knowing that "10.0.0.101" is whatever device is connected to port 1 on the switch, while "10.0.0.102" is whatever is connected port 2.
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@kaia@pleroma.soykaf.com 2026-05-28 14:48
@whyrlpool@slime.global aren't usb-c cables more expensive than network ones? :dumbloli:
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@julia@eepy.moe 2026-05-27 11:06
@whyrlpool@slime.global awful thank you
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@mal@cosy.inkling.social 2026-05-27 11:08
@whyrlpool@slime.global But is it 2.5gb 🤔
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@kuriko@wetdry.world 2026-05-27 12:35
@whyrlpool@slime.global does it do POUSB-C+++++? i want to power my 180w work laptop with one cable from the network box
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@CatMaidLeugim@chaos.social 2026-05-27 13:13
@whyrlpool@slime.global cc @weedsekatze@chaos.social
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@penguin42@mastodon.org.uk 2026-05-27 14:19
@whyrlpool@slime.global Yes please! Something that could do fullspeed Thunderbolt 4 on each port, and a few ports would make a nice cluster
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@wertzu1@mastodon.social 2026-05-27 16:05
@whyrlpool@slime.global "We have the technology"
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@mirth@mastodon.sdf.org 2026-05-28 03:29
@whyrlpool@slime.global I would pay money if I could get that in a form that could pretend to be high speed Ethernet.
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@arrieseveneight@hachyderm.io 2026-05-28 04:10
@whyrlpool@slime.global this is the future of Technology
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@LilFluff@mastodon.art 2026-05-29 03:34
@whyrlpool@slime.global Truthfully I am shocked that as far as I can tell no one has yet to make a combo USB multi-laptop charger & network switch. It would so simplify our laptop carts at work. One cable, boom, network *and* power. You can get laptop docks that will supply a single laptop with power and network (and even monitor connections) over USB-C, so why not a combo power & network switch for the carts?
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@juliancalaby@social.treehouse.systems 2026-05-30 04:10
@whyrlpool@slime.global Slightly disappointed that the USB-C port that powers it isn't identical to the others and somehow in the middle.