I have a docking station into which I have a number of peripherals plugged, including two monitors. The docking station takes a single USB-C input cable which I currently have plugged into the USB-C port on my laptop.
I would like to be able to share those peripherals, including the monitors with a number of other computers. I have a work laptop, and two experimental computers I'm using to learn about AI. At the moment I'm having to manually change that cable to plug it into the other computers each time I want to change.
So what I've been looking for is a for computer switch that will take four USB-C cables in, one from each PC, with one USB-C out to go to the docking station. No one seems to make such a beast.
The best I can find is a switch that will take four computers, but it only has USB-A Ports for output. Like this example:
My question is, would this work? Or could anyone recommend something that will?
Alternatively, what do I need to know in order to find a solution at will work.
I'm also considering, at some point in the future upgrading the docking station to four monitor version like this.
So any suggestions that encompass that would be appreciated.
I tried connecting the docking station to the laptop via a usb-a/usb-c and that worked but it would only run one monitor. Which suggests that the switch that I linked above will not work. What will?