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So I answered my own question... despite the rhetoric, USB-C can't be used for peer to peer networking. Too bad, it seems like an obvious use of the tech.

Via Microsoft's USB-C connector FAQ page: Will Microsoft support P2P data transfer between same Windows 10 SKU? This is not a valid connection. You cannot connect two PCs running Windows 10 for desktop editions. You cannot connect two mobile devices running Windows 10 Mobile. If the user...

From StarTech's site: "Thunderbolt 3 over USB-C is an exciting development because it can deliver more speed and video bandwidth than any other current standard. At 40Gbps, it's four times as fast as USB 3.1 and twice as fast as DisplayPort 1.2. {And it includes built-in support for 10GbE...

i7 6700k to i7 6700k... Samsung 960 Pro M.2s (@ 2000-3000Mbps) and Samsung 950 Pro SSDs (@ 500Mbps) on both machines. Surely you can see that a 1G ethernet connection at 120Mbps is a bottleneck. I'm not sure if it would speed up network rendering in KeyShot. All I know is that data is...

I'm not talking about a shared internet connection. I'd like to connect the two computers to share data... similar to an ethernet connection via crossover cable. More specifically, I'd like to use the connection for network rendering using KeyShot. Also for file sharing and remote desktop. The...

Is it possible to network two Win10 PC's via a USB-C cable?