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Richard1000
Richard1000
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May 29, 2018
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Rendering using Thunderbolt Bridge

  • May 29, 2018
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Hey forum-goers,

I have temporarily moved into a co-working space at work and do not really have the option to set up Network Rendering.

I was wondering if anyone has been successful, or now if it's possible if I connected my two MacBooks with a thunderbolt cable, could I use Thunderbolt Bridge to render on the second machine whilst working on the primary machine?

Many thanks,

Richard.

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Correct answer Mylenium

I would assume not, since Thunderbolt/ Lightning is a strict master/ slave thing, not a universal network protocol. At least with a stock Mac I don't think it's possible. If at all I would assume that you need some specific piece of software that creates a tunneled network via Thunderbolt or even a specific hardware box that handles the protocol and signal conversion.

Mylenium

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Mylenium
MyleniumCorrect answer
Legend
May 29, 2018

I would assume not, since Thunderbolt/ Lightning is a strict master/ slave thing, not a universal network protocol. At least with a stock Mac I don't think it's possible. If at all I would assume that you need some specific piece of software that creates a tunneled network via Thunderbolt or even a specific hardware box that handles the protocol and signal conversion.

Mylenium

Richard1000
Richard1000Author
Participant
May 29, 2018

Thanks for your response!
I'll have to think another temporary work around for the time being.

Dave_LaRonde
Dave_LaRonde
Inspiring
May 29, 2018

I'd investigate Render Garden.  Adobe may have killed off multiprocessing, but this piece of software bring it back.

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