Bit of background: i have a pretty beefy self-built desktop PC mainly used for games. I also have some hobbies in my garage that benifit from CAD ussage / general web-browsing for research.

I dont like walking back and fourth from my garage to the other side of my house, and I really dont want to buy a dedicated machine when i have this nice PC in the other room.

Is there a simple way to have a few remote peripherals(monitor, keyboard, mouse) for a PC over LAN or similar? Been really racking my brain over this one.

Thanks!

  • kevsthabest@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    An easy option would be to use Steam link, some smart TVs and android devices like the NVidia shield would allow you to stream your desktop to a different room. I’ve done this with a cheap steam link device wired to Ethernet.

    Depending on distance, another option could be running a Optical USB-C cable from your PC to a USB C dock in the room you want to be able to access it from, Linus from LTT did something similar using Optical Thunderbolt but it’s far from being economical. (last I checked, the Optical Thunderbolt 4 cables are in the 400+$ range, then you’d still need a compatible dock like the caldigit TS4).