Hello, is this a fully functional docking station for laptops? i.e. do II just plug in and use external keyboard and two monitors? Thx
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MANUFACTURER ANSWER: Thanks for posting your question here, Shelley! http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002PONXAI/ is a universal dock that has one graphics port to connect an external monitor, an Ethernet port for wired Ethernet connectivity, audio ports and four USB 2.0 port to which you can connect USB 2.0 devices including keyboards and mice. If your laptop meets the requirements specified under Product Description specified for http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002PONXAI/ and the drivers for the dock are installed on the laptop, everything connected through this dock would work fine. Hope the above information helps! If you need any additional information, please do feel free to shoot us an email at support@plugable.com. We are here to help! Thanks! Regards, Roze Plugable Technologies
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I use an external keyboard and one monitor with mine. I am not sure about the second monitor. Sorry.
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The docking station does not require an AC adapter. The AC adapter plugs directing into the laptop. All other peripherals plug into the docking station.
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Yes, the docking station has it's own Power Port, works beautifully. One recommendation, I have a couple of these stations and find that I still use the one that has a CD/DVD reader burner the most. Pay the extra get the CD/DVD upgrade. Good luck!
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DMS-59 is a proprietary connector developed by ATI. Unless your docking station has this connector it will not work. What I would suggest as a work around is connect one external monitor and use the laptop's primary screen. Sorry if this is stating the obvious.
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Yes, that's the laptop I have and it works great. Since I use it for work applications I hardly notice the transition from my two monitors because the hookups for dual monitor use are one DVI and one VGA. Plus my monitors aren't DELL or matched in size either (gasp!) In this day and age it pays to recycle and I'm using the e-port with two HP wide screen monitors, one is 23" & the other is 21" . I'm also using a serial-to-usb converter to re-use my old serial bus keyboard and I'm using a blu tooth mouse which stays attached to the laptop not the docking station. This e-port works with all Dell E-series laptops from my understanding.
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I don't run 2 monitors, just the laptop and 1 external monitor which is plugged into the one provided HDMI port on the device. The docking station does not have a thunderbolt port which would allow daisy chaining thunderbolt devices were it available. So there seems to be nothing that would indicate that you could run 2 monitors through this docking station.
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I have connected keyboards, mice, external hard drives, and combo keyboard and touchpads to it. All worked fine. It has effectively two USB ports--a regular one and an on the go port that will also let you access it from a computer. If you need more than two USB connections you will need a hub, and the advice to use a powered hub is good, especially if the additional devices are like a network card, bluetooth dongle, or dongle for a wireless keyboard.
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Yes I have done just that...but you will eventually fine the set up unsatisfactory. better to buy a laptop docking station that has several ways to hook monitors up. my best results with this is to have 2 monitors one driven by the laptop one driven by the USB adapter ...not you main as it doer not refresh as fast as you will need.hope this helps
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It is not a thin client, just a universal docking station. I use it with a Microsoft Surface Pro 2 and my Dell Precision Laptop. I did have some difficulty with the dual monitor function so I am just using it with the Surface now.
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You can use both bluetooth keys boards as well as USB keyboards. Using a micro-usb to USB converter, I connected a "Lenovo ThinkPad USB 3.0 Docking Station" to my Asus -- I was able to run 2 screens (1920x1080 resolution), usb mouse, usb keyboard, etc. with no issue (aside form the fact that there was no power to the Asus and it slowly drained of power while I used it).
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No it doesn't actual match my laptop. I found most laptop now doesn't designed for this kind docking station. First of all check you back of your laptop for clue, see if it has any place to push in.
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There are 4 connections available on this unit. Forget the audio one. The mouse can be connected directly to the desktop. The keyboard on the laptop does not have an external connection. So no to it. The display on the laptop does not have an external connection, does it? So the answer is no way unless the laptop display has an external connection and you supply an additional keyboard.
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Hello Brandon. No, this Dell dock only works for the Dell Latitude E-Series business laptops. If you are looking for "generic" docking stations, I believe Belkin makes one, but you still have to rig it with cables.
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Thanks. You answered my question. The docking station is a wired connection.
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No, it does not work. I bought docks twice and returned because it did not work. Don't even waist your time, external keyboards work fine and also are much ligter to carry.
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(Edit; the setup that was giving me fits: Thinkpad X230T>dockingstation>SIIG Switch>USB3.0 Hub with keyboard and mouse plugged into it) I found that the combination of this plugged into my thinkpad docking station (USB 2.0 are all that are available there) with an Anker 4-port hub (AH400) plugged into this, which then had my mouse would recognize immediately but my Microsoft Ergo 4000 keyboard would take 30-50 seconds to initialize after the login screen. (Keyboard worked fine at BIOS.) Very frustrating (though with such a long chain of peripherals, it's probably not crazy that there is a possibility of issues.) (Edit; the setup that was giving me fits: Thinkpad X230T>dockingstation>SIIG Switch>USB3.0 Hub with keyboard and mouse plugged into it) I found that the combination of this plugged into my thinkpad docking station (USB 2.0 are all that are available there) with an Anker 4-port hub (AH400) plugged into this, which then had my mouse would recognize immediately but my Microsoft Ergo 4000 keyboard would take 30-50 seconds to initialize after the login screen. (Keyboard worked fine at BIOS.) Very frustrating (though with such a long chain of peripherals, it's probably not crazy... » Read More (Edit; the setup that was giving me fits: Thinkpad X230T>dockingstation>SIIG Switch>USB3.0 Hub with keyboard and mouse plugged into it) I found that the combination of this plugged into my thinkpad docking station (USB 2.0 are all that are available there) with an Anker 4-port hub (AH400) plugged into this, which then had my mouse would recognize immediately but my Microsoft Ergo 4000 keyboard would take 30-50 seconds to initialize after the login screen. (Keyboard worked fine at BIOS.) Very frustrating (though with such a long chain of peripherals, it's probably not crazy that there is a possibility of issues.) « Show Less
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No, they are both powered by independent adapters. The docking station does not power the laptop.