USB switch+dockingstaion- Need some help

[Vaarius275]

 

Hardware

Hi all! I'm starting to work more from home so I figured I wanted to make myself a setup where I don't have to plug and unplug my peripherals+monitors between my work laptop and desktop every time. This is the idea I've come up with so far but I'm not sure if it will work or not, or if there are better ways. I've made a crude image to display my thinking

Monitors:

3 monitors, each of them having 2 HDMI/DP plugged in. One going to the desktop and one to the docking station, so when the desktop is off the monitors will use the signal from the docking station connected to the laptop, and when the laptop is off, the monitors will use the desktop signal.

Ive connected the monitors directly to the PC so I dont have to think about the docking station being able to hanndle 4k 144hz etc.

Peripherals:

These are connected to the USB switch, which in turn has one cable going to the docking station, and the other going to the PC so you can press a button on the switch and change if you wanna use the peripherals with the PC or the dockingstation, which is connected to the laptop.

Will this solution work? And are there and perticular thing I should keep in mind?

[BabaGanuche]

What you likely want is a KVM. I use the two port version of this https://www.store.level1techs.com/products/p/14-kvm-switch-triple-monitor-2computer-pne46-fxlmw to switch between my work laptop and my gaming PC. It pass though high refresh displayport with out issues.

 

If you are ok with manually switching the inputs on the monitors you can just get a cheap KVM and not use the V part of it.