Thunderbolt 3
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On my previous Macbook Pro 16in Intel (Monterrey) and before, have always had my computer connected to OWC thunderbolt dock, and thunderbolt usb-c 10g ethernet attached to the dock getting me about 1.7gbps.
On the new M1 MacBook Pro 14 (Monterrey - Stable version shipped with), it still works but now in Preferences > Network > Thunderbolt Bridge shows as not connected (even though it is). The problem here, is even though I have that set to override wifi, wifi appears first in the list and thus uses the wifi because it thinks the ethernet isn't connected. If I disable wifi, then thunderbolt bridge is on top, still says not connected, but able to get full ethernet speeds. But then when I unplug and want to use wifi i have to manually re-enable wifi.
I have explained to them countless times that the thunderbolt controller firmware is NOT ON THEIR WEBSITE and all they do is send me links to the downloads section on their website for my particular computer
I managed to get my case escalated to a level 2 tech but I am not holding my breath at all that they will be able to provide any real help whatsoever -- is there an option where I can pay money to get better support from HP? Their support thus far is among the worst I've ever experienced in my entire life.
I went ahead and ordered another thunderbolt module in the hopes that it will ship with the older firmware, as I am not confident that I will be able to speak to someone at HP that is actually capable of even understanding the issue let alone actually helping me out
After THREE WEEKS of downtime, THREE WEEKS of bleeping and complaint on Twitter -- I was escalated to a level3 tech...FINALLY I was put in touch with someone from the USA who works directly for HP and is actually competent...He was really pleasant to talk to and very knowledgable, but unfortunately he was prevented from helping me by the higher ups, they said they don't support rolling back the thunderbolt firmware, and refused to provide me with the older firmware or a custom packaged flashing utility.
With that, I was able to hex edit the System firmware BIN image, and replace the newer thunderbolt firmware with the older one that I dumped off of the newly arrived module, so now whenever a new System firmware comes out, I can just package it myself with the older thunderbolt firmware
Don't know if I'll get a response but going to try. Anyway, I have encountered a similar issue in regards to Thunderbolt 4 and it has to do with the PD portion of it. What I mean by this is that the manufacturer says that the notebook does indeed support this feature however, I was never able to get it to work with the manufacturer being of no help and I am curious if updating said firmware would bring the feature back to my Notebook. Now mind you there is only one Thunderbolt port on my notebook and it is Thunderbolt 4 however, I do have two USB C display ports, but according to the Thunderbolt software it says I have NVM version 14, and judging but your story it seems that this update is long overdue or so I think. So, I'm going to take a shot in the dark and ask if there is a way to solve this issue?
Sounds like a totally different problem. The way power delivery is handled is by a separate chip, I believe. Not directly by the thunderbolt chip. It's just passed through the port. So the thunderbolt nvm firmware version should have no bearing on USB power delivery. This specific issue I was posting about here in this thread has to do with Thunderbolt 1&2 compatibility with Thunderbolt 4 hosts. You might as well just update the firmware anyway if you don't have any older Thunderbolt 1&2 devices and / or don't care about compatibility and never plan on using any older thunderbolt devices.
As you know, latops usually get 1Gbps network on board. Thunderbolt 3 can get 20/40Gbps high speed connection. If I connect latops and HPE GEN10 PLUS with the thunderbolt 3 cable, I can grab a higher network speed much more than 1Gbps.