[ale] KVM switches

[Dow Hurst]

I had success with the PS/2 based KVM 4 port I/O Gear and 2 port Belkin 
brands.  The I/O Gear didn't like a USB with PS/2 adapter mouse.  And, the 
dual monitor setup on an Nvidia card needs to have the primary output going 
into the KVM switch and not the secondary or it won't wake up properly.  Using 
a AT to PS/2 keyboard adapter worked fine too for the firewall P-166 machine.

The Belkin 2 port was for an SGI O2 and a Windows XP machine.  It is seamless 
and the user is ecstatic over just using one monitor, mouse, and keyboard for 
both.

I would say the cheaper 2 port and 4 port KVMs are fine but I would test alot 
when using USB devices.  Maybe a pure USB based KVM would play right but I 
don't know.
Dow


Trey Sizemore wrote:
> I know there was some discussion on this a while back, but I can't for
> the life of me find them or remember which month(s) they occured in the
> archives.  I've got 3 machines (p200, p2 400, and a p4 2.8GHz) that I
> would like to share keyboard, mouse, video (hence the KVM switch ;-))
> 
> I've not used one of these before, so I just wanted to know what to look
> for and what to look out for.  My current keyboard is PS/2, mouse is USB.
>  My P4 has both ports as does the P2.  The older Pentium 200 is socked
> away, so I can't remember if it has USB or not.  Should I get a KVM
> switch with PS/2 then, just to be safe?  I have the USB to PS/2 adapter
> that came with the mouse.
> 
> Also, is the switching done by hardware or software (and if software, are
> Linux systems supported well?)?
> 
> Thanks for the feedback.

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