[ale] OT: KVM Switches?

[Klepinger, Aaron]

I've had a lot of problems with Belkins freezing as well.  The newer
Omniview Soho 4 ports still have the problem.  I'd stay away!

The IOGear 4 ports we have seem to work pretty well and come with cables for
less than the Belkin w/o cables.

-----Original Message-----
From: Stephen Leonard [mailto:stephen at phynp7.phy-astr.gsu.edu]
Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 6:07 PM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] OT: KVM Switches?


On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 05:04:35PM -0400, John Cole wrote:
> Howdy!
> 
> My only problem with Belkin KVM's is that I have an 8 port Omniview for
> home.  It's a few years old.  I've had many instances where if you move
the
> mouse or accidentaly touch keys while switching between ports it will
freeze
> up that particular port and sometimes all of the ports.  I've not had the
> best of luck getting it to work again without powering down all of my
> equipment (including KVM) and bringing it all back up again.  Is this
normal
> or just me?

I also have an 8 port Omniview that freezes occaisionally when I switch
ports, however I can usually recover by hitting the escape key a few
times.  I think the 'bank/scan' and 'channel' buttons on the switch
are very annoying to use because they stick sometimes.  Plus, the
video display is degraded for me, which is tough to deal with when
staring at it for eight hours or so.

stephen
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