[ale] KVM switch?

[Raylynn Knight]

I have the following KVM's with the noted issues or non-issues:

8 Port Apex - bought used on Ebay - Intermittent mouse problems with
SuSE and Redhat derived distros.  No problems with Debian or Ubuntu.

4 Port LinXcell - bought new on Ebay (real cheap under $40 with cables)
- Mouse not recognized on most PC's but works great with my 4 SGI Indy's

4 Port LinkSys (both serial and PS/2 ports) - Never a problem in over 6
years using a PS/2 mouse and both PS/2 and Serial mouse input on the
connected computers.

4 Port Belkin PS/2 - Most recent purchase, no problems yet.

2 Port LinkSyS (3 different PS/2 models) - Never a problem when used
with PS/2 systems.

I also have a 5 port LightWave Server Switch which has worked flawlessly
with with a Sparc 20, Sparc 10, Sparc LX and Sparc 2 connected.

On Mon, 2006-05-29 at 22:51 -0400, Nathan wrote:
> I've got a 2 port and 4 port IOGear KVM that I've had very good luck 
> with with Linux (CentOS & FC4)
> 
> Greg Freemyer wrote:
> > I'll think about it, but the CDW price does not include cables.  There 
> > $30/ea.  So that's almost $500 for this switch with cables.  The 
> > Iogear is $200 w/cables, but I don't know if its any good. :(
> >
> > I did see a used one w/cable on eBay with a starting price of $250.
> >
> > On 5/26/06, *Denny Chambers* <dchambers at bugfixer.net 
> > <mailto:dchambers at bugfixer.net>> wrote:
> >
> >     I have been using the two port and 4 port Linksys KVM switches on
> >     Linux
> >     for about 4 years now with no problems. Linksys also makes an
> >     8-port KVM:
> >
> >     http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Product_C2&childpagename=US%2FLayout&cid=1115416908232&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper
> >     <http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Product_C2&childpagename=US%2FLayout&cid=1115416908232&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper>
> >
> >     It sells for $249 at CDW. I am sure you could find it cheaper if you
> >     look around. If it works like the 2 and 4 port, you should not
> >     have any
> >     isues with it.
> >
> >     Denny
> >
> >     Greg Freemyer wrote:
> >
> >     > I've got a bunch of 4port KVM switches, and several of them
> >     don't work
> >     > very well.  Mouse etc. keeps getting out of sync with the Linux
> >     > computer.  Fortunately most of my Linux boxes are CLI only, but
> >     I like
> >     > to have the option to so a startx and have it work.
> >     >
> >     > Now I need to get an 8-port KVM, and I don't want to spend $1,000+,
> >     > but it only seems smart to find one that actually allows the
> >     mouse to
> >     > work with Linux.
> >     >
> >     > Anyone have recommendations for a good, but reasonably priced 8-port
> >     > KVM switch?  (I don't need rack-mount, but it would be nice if I
> >     could
> >     > re-purpose it for that latter.)
> >     >
> >     > Iogear has $200 one they claim is Linux compatible.  Also, I'm
> >     open to
> >     > used, so maybe e-Bay is the way to go?
> >     >
> >     >
> >     http://www.iogear.com/main.php?loc=product&Item=GCS78KIT&name=8-Port%20KVM%20Switch%20Kit%20,%20PS/2,%20w/KVM%20Cables
> >     <http://www.iogear.com/main.php?loc=product&Item=GCS78KIT&name=8-Port%20KVM%20Switch%20Kit%20,%20PS/2,%20w/KVM%20Cables>
> >     > <
> >     http://www.iogear.com/main.php?loc=product&Item=GCS78KIT&name=8-Port%20KVM%20Switch%20Kit%20,%20PS/2,%20w/KVM%20Cables
> >     <http://www.iogear.com/main.php?loc=product&Item=GCS78KIT&name=8-Port%20KVM%20Switch%20Kit%20,%20PS/2,%20w/KVM%20Cables>>
> >     >
> >     > Does anyone have Good/Bad things to say about the iogear switch?
> >     >
> >     > Thanks
> >     > Greg
> >     > --
> >     > Greg Freemyer
> >     > The Norcross Group
> >     > Forensics for the 21st Century
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