KVM recommendations?

[Wil McGilvery]

Stay away from Belkin KVM's. I have found they do not work well when you install a Linux GUI desktop.

	-----Original Message----- 
	From: Kevin O'Gorman [mailto:kevin at kosmanor.com] 
	Sent: Mon 6/3/2002 6:06 PM 
	To: linux-users at linux-sxs.org 
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	Subject: Re: KVM recommendations?
	
	

	At school, they were using Belkin KVM's, so I decided to buy one too.
	Bad idea.  I checked with the support staff and apparently the cheaper
	Belkins were giving them the same trouble I had: the mouse did not
	work reliably.
	
	Being still within warranty, I sent it back and got a Switchview
	model (I forget the manufacturer) and have been very happy ever since.
	It was about US$15 more expensive when equipped with cables for 2
	systems, but worth the lost hassles.
	
	The item was from warehouse.com, item # DSD2273.  4 ports, can
	reset the mouse (I never needed that), you can switch with the
	keyboard (double-tap CNTL), and a some other things I don't care
	about but you might.  I liked the cables for this box better than
	the Belkin too, for reasons that I'd need a diagram to explain.
	And I'm too lazy for that.  Comes with cables for 2 systems.
	
	++ kevin
	
	
	On Mon, Jun 03, 2002 at 05:06:29PM -0400, Jerry McBride wrote:
	>
	> Would anyone recommend a KVM brand, modle or "other"?
	>
	> I've got a situation that's perfect for one, only need to support 2
	> computers, but I would like to have
	> the ability to support 4 for future expansion. At the moment, one box is
	> running windows and the other
	> is running Turbo linux.
	>
	> Thank you, in advance.
	>
	>
	>
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