Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Choice of KVM?

2017-09-16 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Saturday, 16 September 2017 15:43:39 BST Alan Mackenzie wrote: > Hello, Peter. > > On Sat, Sep 16, 2017 at 15:00:16 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > Hello list, > > > > I didn't know where else to ask this, or I'd have spared you the > > annoyance. Apologies if needed. > > > > I need to

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Choice of KVM?

2017-09-16 Thread mad.scientist.at.large
actually, there are not kvm chips in existence, kvms are different than eachother.  many barely have a latch/counter chip (hundreds of ways if you're not using a micorcontroller, if you are then millions of ways).  the cheap ones just use a bunch of small field effect transistors. some(like

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Choice of KVM?

2017-09-16 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Peter. On Sat, Sep 16, 2017 at 15:00:16 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: > Hello list, > I didn't know where else to ask this, or I'd have spared you the annoyance. > Apologies if needed. > I need to replace a 4-port KVM switch by StarTech, which has failed twice - > that is, the original

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Choice of KVM?

2017-09-16 Thread Stroller
> On 16 Sep 2017, at 15:19, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > As always, as soon as I'd sent that I found an answer: someone who'd > replaced "flaky" Belkin with Aten. I think they're probably all based on the same OEM chipsets, anyway. I was quite into the KVM-over-IP

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Choice of KVM?

2017-09-16 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Saturday, 16 September 2017 15:00:16 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > Hello list, > > I didn't know where else to ask this, or I'd have spared you the > annoyance. Apologies if needed. > > I need to replace a 4-port KVM switch by StarTech, which has failed twice > - that is, the original failed