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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Mon 6/3/2002 6:06 PM
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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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