>>>>> "Brian" == Brian Mathis <[email protected]> writes:
Brian> On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Derek J. Balling <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Apr 2, 2009, at 11:24 AM, John Stoffel wrote: >>> Now for something different... >>> >>> anyone know of a KVM to USB solution? I.e. I could plug into a >>> server's VGA/mouse/keyboard ports, and the other end into my laptop >>> and see the output inside a VNC session. Now *that* would be useful, >>> esp if the box was nice and compact and easy to carry around. >> >> It's not cheap, but.... >> >> http://www.epiphan.com/products/frame-grabbers/kvm2usb/ Interesting product, but Doug's comments turn me off. Brian> I think you're looking for an IP-based KVM. Ethernet or USB, Brian> really not much difference and just as prevalent on any laptop. You're absolutely right. So the smallest, lightest IP based KVM with a VNC server inside it, not a proprietary Windows clients, would be my choice. I can easily setup a private IP address from the laptop, or put it on the LAN if need be. Brian> Also there's already a market for IP-based KVMs, so you'd be Brian> able to find one. There are single-port versions like the Brian> SecureLinx Spider, Dlink KVM-410, etc... Thanks for the pointers, I'll be looking into them more closely. John _______________________________________________ Tech mailing list [email protected] http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
