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What to look for in a KVM switch?
Anything to look for/avoid/be aware of in a KVM switch? The ones I'm seeing
in retail stores Circuit City, Best Buy, Cheap Guys are $60 - $70ish, I see numerous much less expensive units on eBay. Thanks. |
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What to look for in a KVM switch?
Don't know if they still exists but never ever buy a cheap analogue kvm
switch if you want to switch ps/2 connectors. regards, Marcel "Doc" schreef in bericht ink.net... Anything to look for/avoid/be aware of in a KVM switch? The ones I'm seeing in retail stores Circuit City, Best Buy, Cheap Guys are $60 - $70ish, I see numerous much less expensive units on eBay. Thanks. |
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What to look for in a KVM switch?
On Thu, 13 Jul 2006 11:33:47 GMT, "Doc"
wrote: Anything to look for/avoid/be aware of in a KVM switch? The ones I'm seeing in retail stores Circuit City, Best Buy, Cheap Guys are $60 - $70ish, I see numerous much less expensive units on eBay. Be sure to get one that has a button to switch as well as a keyboard combination. Mine doesn't and ituses scroll lock. This key has two functions with my microsoft keyboard and life gets realy ugly when using it with my kvm switch. |
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What to look for in a KVM switch?
I personally like a kvm which has individual buttons for each computer along
with a reset.. The reset button is nice because some times the mouse will stop responding for whatever reason. If you do not have a reset button the only option you have is to reset your computer. If you have a reset button you can press reset to reinitialize the mouse and keyboard. I also have a cheap kvm which uses keystroke sequences to cycle between computers. This can be cumbersome plus the unit fried after a few months. |
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What to look for in a KVM switch?
Doc wrote:
Anything to look for/avoid/be aware of in a KVM switch? The ones I'm seeing in retail stores Circuit City, Best Buy, Cheap Guys are $60 - $70ish, I see numerous much less expensive units on eBay. The most common shortfall of KVMs, as I have seen it, is poor video quality. Unfortunately, I have no factors for prediction, as I have seen this problem in cheap, as well as more expensive, units. |
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What to look for in a KVM switch?
Since we use our KVM's on servers, video quality is not an issue.
"Grinder" wrote in message news:PPutg.834912$084.415071@attbi_s22... Doc wrote: Anything to look for/avoid/be aware of in a KVM switch? The ones I'm seeing in retail stores Circuit City, Best Buy, Cheap Guys are $60 - $70ish, I see numerous much less expensive units on eBay. The most common shortfall of KVMs, as I have seen it, is poor video quality. Unfortunately, I have no factors for prediction, as I have seen this problem in cheap, as well as more expensive, units. |
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What to look for in a KVM switch?
A few years ago I bought a Trendware KVM switch, similar to this http://www.compusa.com/products/prod...S_2_KVM_Switch. It has worked flawlessly with my home PCs. Note that it is for PS2 and analog video. Doc wrote: Anything to look for/avoid/be aware of in a KVM switch? The ones I'm seeing in retail stores Circuit City, Best Buy, Cheap Guys are $60 - $70ish, I see numerous much less expensive units on eBay. Thanks. -- Mike Walsh West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.A. |
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What to look for in a KVM switch?
Doc wrote
Anything to look for/avoid/be aware of in a KVM switch? Best to get one that can switch from the keyboard. If you dont, best to get one that has individual buttons to select the PC you want to switch to. If its got a single step button, and you have a 4 port KVM with say 2 or 3 PCs on it, for more future in theory, its a nuisance to have to move thru the unused positions. I prefer USB KVMs myself, but they have their downsides, particularly quite a bit of stuff that wont boot with the keyboard and mouse switched away and be able to switch back etc. XP is fine, but quite a few linuxes etc arent. You also need to consider what video format is used. You can get VGA and DVI KVMs. The ones I'm seeing in retail stores Circuit City, Best Buy, Cheap Guys are $60 - $70ish, I see numerous much less expensive units on eBay. |
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What to look for in a KVM switch?
On Thu, 13 Jul 2006 11:33:47 GMT, "Doc"
wrote: Anything to look for/avoid/be aware of in a KVM switch? The ones I'm seeing in retail stores Circuit City, Best Buy, Cheap Guys are $60 - $70ish, I see numerous much less expensive units on eBay. One difference is cables -- some KVMs come with the required cables, some do not. Terry |
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What to look for in a KVM switch?
On Thu, 13 Jul 2006 11:33:47 GMT, "Doc"
wrote: Anything to look for/avoid/be aware of in a KVM switch? The ones I'm seeing in retail stores Circuit City, Best Buy, Cheap Guys are $60 - $70ish, I see numerous much less expensive units on eBay. Thanks. I've got a linksys branded KVM switch and I've noticed it's pretty rough on CRT monitors. When the switch is made, the monitor apparently gets no signals for a moment. The screen collapses and then blows back up again. Rough on the horizontal and vertical deflection amps I'd imagine. I had a monitor go prematurely and I'm wondering if the KVM switch was a factor or just cheap CRT design. I'd feel better with a KVM switch that somehow buffered that switch. |
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